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Some of the designs aren’t just fit for everyone--ironically for those who are in danger of being left out during a disaster.

“With my job now, do you think I still have time to spread fake news?” Agriculture Sec. Manny Piñol said.

From being American-owned, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte now falsely accuses social news network Rappler, of being run by the country’s biggest media conglomerate, ABS-CBN, Corp.

The constitution states that in all criminal prosecutions, the person accused is presumed innocent until he is proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

What does Vic Sotto have in common with Mr. Bean and The Rock?

Filipinos’ trust in the government dramatically increased in the past two years as church and media, two institutions often lambasted by President Duterte, continued to be regarded highly by the public.

In a press statement, the CHR pointed out that house-to-house drug testing "runs contrary" to the Dangerous Drug Act of 2002.

The president's numbers run counter to "Real Numbers PH," the official figures on the war on drugs released by PDEA.

Supporters and critics of President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drugs have joined the chorus of condemnation over the killing of 17-year-old Kian Loyd Delos Santos and called for an investigation of police abuse.

The tape recording starts with the sound of the plane landing and people talking among themselves. “Everybody remains on board,” one of them says. Moments later, a single gunshot rings out and women are wailing.

While the public was engrossed with the scandal of how 605 kilos of shabu from China worth P6.5 billion slipped through the Bureau of Custom and entertained by the Bautista vs Bautista family feud with a cameo role by President Duterte, a chunk of Philippine territory was being taken over by China.

Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella and Sen. Risa Hontiveros both said the CHR is a Constitutional Commission. Were they correct in saying so?

Simbulan, who would have turned 60 on Aug. 19, made it her mission to “help produce good journalists, journalists who can be better than me.”

The agreed framework for a Code on South China Sea was the most important achievement of the recently-concluded meeting of the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations which segued to more meetings with its dialogue partners and the Asean Regional Forum.

Duterte's misleading claim exaggerates the supposed gains of his administration’s war against illegal drugs.

Within 50 years of existence, ASEAN has made progress on environmental policies – at least on paper.

After reading the Joint Communique of the 50th anniversary of ASEAN, together with other documents and accounts of meetings, three narratives come to mind.

Not the first time the president made a "joke" about a serious matter.

“We have been greatly affected by wars which are not ours,” a statement released by IPs said.

Timeline of key events dating back to 1992, when the goal of having a COC in the South China Sea was first set.

Duterte: "I never said, 'I will order the police to kill you.'"

On a two-hectare land tucked away somewhere in Tagaytay City stands a gated retreat house run by priests for priests.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday that he and the 10 foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have approved the framework for the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea.

What the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers dared not mention, their three dialogue partners did.