A Philippine coastal defence project in Palawan province could complicate Chinese operations near the Spratly Islands, but is unlikely to close Manilas military gap with Beijing and could turn one of the countrys most important naval hubs into a more prominent target in a crisis, analysts have said. On Monday, the Puerto Princesa City Council approved a Department of National Defence proposal allowing the Armed Forces of the Philippines to establish Coastal Defence Regiment assets and...

On a 1,620-hectare (4,000 acres) site north of Manila, Philippine and US officials are pitching a hi-tech hub as a global gateway to AI, semiconductors and critical minerals

For generations, jeepneys brightly painted minibuses that are among the Philippines cheapest and most used forms of public transport have run on diesel, but recent fuel shocks are forcing thousands of small operators and drivers to weigh volatile prices against the debt needed to go electric

The Philippines has begun holding active school shooter drills after a rare act of violence in Tacloban City last month during which two teenage students opened fire, killing three schoolmates and injuring 20 others

An American marine biologist was shot and killed by three men who barged into his house in the central Philippines over the weekend and efforts were underway to apprehend the suspects, police said on Tuesday

Out over the Pacific, a familiar spectre is gathering strength and with it, the threat of empty granaries and hungry households. The Philippines has a plan for this years super El Nino, on paper at least

A university symposium in Guangzhou has placed the Philippines northernmost province of Batanes at the centre of a new argument over history, geography and sovereignty, after scholars at the event claimed the islands belonged to Taiwan and, on that basis, fell under overall Chinese sovereignty

A decade after a tribunal in The Hague ruled on July 12, 2016, that Beijings sweeping South China Sea claims had no legal basis, Philippine officials and analysts say Manila remains heavily outmatched at sea but has begun turning its landmark legal victory into a more credible form of deterrence. The Philippines brought the case in 2013 under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), challenging Beijings nine-dash line and other claims

Composed, that is, until the conversation turned to the South China Sea the very subject that landed him in hot water in the first place. In an interview this week, the Philippines defence chief said that Manila would keep only limited military communication channels open with Beijing, while ruling out broader engagement unless China changed its...

The Philippines still lags behind its neighbours in attracting foreign direct investments (FDI) after its inflows remained stagnant in 2025, even as a financing influx swept the region

The Philippines unilateral and confrontational approach does nobody any favours.

The Philippines is preparing to create a military space centre by 2028, a move that could help Manila strengthen surveillance, communications and command across its archipelago and in contested areas of the South China Sea

The World Bank recently upgraded the Philippines to an upper-middle-income country, but that classification makes little difference to many Filipinos grappling with rising cost of living, debt and stagnant wages

Indonesia has become the third Southeast Asian nation after Vietnam and the Philippines to buy the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system jointly developed by India and Russia

Joab Jorge runs Dream Latte Cafe, a speciality coffee shop and small-batch roastery, with his mother Ces out of their old ancestral home in Pilar, a town in Bataan province some 180km (112 miles) northwest of Manila

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio did not attend the opening of her impeachment trial on Monday, leaving her lawyers to fight charges that, if upheld, could remove her from office, permanently bar her from politics and reshape the 2028 presidential race

A Philippine senator who is an ally of Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio was arrested on Monday on a plunder charge, hours before the Senate begins a high-stakes impeachment trial that could determine Dutertes political future

In the Philippine capital, 85 pesos (US$1.40) is barely enough to buy a meal for one, let alone a family of five

The arrest of a 65-year-old woman accused of selling abortion pills in Manila has offered a glimpse into the shadow economy growing around ending unwanted pregnancies in the Philippines, one of the few countries in the world where the procedure remains criminalised in almost all circumstances

The Philippines is uniquely positioned to serve as a gateway for Greater Bay Area businesses into Southeast Asia, the countrys trade secretary said on Tuesday, as she outlined Manilas push to promote a pro-investment environment

Esmeraldo Maligsa, a farmer and president of the Bohol Ube Growers Association, harvests 2,000kg (4,400lbs) of ube, the purple tuber native to the Philippines, every seven months

People in the Philippines are flocking to install solar power on rooftops and escape the burden of soaring electricity prices, making it the worlds biggest spender on solar panels since the war in Iran started

Mondays school shooting in the Philippines that killed three students and injured dozens has highlighted the decades-long problem of gun proliferation in the country, easy access to weapons despite theoretically strict laws and Filipinos fascination with firearms

When Japan quietly deployed members of its elite airborne brigade for parachute drills in the Philippines northernmost province earlier this month, the exercise was not vigorously publicised by officials on either side

Philippine authorities successfully foiled another possible school attack in Leyte province just two days after Mondays deadly shooting in Tacloban City, thanks to a timely tip from Senator Bam Aquino

After two teenagers opened fire at a Philippine high school this week, the first question lawmakers asked was not about gun control, but the internet

A rare shooting at a public high school in the central Philippines that left three students dead and seven injured has gripped the country amid concerns over campus safety and the mental well-being of young people

A long-delayed bill meant to curb political dynasties in the Philippines where powerful families dominate elected offices from Congress to local government has moved closer to becoming law, but critics say the measure could end up protecting the clans it claims to restrain

At least three teenaged students were killed and five others wounded on Monday in a rare school shooting in the central Philippines, police said

Now, it is being repurposed to project German industrial ambition. Analysts say the multimillion-dollar deal to develop the former US military base in the Philippines illustrates how economic investment has become the new language of strategic power

Arsenio Butil Jnr fell to his knees and began to pray when last weeks deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake began shaking his home on the coast of the southern Philippines

Australia has supplied the Philippine coastguard with a new batch of aerial and underwater drones that could significantly enhance Manilas capability to monitor activities in the disputed South China Sea. The systems would help the coastguard gather evidence and enhance deterrence across the contested waters, including areas within the Philippines exclusive economic zone, where Manila has faced repeated confrontations with Chinese vessels, according to analysts