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MANILA, Philippines — Some ranking officials have “recruited” police Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido as part of their “game plan” to make him discredit the drug war in the previous administration and convince him to testify against former president Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court (ICC), Sen. Ronald dela Rosa said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has signed into law a measure granting juridical personality and legal capacity to the Loss and Damage Fund Board, the body that manages funds intended to help vulnerable countries cope with the effects of climate change.
MANILA — The Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf has beheaded a Filipino hostage, the country’s armed forces announced Monday, just days after a clash in the central Philippines left five militants and four members of the security forces dead.
MANILA, Philippines — One of the former "poster boys" of the Duterte administration's drug war on Wednesday said cash rewards for cops who kill drug suspects came from Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) and government intelligence funds.
MANILA, Philippines — A Muntinlupa court has denied the appeal of the prosecution which opposed the acquittal of former senator Leila De Lima from drug charges.
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet on Thursday, in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in the city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia.
The Department of Agriculture on Thursday distributed PHP135.8 million of posthartvest facilities and financial assistance to farmers and farmers’ groups in two towns in Nueva Ecija, the country’s largest rice producing province.
JUSTICE Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla yesterday told senators that corruption remains a hiccup in the food allocation program of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), saying that only a portion of the budget allocated for each inmate is spent for their food.