US colleges are so short of students they're admitting people who never applied

MANILA, Philippines – A big-time oil price hike expected next week leads the top stories on INQToday afternoon edition, along with the defense team of former President Rodrigo Duterte seeking to have eight alleged killings removed from his International Criminal Court case. READ: Diesel seen up by as much as P10.50 per liter next week

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said there was “no justification” for the China Coast Guard"s (CCG) aggressive actions that resulted in a minor collision with a Philippine civilian vessel in the West Philippine Sea on Friday.

Vietnam remains a market of interest for Australian education providers, according to Jane Tran, Board Director of the Vietnam-Australia Scholars & Experts Association (VASEA), following Australia's announcement of the next phase of reforms to its migration system.

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is studying whether to file the complaint regarding the alleged misuse of up to P10 billion in funds for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEA) in the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc)’s hosting of the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to the Department of Justice

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Friday said it was confident there would be no riots during the expected protest actions this coming Sept. 21, compared to the violent incidents seen last year. “Malaki ang kumpiyansa natin,” PNP public information chief Col. Allen Rae Co said in a press briefing in Camp

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The People's Budget Coalition appeals to the House of Representatives to 'make CSO participation meaningful,' not 'tokenistic'

MANILA, Philippines — The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Friday expressed hope that the people of Mindanao “move forward together” in light of its recently concluded first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections. “As the BARMM enters a new chapter, we appeal especially to its leaders: make the Bangsamoro

MANILA, Philippines — Press freedom and journalism watchdog Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) has announced that it will be closing down its operations effective Sept. 30. “Philippine and international funding support has sustained the work of CMFR,” the center said in a statement on its social media page on Friday. “But, multiple factors

The suspect in the Banga National High School shooting incident, which killed three students in the South Cotabato town, was a Grade 9 student and the son of an employee of the Department of Education in Region 12.

MANILA, Philippines — Counsel and spokesperson for the prosecution panel Atty. Benjamin Tolosa said that the statements he made regarding Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial flagged by the Senate impeachment court were already public record. This is in response to the impeachment court-issued show-cause order (SCO) dated Sept. 16 wherein the court flagged five