A gay right supporter with a rainbow flag stands outside Taiwan’s Parliament hours before it legalized same-sex marriage on May 17 in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived a last-minute attempt by conservatives to pass watered-down legislation.
Local tourists from Manila go beach-hopping on Maniwaya Island in Marinduque after the Philippine Coast Guard lifted the ban on...
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Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez (center) joins five Nueva Ecija Mayors who were sworn in as new Lakas-CMD members, namely...
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Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada welcomes the new Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines David Bruce Hartman when the envoy paid a...
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Jetti Petroleum Inc., a locally-owned independent oil company known for its commitment to delivering affordable petroleum products to Filipinos, formalizes...
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Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez leads the distribution of cash assistance to farmers and farm workers in Balayan, Batangas who...
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and their son, Simon, lead the opening of two Malacañang museums,...
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The government is seeking close to 100% rice self-sufficiency in five years following President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s approval of...
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Negros Oriental Governor Carlo Jorge Joan “Guido” Reyes passed away on Wednesday morning, provincial officials have confirmed. In a video...
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Rep. Erwin Tulfo of ACT-CIS party-list group has vowed to be an active and working member of the House of...
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Senator Grace Poe said she is supporting a law legalizing and regulating the country’s motorcycle taxis that would ensure the...
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The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has junked the appeal of the government seeking to overturn its acquittal of Nobel...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.
