The Commission on Elections (Comelec) identified 167 cities and municipalities as areas of concern in connection with the upcoming national and local elections. Chairman George Erwin Garcia disclosed ...

Prolonged dry weather and a lack of rainfall have put 146 forested areas across the country at high risk of wildfires, with ...

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang has declared special non-working holidays in various areas in the country that are and will be celebrating their foundation days and festivals. Today is a ...

MANILA, Philippines — Only a few areas have been classified under the red category or those with a history of election-related violence and the presence of serious armed threats, according to ...

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — All 25 cities and municipalities in Negros Oriental have been tagged as areas of concern for the May 12 elections by the provincial joint security control center ...

According to official police statistics, more than 6,000 Filipinos were killed in the “drug war,” mostly impoverished people in urban areas. Human rights groups in the Philippines contend the ...