One million doses of donated bivalent vaccines are expected to arrive in the country by the end of March, the Department of Health says.

The death toll from a suspected suicide bombthat ripped through a mosque in northwestern Pakistan Monday has risen to at least 92, marking one of the deadliest attacks in the country in years as it faces what one analyst described as 'a national security crisis.'

China's southwestern province of Sichuan will drop restrictions on unmarried people having children, part of a broader attempt by the government to boost the country's plummeting birth rate.

Pending cases of the Japanese nationals suspected of operating a robbery ring in Japan may have been contrived just to keep them in the Philippines, Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla said on Tuesday.

The Sugar Regulatory Administration said imported sugar arriving in the country will be classified as reserve in a bid to bring down market prices of the commodity.