MANILA, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Saturday committed to help in providing livelihood assistance and sufficient medical equipment and infrastructure for the residents of the Pag-asa Island, a part of Kalayaan Island Group, emphasizing that the municipality being part of the Philippines must not be forgotten. Hontiveros made this commitment as she visited the

THITU (PAG-ASA) ISLAND, Philippines — A Philippine senator called for deepening defense relationships and “continuous” pushback against China’s claims in the South China Sea while visiting one of Manila’s tiny possessions in the disputed waterway on Saturday. Thitu Island, known as Pag-asa in the Philippines, is home to about 400 Filipinos, mostly fishers and their

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — All senators’ caucus is set to take place on Monday to form “parameters on how to communicate without hurting each other” after a row among lawmakers over West Philippine Sea issues, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said. “It’s a breath of fresh air that the Chinese ambassador told us,

akistan said Sunday it launched multiple air strikes targeting militants in neighboring Afghanistan, where the government reported children were among dozens of people killed and wounded.

MP Promotions chief Sean Gibbons is reportedly working on a potential unification showdown between IBF world minimumweight champion Pedro Taduran and WBO, WBA, and Ring Magazine world champion Oscar Collazo of Puerto Rico.

A pretrial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has denied the request of the lawyers of former President Rodrigo Duterte for the prosecution to reveal certain information about witnesses, including their willingness to testify should the case proceed to trial.

Four youngsters who participated in a drag race in Cordova town answered summons and appeared before Mayor Cesar "Didoy" Suan on Sunday, February 22.

Call it a Renaissance in recycling.

MANILA, Philippines — A sanitary landfill in Rodriguez town in Rizal province reportedly collapsed Friday afternoon, Feb. 20, leaving more than 50 people — most of them waste pickers — believed buried under mounds of garbage, according to the urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay). Mimi Domingo, Kadamay secretary general, cited information from

BACOLOD CITY–The 195 residents of Bago City and La Carlota City who evacuated following a two-minute moderate eruption at Kanlaon Volcano have decamped and returned to their homes. Kanlaon has remained relatively calm following Thursday’s eruption, Mari Andylene Quintia, a Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) volcanologist, said on Sunday,  Feb. 22. The volcano