MANILA, Philippines – Environment Secretary Jose Atienza Jr. on Monday vowed to block all efforts to allow the continued stay of the oil depots in Pandacan, Manila owned by the three giant petroleum c…

MANILA–The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is planning to conduct the 2010 national elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) a month earlier than the rest of the country, an off…

Kidapawan: An official says a powerful blast that wounded nine people near a public market in the southern Philippines was most likely the work of a notorious extortion gang led by former Muslim milit...

The pair discussed the problems in Mindanao, where a violent Muslim insurgency has raged for 30 years, over lunch at the presidential palace, a spokeswoman for Arroyo said. Blair, who is credited wi…

Seventeen Filipino sailors on a Greek-owned bulk carrier were kidnapped by Somali pirates last Thursday, the Philippine government said Monday. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesman Ed Mal…

“I don’t think it has anything to do with politics,” the senator said as he welcomed the reported extradition of former Senior Chief Supt. Cesar Mancao.

“I don’t think it has anything to do with politics,” the senator said as he welcomed the reported extradition of former Senior Chief Supt. Cesar Mancao.

MANILA — A Chinese legislator has postponed a visit to the Philippines this week, officials here said Tuesday, amid fresh tensions over disputed islands in the South China Sea. Li Jianguo, vice ...

MANILA —The lawyer who sent former Zamboanga City Rep. Romeo Jalosjos to jail in 1997 for raping a minor has assailed the impending release of the convicted rapist. In a report on GMA News&rsquo…

(Updated 11:06 a.m.) MANILA, Philippines - The Senate trade committee on Tuesday morning resumed its hearing on the impending collapse of the pre-need industry. Present at the hearing are Celso del...