The Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group (PNP HPG) said it issued 9,913 tickets for traffic violations over the ...

Researchers warn of possible increase of toxic arsenic in rice resulting from increasing temperature and carbon dioxide.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has formally established two specialized committees -- the Joint Anti-Kidnapping Action ...

German spy agency BND can keep its findings about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic confidential, according to a court ...

Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died.

In his landmark 2015 encyclical "Praised Be," Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral ...

Lawmakers denounced the “weaponization of disinformation” through fake pro-Duterte social media accounts, warning that the ...

President Bola Tinubu has ordered a security outreach to the hotbeds of recent killings—Plateau, Benue and Borno—to restore peace to areas wracked by mass killings and bomb attacks.

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The first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor. But he alienated ...

The looming U.S. TikTok ban “feels like a defeat” for influencers, but creator marketing agencies predict a "resilient" recovery following short-term disruption. Influencers operating across multiple ...