A man and his wife were shot dead in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Saturday.

A fisherman reported missing for three days was rescued by personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard in the waters off Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental over the weekend.

Marijuana plants with an estimated market value of P10 million were uprooted and torched by a joint team of the police and the military in Maguing, Lanao del Sur on Saturday.

Logging a record high number of votes, residents of Maguindanao voted to divide the province into two Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur during a plebiscite conducted on Saturday, the Commission on Elections announced yesterday.

Residents of Zambales and Olongapo will enjoy lower electricity costs starting this month after local power distributors made final their agreement to reduce the rates they charged to consumers.

The Commission on Human Rights has launched, on its own initiative, an investigation on the killing of three soldiers in Al-Barka, Basilan allegedly by Abu Sayyaf bandits.

The Japanese government has committed to provide 314 million yen or almost P129 million in scholarship grants to young Filipino civil servants who will pursue graduate studies at premier universities in Japan.

A French environmental activist was chosen as one of the youngest laureates at the Ramon Magsaysay Awards, Asia’s version of the Nobel Peace Prize, for his “crazy idea” to clean up rivers and expose plastic pollution through creative social med...

Environmental watchdog Eco­Waste Coalition has commended the Quezon City government for strict inspection of business establishments to curb the sale of unregistered health products, including cosmetics contaminated with mercury.

The country’s oldest labor group yesterday expressed support for the confirmation of Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma by the Commission on Appointment.