The Philippines government has voted to extend martial law in the southern island of Mindanao, following a year in which Islamic militants shocked the nation in taking – and holding, for several ...

No “trap” of any kind is being set by the Senate impeachment court, contrary to Akbayan party-list Rep. Chel Diokno’s claim ...

A joint session of the Philippine Congress on Wednesday declared Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son and namesake of the notorious late dictator, the winner of this month’s election and confirmed he ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine House of Representatives failed on Monday to ratify as expected an autonomy deal that many hope will peacefully settle one of Asia's longest-raging Muslim ...

Incoming representatives of the 20th Congress hit the ground running by having filed a total of 683 measures at the House of ...

Philippines biggest broadcaster ordered off the air 01:37. Manila — After years of attacks from President Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippines' largest broadcaster officially lost its bid to have ...

(Manila) – Threats by members of the Philippine Congress to defund the national human rights commission have resulted in its weakening of support for abortion rights, Human Rights Watch said today.

Turbulence in Congress and allegations of dissent among the military leadership have undermined President Marcos’ “unity” administration. ‘Destabilization’ and Disunity in the Philippine ...

We call on the 17th Philippines Congress to preserve the right to life, and to not bring back use of the death penalty as proposed in House Bill No. 1.

If the Biden administration fails to use all the leverage at its disposal to stop Duterte’s repression in the Philippines, it will be up to Congress to act by passing the Philippine Human Rights ...