"Filipinos have a lot of experiences on privatization and it always tends to work against ordinary folks’ interests," advocacy group The Passenger Forum said.

A suspected motorcycle thief was killed in what police said was a shootout in Quezon City before dawn yesterday.

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a measure that will pave the way for the inclusion of the National Building Code as a major subject in engineering, architecture and other related courses.

Probers said a woman was behind Sunday’s bombing of a bus in this city that left a passenger dead and 11 others injured.

Police launched a manhunt yesterday for a janitor who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl in the toilet of a school in Lucena City in Quezon on Oct. 12.

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers called yesterday for a thorough and swift investigation into the killing of an editorial cartoonist in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat over the weekend.

The Department of Health yesterday reported an increase in the number of measles cases nationwide by almost 200 percent.

The Maynilad Water Services Inc. will give a P50 rebate to customers affected by Tropical Storm Paeng.

The Commission on Audit has ordered former officials and employees of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines to return the “irregular” achievement bonus that they received in 2014.

Filipinos working in Saudi Arabia may soon get a wage increase, the Department of Migrant Workers reported on Monday.