The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, a nonbinding instrument that was adopted in 2012, must be transformed into an actionable ...

Former president Rodrigo Duterte's gestures toward former opposition senators Antonio Trillanes and Leila de Lima during the ...

The Philippines will "accord full cooperation" to the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) if it issues a ...

INTERNATIONAL calls for the release of radio broadcaster Frenchie Mae Cumpio, the world’s youngest journalist in prison, have been mounting after her first cour ...

Lawyer says court resolved the impending legal quagmire by ruling that the Constitution does not envisage the vacancy of DP ...

Beyond the South China Sea, the talks also addressed broader maritime issues ... after a recently adopted UN Human Rights Council resolution, led by the Philippines, declared safe working ...

A landslide on Wednesday killed three people and injured four, the official Xinhua News Agency said. While Kong-rey was expected to blow off the northern Philippines, its extensive rain band with ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Villagers in northern Philippine provinces were forced to evacuate on Wednesday as a powerful typhoon approached the nation still reeling from a recent storm that left ...

The rate of the human rights violation is much lower here compared to other countries and the situation is getting better day by day," he said. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google ...

Duterte won a landslide victory in the 2016 presidential on a campaign pledge to rid the Philippines of ... said on Thursday. World News // 2 hours ago Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war ...

Tropical Cyclone Kong-Rey has intensified into a typhoon and is threatening to bring strong winds and torrential rain to the northern Philippines, before tracking toward Taiwan and making landfall.