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MANILA, Philippines — Makabayan bloc lawmakers have urged the Philippine National Police to release six activists who were arrested during a Labor Day rally near the United States Embassy in Manila, questioning authorities for reportedly not practicing maximum tolerance in dispersing the protesters with water cannons.
MANILA, Philippines — No Philippine university made it to the top 100 of the Times Higher Education's 2024 Asia University Rankings, with the latest results showing that the country's top schools either dropped or retained their place.
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino families experiencing involuntary hunger climbed in March 2024 compared to late last year, a new poll released Tuesday found.
MANILA, Philippines — Less than a week after Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte declared a "war on drugs" in the city, at least seven drug suspects were killed during a buy-bust operation — violence that highlights the seriousness of the mayor's recent threat of outright killing persons caught using illegal drugs.
MANILA, Philippines — The lawmaker brother of Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday took a swipe at critics who have called her out for her silence on the increased Chinese hostilities in the West Philippine Sea, arguing that the vice president should not condemn the recent assaults on Filipino vessels to avoid provoking China.
MANILA, Philippines — An overwhelming majority of Filipinos oppose changing the 1987 Constitution at this time, according to a new Pulse Asia Survey, with results showing Filipinos in all regions and all socio-economic classes did not support the lifting of foreign ownership restrictions in key industries.
MANILA, Philippines — Over P1 billion will be spent for the restoration and conservation of hundreds of heritage school buildings in the Philippines, according to a recently approved fund release by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education's senior high school voucher program had mostly benefited non-poor students and largely failed to decongest public schools even as it forked over large sums of money for private schools to absorb students, new data shared during a Senate hearing showed.