President Rodrigo Duterte will visit on Friday the victims of the deadly landslide that struck near a quarry site in Naga City in Cebu, Malacañang said.

Detained former senator Ramon Bong Revilla Jr is expected to announce next week whether or not he will run for senator in next year's midterm elections, according to House Deputy Speaker Prospero Pichay Jr.

A huge police contingent from the National Capital Region Police Office arrived early Friday morning at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila to ensure peaceful and orderly conduct of rallies on the 46th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law on Sept. 21, 1972.  

The Interior department has asked 16 mayors in the Cagayan Valley and the Cordillera Administrative Region to explain their absence in their respective jurisdictions during Typhoon Ompong's onslaught last week.  

Malacañang on Friday said the public expects a break from “excessive politicking” in light of recent disasters that hit the country as it slammed opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros for calling President Rodrigo Duterte the “destabilizer-in-chief.”

The death toll from the landslide that buried houses in Naga City, Cebu, climbed to 22 on Friday morning, GMA News' Ian Cruz reported on Dobol B sa News TV.

The University of Sto. Tomas (UST), as part of efforts to mark the 46th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law in the country, posted a silent video that delivers a powerful message opposing violation of human rights on its Twitter account.

A woman armed with a handgun opened fire on Thursday at a Maryland distribution center for the Rite Aid drugstore chain, killing three people and wounding three others before taking her own life, the Harford County sheriff said.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un wants a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump soon to hasten denuclearization, but a key goal is declaring an end this year to the 1950-53 Korean War, the South's President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the Myanmar government to pardon and release two imprisoned Reuters journalists as soon as possible.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday took a dig at foreign critics, saying he is willing to offer them as “live human targets” to the military.

At least one person was reported to have died after a fire hit an apartment in Pasay City on Thursday evening, according to a Super Radyo DZBB report.

Umakyat na sa 12 katao na ang nasawi sa pagguho ng lupa na tumabon sa hindi bababa sa 30 kabahayan sa Naga City, Cebu.

Malacañang on Thursday vowed due process for the local officials under investigation for allegedly being absent during the onslaught of Typhoon Ompong.  

The University of the Philippines (UP) administration clarified on Thursday that the new schedule for the entrance exams (UPCAT), which were suspended due to Typhoon Ompong, has not yet been finalized by the school's admissions office.

Spokesman Commander Jonathan Zata on Thursday said the Navy was looking forward to improving ties with its Russian counterpart.

Calling the President as the “destabilizer-in-chief,” Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday hit back at President Rodrigo Duterte for accusing the opposition of hatching up a destabilization plot to unseat him.

Kabilang ang 24-anyos na Pinoy nurse sa 24 katao na naaresto ng mga awtoridad sa New Jersey sa isinagawang operasyon laban sa mga naghahanap ng batang maaabuso sa pamamagitan ng internet.

Malacañang isn't too keen on Senate President's proposed change in the lyrics of of the Philippine national anthem. «Iniiwan na po namin iyan sa Kongreso, mas maraming mas matitinding problema na dapat harapin. Bahala na po ang Kongreso diyan,» spokesman Harry Roque said.

“The presumption of conversion has been successfully rebutted in light of proof that all the subject rifles had already been returned to the government. As it stands, the information does not have any leg to stand on,” Hagedorn said.

Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in visited the spiritual birthplace of the Korean nation Thursday for a show of unity after their North-South summit gave new momentum to Pyongyang's negotiations with Washington.  

Mexicans held a minute of silence on Wednesday and performed an emergency earthquake drill to mark the one-year anniversary of devastating quakes that struck the country in September 2017, killing more than 450 people.

Online ads in Singapore offering Indonesian maids for sale were Wednesday condemned as «unjust and demeaning», in a rare flare-up of tensions between the neighbours over domestic helpers.

Bangladesh's parliament on Wednesday passed a controversial digital security act despite protests by journalists who say the law will severely curb media freedom in the country.

Maraming nagiging biktima ng sakuna ang nadamay lamang dahil sa kapabayaan ng ilang motorista. Gaya ng insidenteng nakunan ng CCTV footage sa Toledo City, Cebu nang salpukin ng isang pampasaherong jeepney ang mga motorsiklo.  Ano nga ba ang maaaring gawin para maiwasan ang mga ganitong peligro? Panoorin ang video ng «Alisto.»

The near-defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has forced a dispersal of the group that has made the global threat of terror attacks much more complex, the US State Department said in a report Wednesday.

Eight Filipinos from different dioceses were chosen by Pope Francis to attend the Synod of Bishops on youth at the Vatican next month, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) reported on its website.

Nagiging mas mapanuri ngayon ang mga namimili sa mga tindang prutas sa Australia, hindi lang para makita kung sariwa ang kanilang bibilhin, kung hindi para matiyak na walang karayom sa loob nito.

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Nasagip na ng mga awtoridad ang overseas Filipino worker (OFW) na nagpasaklolo at tatlong ulit na umanong hinahalay ng kaniyang amo sa Qatar.

Tatlong tricycle driver ang nasawi, habang isa pa nilang kasamahan ang kritikal ang kalagayan, nang araruhin sila ng isang pick-up habang nakaparada sa gilid ng highway sa Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur.

A House resolution was filed on Wednesday seeking an additional P428-million allocation in the proposed P3.757-trillion national budget for 2019 for the rehabilitation of facilities in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) damaged by Typhoon Ompong.

Sa tulong ng saklay, naisayaw ng isang amang disabled ang kaniyang anak na nagdiwang ng ika-18 taong kaarawan, na isa sa mga mahalagang bahagi ng buhay ng mga nagdadalaga.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Wednesday that he would make a trip to Seoul «in the near future» in what would be the first such visit since the partition of the Korean Peninsula decades ago.  

North Korea will close its Tongchang-ri missile testing site, the South's President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday after a summit with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.