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Nearly a year and a half after Philippine forces retook the southern city of Marawi from Islamic State-linked militants, a large Muslim-majority region will vote to ...

President Duterte's war on illegal drugs has an admirer in Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, who called the campaign “an example to the world.”

President Rodrigo Duterte has pursued a China-friendly policy, but it is not clear what he thinks of proposals for the government to control the shipyard at Subic ...

Controversies Surrounding Chinese Investment in the Philippines. The prospect of “debt traps” occurring in developing nations has been a popular recent topic ...

The human rights crisis in the Philippines “deepened” during President Rodrigo Duterte's second year in office as his administration continued the bloody ...

Ride-hailing startup Go-Jek's expansion into the Philippines ran into problems earlier this month over its ownership structure, but that isn't deterring the ...

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto called for an investigation into the Department of the Interior and Local Government's (DILG) "Safe Philippines" ...

Tension between the Philippines and China on the West Philippine Sea would be lower in the final half of President Rodrigo Duterte's term, Defense Secretary ...

WE HATE to say it, but since many Filipinos seem to believe foreign prophets more than their own, we share below a Bloomberg report titled “The Philippines ...

MANILA, Philippines — The signing of five agreements capped the bilateral meeting at Malacañang between President Duterte and visiting Sri Lankan ...

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here's the sign-up.) Good morning. We'll be off on Monday for the American holiday of Martin Luther King Day. Now back to ...

A young island man came to Manila for college and found a morass of plastic waste. Now he's found ways for Manila's poorest people to dig out, and shown how ...

MANILA, Philippines — More dollars flowed into the domestic economy last December, helping pare the country's balance of payments deficit for the whole 2018 ...

Residents of the Philippines are being put on alert for the dangers of flash flooding and mudslides as a budding tropical depression approaches.

A deep-dive podcast into Marawi, the Miss Universe controversy and Rappler's Maria Ressa.

MANILA (XINHUA) - A Chinese naval escort fleet, composed of three vessels, arrived in Manila on Thursday (Jan 17) for a five-day friendly visit to the Philippines ...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines says that the Parliament of the Philippines will extend fullest support to implement the programs ...

A total of 257 foreign fugitives were arrested in the country last year, the Bureau of Immigration said yesterday.

Malaysia-based tower company edotco is looking to the Philippines as the next growth market to accelerate its expansion in Asia, with plans to invest $1 billion ...

METRO MANILA, Philippines, Jan. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospitals and other healthcare providers inside the United States are challenged daily to ...

MANILA, Philippines — The United States has remained the country most trusted by Filipinos, and Russia and China the least, according to the latest Pulse Asia ...

The Philippine economy is staging a comeback this year.

The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has recently announced a change in the requirements needed for the renewal of passports.

The Philippine economy will likely post sluggish growth this year, according to the latest projections of a regional think tank and of economists at HSBC Private ...

A low pressure area heading towards the Philippines may intensify into a storm after entering the country, the state weather bureau said.

MANILA – Netflix Philippines said Thursday the reported increase in subscription rates only applies to US and select markets in Latin America and the ...

WRITTEN BY GARY EDMONDS. In over thirty years of traveling around the world and learning about solutions to end poverty, the question that seems to be the ...

Do you live and breathe all things Philippines Theatre? If so, you know there's a ton of exciting things happening in the Philippines theatre community every day!

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials have turned over to China a former government official wanted for alleged economic crime and corruption. Xie Haojie ...

Supporters of the Bangsmoro Organic Law participate in a grand rally in Cotabato attended by President Rodrigo Duterte just days ahead of the Monday ...

COBOURG — Thelma Dillon, a Zumba instructor in Cobourg, is organizing an upcoming "FUN-Raiser" to benefit the victims of a typhoon that struck the ...

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has sought an inquiry into the administration's project with China to install closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras ...

Party leaders, former and current presidents' role in peace process highlighted as referendum near - Anadolu Agency.

The country's first cyber intelligence platform will initially *service* 10 priority government agencies, DICT Assistant Secretary Allan Cabanlong said during the ...

The Taiwan Education Center Philippines, a cultural exchange program that provides Mandarin lessons to Philippine students, has reported positive results.

MANILA, Philippines — Three international tower companies are set to ink separate agreements with the Department of Information and Communications ...

DUBAI: There were three parts to the Philippines plan of action at the Asian Cup. The first was to not lose to South Korea by many. The second ...

DUBLIN, Jan. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Philippines UPS Systems Market (2018-2024): Market Forecast by KVA Ratings, by Applications, by Regions, and.

Green Bay's Southwest High School's art club has some talented artists, but their talents are not outweighed by their giving and compassionate hearts.

Is it too early to start planning your summer getaway to the Phillipines? The answer is no, not when the flight deals are this good.

"Did you see any?" our tour guide asks wryly from the back of the boat. It's a joke, of course, because we saw millions. Twinkling ocean clouds, undulating and ...

Amid the steady restoration of its frayed ties Washington, Manila has made a surprise call for a review of the bilateral 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty, t.

MANILA -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to consider government involvement in a rescue of the country's biggest shipyard, whose futu.

In the months before Brazil's elections in October 2018, many experts both within and outside the country dismissed the possibility that Jair Bolsonaro, a former ...

The Philippine government is considering reducing the number of port calls by international cruise ships on Boracay Island, a major tourism destination in ...

UTRECHT, The Netherlands - Discerning Dutch tourists are increasingly attracted to the Philippines because of its unspoiled and less touristic spots, compared ...

Local banks' huge exposures to Hanjin Philippines — which recently declared bankruptcy after it defaulted on over $400 million in loans — are unlikely to shake ...

This year, Lexus Philippines is doing its own kind of 10-year challenge. The luxury arm of Toyota is celebrating a decade in the Philippines. The Japanese ...

MANILA — Dozens of people were killed in the eastern Philippines in a weekend storm that set off landslides and flash floods as the country prepared for the ...

For Philippine director Treb Monteras II, hip-hop has always been about politics and social issues, and no situation is more pressing today for the country than ...

The Black Hawk helicopters are made by US manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft, but produced in a factory in Poland.

Despite two losses, the Asian Cup is not over for the Philippines. Wednesday's match has the potential to be a watershed moment in Akzal history.

MANILA -- Marikina, a city in Metro Manila, was once known as Southeast Asia's leading center for shoemaking. The industry fell into decline with.

If there's a typhoon hitting the Philippines, chances are it will pass by Batanes, a collection of remote islands in the country's far north. But ...

MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte's administration is battling to end a two-week budget impasse that threatens to derail the Philippines' rapid econ.

With only an estimated 400 left in the wild, the race is on to save the Philippine eagle—one of the biggest and strongest raptors in the world.

Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Friday, with Philippines hitting a nine-and-a-half-month closing high, as a report of progress in Sino-US trade talks raised ...

A United States-based non-governmental organization has called the Philippines “a war zone in disguise” citing the killings of over 1000 civilians in 2018 due to ...

Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Friday, with Philippines hitting a nine-and-a-half-month closing high, as a report of progress in Sino-U.S. trade talks ...

A 23-company delegation led by the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India is putting up a mini-expo and exclusive business matching session for ...

UFC® and FOX Networks Group Asia sign a multi-year deal to showcase live events and original UFC programming to fans in the Philippines.

Chinese workers are “flooding” the Philippines. That's according to a story published recently in South China Morning Post. Worse, Duterte's administration is ...

Every year, 8 million tons of plastic wash into the oceans. The biggest sources are in Asia. In the Philippines, one man is going head-to-head with multinational ...

Counting down from September, nine days of Mass, heaps of roast pig, colorful lights and festivities all over the place — the Filipinos know how to make the ...

Following the opening of Ministry of Crab in Shanghai only a few months ago, co-owners, Kumar Sangakkara and Chef Dharshan Munidasa launched Ministry ...

One of the world's most celebrated chefs, Alain Ducasse has made the Philippines a regular stop in his world travels. The main reason? To support young ...

Washington has reaffirmed its security commitment to the Philippines under the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty, which some officials wanted reviewed over what ...

The AFC Asian Cup 2019 group stage is nearing its completion and the line up for the knockout rounds is slowly taking shape.

Young couple from Laguna drown while snorkeling.

Riding the momentum of a historic run to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Philippine football must like its chances nowadays winning the hearts and minds of fans ...

MANILA, Philippines — Despite a tumultuous year marked by privacy concerns and criticisms worldwide, social media company Facebook continued to perform ...

MANILA, Philippines — The demand for Chinese yuan or renminbi (RMB) among Philippine companies is increasing amid improving economic relations ...

The commander of the US Navy's longest serving submarine has demoted for hiring prostitutes in the Philippines.

Some immigration personnel are charging P5,000 per applicant to facilitate the release of special work permits to foreigners, according to Sen. Joel Villanueva ...

The operators of Bestjet are linked to a company in the British Virgin Islands and outsourced operations to...

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the government would protest any action of China that would be deemed inconsistent with the Philippines' national ...

Overhauling the Philippines' outdated infrastructure could catapult the nation into the league of the world's largest economies in the next 15 years, ...

MANILA, Philippines— The new law on Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome would reverse the course of rising ...

Rodel M. Batocabe, 52, was fatally shot during a gift-giving ceremony on Saturday. He was the 21st official killed since President Rodrigo Duterte took office.

An earthquake of 6.9 magnitude struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday and small tsunami waves were possible on parts of the coasts ...

MANILA, January 17, 2019 — Many businesses—big or small in scale—rely on commercial trucks for transport and delivery of materials and goods in their ...

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has admitted to sexually assaulting a housemaid when he was a teenager in a speech that drew ...

MANILA -- The US Embassy in Manila said Thursday it was "collaborating closely" with the Philippines to improve aviation security after American authorities ...

At least two people were killed in an explosion outside a busy shopping mall in the southern Philippines Monday.

MANILA -- Chinese companies have expressed interest in taking over the Philippines' largest shipyard after the local unit of South Korea's Hanjin Heav.

Ambassador Grace Relucio-Princesa of the Philippines to the Holy See spoke to Vatican News about some of the issues that Pope Francis raised in his ...

MANILA, Philippines — Two lawmakers who lobbied for the new law on Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ...

The World Bank has downgraded its growth forecasts for the Philippines this year and next on assumptions of a reenactment of the national budget in the first ...

President Rodrigo Duterte has denounced bishops in the Catholic-majority country as "sons of b*****s", renewing his attacks on the church that has criticised him ...

Flooding rainfall will continue to spread across the northern and central Philippines as a tropical depression moves through the region into Saturday.

The Philippines' adult population is likely to be cut by 9 percent due to migration, according to a new Gallup poll, which also sees an exodus of young talents ...

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 18) — The Cebu City local government took down a huge tarpaulin poster of senatorial aspirant and Ilocos Norte ...

Two original Filipino musicals, a new generation of headliners, and a new corporate partnership highlight the 82nd season of Repertory Philippines.

On 9th January morning when people woke up in Singapore, they received a message from the ride-hailing company Go-Jek, which said, "open for all, ...

The Philippine Stock Exchange index closes at 8024.14 points on Monday, January 14.

The human rights crisis in the Philippines has “deepened” in 2018 as the bloody war on drugs continued under the Duterte administration, Human Rights Watch ...

There is no pneumonia outbreak in the Philippines contrary to reports circulating on social media, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday.

It will be announced when Catriona Gray returns to the Philippines, the politician said. Current Philippine trending info on popular art, culture, society, movie, ...

World of Dance Philippines,” ABS-CBN's iteration of the hit global format, debuted to strong ratings over the weekend, according to data from Kantar Media.

The Philippine economy is staging a comeback this year.