Gunshots have been heard at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday, and the people inside were told to run for cover, reported Reuters, citing a witness who heard at least five shots initially, with the ...

Gunfire rang out in the Philippines Senate on Wednesday. It sparked chaos in the building where authorities had tried to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court in connection with ...

OMBUDSMAN Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Saturday that he has ordered the dismissal of former interim Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca. “Last Monday, I signed the dismissal order of Aplasca from the ...

A highly consequential impeachment trial against Philippines Vice-President Sara Duterte could spell the end for her ...

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — The Grade 9 students settled in for a regular day, opening their notebooks in a classroom that smelled of chalk and morning rain. Then, two sharp cracks. A pause. Three ...

Gerric Bituin was a friend of the 14-year-old tagged in the school shooting in Tacloban City. He was shot in his back.

Two students opened fire Monday morning inside a school in Tacloban City, a rare campus shooting that killed three teens and wounded seven others, police ...

BEYOND the shock-and-awe impact of the June 22 school shooting in Leyte that left three students dead, the stories of the survivors are just as compelling for attention. But they also raise troubling ...

Here are the latest news and updates on the probe into the deadly Tacloban school shooting and related developments.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A leadership standoff in the Philippine Senate ended Wednesday with the removal of an ally of former President Rodrigo Duterte as leader of the chamber, which will soon ...

Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian presides over a session of the Philippine Senate shortly after his election as the chamber’s president, Jun. 17, 2026. Credit: Joseph Vidal/Senate Social Media Unit The ...