Philippines

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr was mobbed by his Filipino supporters on the first day of his two-day state visit to Singapore on Tuesday. The Office of the President estimated close to 2,000 Filipinos were at the University…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday called on ASEAN to lead the way in bringing peace to the region amid the "volatile time in geopolitics", during his first overseas trip since taking office in June. In a joint statement…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will make a state visit to Singapore from Tuesday (Sep 6) to Wednesday at the invitation of Singapore's President Halimah Yacob. Marcos will be accompanied by his wife, First Lady Louise…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is expected to prioritise defence issues and investment opportunities when he meets with the leaders of Indonesia and Singapore during his inaugural state visits next week. Marcos will be visiting…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr vowed on Thursday to raise the deployment cap on Filipino nurses overseas, as low salaries and lack of jobs at home continue to drive many to seek employment abroad. Speaking at an event marking the…

The Philippines is open to new talks with China on oil and gas exploration, the South-East Asian nation’s top diplomat said on Wednesday (Aug 31). President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s government is ready to resume discussions, but any deal will…

Thirty-nine years ago, his death at the hands of a kill squad that allegedly had the tacit consent of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr sparked a popular revolt that forced the Marcoses to flee the Philippines. But on Sunday (Aug 21), the…

Millions of students across the Philippines returned to the classroom on Monday, after one of the world's longest school closures. Almost half the country's schools resumed in-person classes after more than two years of distance…

Roughly three out of five of the Philippines' 27 million students, some 5 million of whom are set to return to in-person classes on Monday (Aug 22), have yet to receive a single shot of vaccines against the Covid-19 virus, the Education…

Cambodian and Philippine leaders have exchanged congratulatory messages to mark the 65th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations which falls on Saturday. In a message to Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Cambodian King…