Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr said on Thursday night that a key suspect in a corruption scandal that has sparked public outrage in the Philippines has been arrested in the Czech Republic and that efforts were under way to repatriate the former lawmaker

Balikatan, the flagship annual military exercise between Manila and Washington, begins in the Philippines this month without a single neighbouring Southeast Asian member taking part, despite the drills growing scale and multinational reach

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is investigating an individual suspected of spreading false news involving the supply of approximately 329,000 barrels of diesel fuel to the Philippines

Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte discussed removing President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr from office and even considered assassination if a supposed power-sharing deal fell apart, a jailed witness told a House impeachment hearing into Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio

The Philippine military on Tuesday rejected Beijings claim that Manila had staged a cyanide stunt near a contested reef in the South China Sea, after Filipino officials accused Chinese fishermen of using cyanide around a grounded warship that serves as a military outpost. We reject any statement that this is fabricated news, said Navy Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad, a spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Philippines

The United States is planning a fuel depot in the southern Philippines to support humanitarian and maritime security missions for its long-time ally in Asia, as part of a growing network of forward-based refuelling hubs in the Western Pacific

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called for an end to allegations of diesel being supplied to the Philippines, stating that the claim is untrue

Vessels in Johor waters considered to be departing from M'sia, he explains.

Filipinos like their pares, a traditional beef stew, served hot but the soaring cost of liquefied petroleum gas has made that prospect increasingly difficult since war erupted in the Middle East

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However, even if the judges decide to proceed with the trial, observers predict that the proceedings will progress at a glacial pace, potentially taking years to reach a ruling. Duterte, who governed the Philippines from 2016 to 2022, was surrendered to the ICC in March...

The headquarters of a newly established coastguard district, formerly overseen from neighbouring Palawan, will cover an area of about 68,000 sq km (26,000 sq miles). A journalist travelling to the new command centre on Thitu Island, known as Pagasa in the Philippines,...

The US and Japan have an ambition to transform the Philippines into a critical minerals powerhouse and cut their reliance on China as part of a broader economic partnership, but analysts warn that a lack of commitment by Manila to introduce comprehensive reforms and tackle corruption could hamper the goal

The Philippine call centre industry is a juggernaut, employing over a million and generating billions in revenue

A Filipino taxi driver who attempted to overcharge a member of K-pop group TXT has been suspended from operating, after the incident sparked backlash both in South Korea and the Philippines

Whats your breaking point? He is far from alone. As the Philippines grapples with a national energy emergency triggered by the war in Iran, record pump prices are forcing consumers to rethink their transport methods, and Vietnamese electric vehicle...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck the Northern Maluku Sea off Indonesias historic spice island of Ternate on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, triggering a tsunami warning for neighbouring Southeast Asian nations

Manila is following its Southeast Asian neighbours lead by seeking talks with Iran to secure safe passage for Philippine-bound tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, a move observers have called a matter of survival

The Philippines said on Tuesday it will rename more than 100 island features in a bid to reinforce its sovereignty in the disputed South China Sea, including areas claimed by China

The Iran war could provide an impetus for the Philippines and China to reach an agreement on disputed energy resources in the South China Sea, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr said recently

As Japanese combat troops prepare to join war games in the Philippines next month their first return to Philippine soil since 1945 some Filipinos say the real issue is not only what Japan is doing now, but what it still has not fully reckoned with from the past

After a seven-hour drive to a trading post in northern Philippines, 35-year-old farmer Elmer Ullani took home nothing but an empty petrol tank even after selling 10 tonnes of cabbage

Petron Corp., the Philippines only refiner, has procured 2.48 million barrels of crude oil from Russia as the Southeast Asian nation scours the world for alternative suppliers to support domestic energy needs with the war in Iran raging

Company says it hasn't entered into any related agreement or commitment.

The Philippines is seeking broader defence cooperation with Natos European members, even as US President Donald Trump remains critical of the transatlantic security alliances lack of involvement over the Middle East war

Philippine lawmakers have implored President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr to postpone this years Asean summit, as the country grapples with soaring fuel prices amid a global energy crisis

Their return, as part of the joint Philippine-US Balikatan military training drills, also signals a dramatic shift in the development of the Indo-Pacific security architecture from a hub-and-spoke strategy to one of multiple, overlapping minilaterals, with the region seen as one undivided theatre, experts say. Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief-of-Staff...

Even as the Philippines thrashes through the throes of an energy crisis born of the Iran war, Filipinos themselves largely appear uninterested in blaming the man who started it

The Philippines is working with Washington to secure waivers and exemptions that will allow it to obtain oil from US-sanctioned countries and guarantee supplies, its ambassador to the United States said

A Philippine prison was supposed to contain Park Wang-yeol

The head of the Philippines flag carrier said the Southeast Asian country may need to resort to fuel rationing amid tight supplies due to the war in Iran

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr on Tuesday declared a state of national energy emergency in response to the Middle East conflict and what he called an imminent danger posed to the countrys energy supply

The Philippines says grounding planes due to a shortage of jet fuel brought on by the war in Iran is a distinct possibility, according to President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr

The man responsible for beating her golden retriever Killua to death was made to pay a fine of just 1,000 pesos (US$17) despite his crime being caught on camera and widely shared on social media. Now, a coalition of animal welfare groups in the Philippines is rallying behind two new bills that would place dedicated animal protection officers in every police station and create a national oversight body for such cruelty...

Washington and its allies are drawing up plans to establish an ammunition production facility in the Philippines, a move critics warn would turn the Southeast Asian nation into a logistics arm of US warmongering

The Philippines has allowed the temporary and limited use of a cheaper but dirtier type of fuel to ensure supply as it finds ways to cope with the impact of the Middle East crisis

Its very expensive now. With diesel prices in the Philippines shattering record highs amid the war on Iran, transport workers like Orain are being forced off the road as they face a stark choice between filling their tanks or feeding...

As the Philippines forms partnerships with several countries to harness its potentially huge wealth of critical minerals, analysts have called for a coherent road map to develop the countrys mining industry to globally competitive standards

Growing disinformation in the Philippines and distrust in authorities could have led to a sharp drop in public support, particularly among Gen Z Filipinos, for the International Criminal Courts (ICC) proceedings against former president Rodrigo Duterte and his deadly war on drugs

As war rages in the Middle East thousands of miles from the Philippines, a senior military official has urged Manila to reflect on its own vulnerabilities, stressing that military modernisation should not be mere lip service