Tag: Government of the Philippines

The Philippines' police chief has defended the detention of a dozen people inside a closet-sized secret cell in a case ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hosts Southeast Asian leaders this week, and there is much interest in how the popular politician ...

Philippine socialite-turned-environment minister Regina Lopez caused ire in the mining industry Thursday by announcing a ban on new open-pit mines, ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday called the New York Times an "asshole" and rejected fresh criticism of his deadly ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday there was no point protesting Chinese artificial island building in disputed areas of the ...

Firebrand Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is set to enjoy much-wanted foreign support for his deadly drug war when he hosts ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte toured a visiting Russian warship on Friday for the second time in barely four months as ...

Qatar and the Philippines have signed trade agreements worth $200 million during the final leg of President Rodrigo Duterte's Gulf ...

The conviction of a US Marine for killing a transgender Filipina in a case that reignited long-simmering anti-American sentiment in ...

Philippine authorities said Thursday they had foiled a possible terror attack after arresting a Kuwaiti man and his Syrian wife, ...

The Philippine government and communist rebels have agreed in principle on an interim ceasefire to boost ongoing peace talks aimed ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte faced criticism on Wednesday for defending adultery by a powerful political ally. Duterte had said that ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has fired the interior minister, his spokesman said Tuesday as infighting and corruption allegations rock his ...

Communist rebels waging one of the world's longest-running insurgencies in the Philippines say they are willing to discuss a formal ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday described two major media outlets as "sons of whores" and warned them of karmic ...

China and the Philippines will hold direct talks on their maritime dispute in May, Filipino officials said Wednesday, as President ...

Three turbulent decades after the Philippines shed dictatorship, President Rodrigo Duterte is offering a return to authoritarian rule as a ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's ruling party stripped a dozen lawmakers of congressional leadership posts for voting against the death penalty, ...

Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo said Wednesday the nation's drug war had left Filipinos feeling "hopeless and helpless", with trust ...

The Philippine government agreed on Sunday to reinstate a ceasefire with the communists behind one of the world's longest-running insurgencies, ...