MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has offered full assistance to a U.S. State Department mission to probe allegations of extra-judicial killings by security forces and human rights abuse, the governm...

President Arroyo on Saturday was optimistic that the government can reduce the country's hunger incidence within three to six months as she assured her administration's implementation of programs to a...

Manila Mayor Lito Atienza called senatorial aspirant Rep. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III irresponsible for wanting him to be cited for contempt on the issue of the Liberal Party (LP) presidency. Atienza...

A women's group has called for the immediate repatriation of 200 female overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in a Philippine-run shelter in Jordan, TV Patrol Sabado reported Saturday. Gabriela p...

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has admitted that it committed an error in the printing of election returns (ER) that will be used for the local elections in May 14, 2007 but it assured that the...

Malaca ang welcomed on Saturday the announcement of a visit of an official of the United States government to look into the situation of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. "We welcome the vi...

Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate Benigno Aquino III wants Manila Mayor Lito Atienza cited in contempt by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for continuing to represent himself as Liberal Par...

Washington, March 24 : Hotel heiress Paris Hilton may finally get back her stolen watch, after the Los Angeles City Attorney filed a criminal complaint against a T.S.A. employee, alleging, that he stole the celebrity's high-priced watch from her luggage.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to forge an agreement with data source agencies to generate the Philippine labor index (PLI) and capture the actual situation of labor and employme...

manila More than half of the 1.3 million students in public and private high schools in the Philippines are unfit for college, the government said on Thursday.

BY PAOLO ROMERO The Philippine Star Malaca ang took its hands off the issue of increased pork barrel allocations of lawmakers in the 2007 national budget, which President Arroyo signed on Thursday....

The Philippine Star President Arroyo argued on Friday that, while self-rated poverty has not gone down since the last survey in November, it is still the lowest among the five administrations since M...

BY CECILLE SUERTE FELIPE The Philippine Star About P644 million is needed for police operations during the May 14 elections. Director Wilfredo Garcia, Philippine National Police Directorate for...

The Philippine Star A lawyer of Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo hailed on Friday as a "victory" the Supreme Court order preventing his client's transfer to Leyte, although he was disappointed that the l...

RING TALK GRABS SOME MORE HONORS!San Mateo, CA- There is nothing quite as rewarding as when one of your prot g s is toasted for being supreme! Jason Aniel, the son of ex-boxing manager Boots Aniel, is...

Doble kayod na ang mga kandidato sa kampanya at sa pangangalap ng pondo. Isiniwalat naman ng mga negosyante kung magkano, sino at ano ang maaaring kapalit ng kanilang donasyon sa kampanya ng mga kandi...

Amid accusations from the administration that the Genuine Opposition (GO) is all political mudslinging but has no concrete platform to present, the group's spokesman defended Friday that is the duty o...

Negros Occidental Rep. Ignacio "Iggy" Arroyo categorically denied on Friday all accusations being thrown against him by his wife, former Philippine Stock Exchange Chairwoman Alicia "Aleli" Arroyo. Sp...

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines scored Friday Novaliches Archbishop Antonio Tobias for attending the launching of the Gaming Expo at the World Trade Center in Pasay City Thursday.C...

The possibility of Charlie "Atong" Ang's release looms after government prosecutors said Friday that it will not contest the businessman's probation request to the Sandiganbayan Special Division, ABS-...