Philippines

Solar Philippines has submitted offers to contract most of its planned 10 gigawatts of projects, including the world's largest, as the Southeast Asian nation seeks to meet rising demand for electricity while shifting away from coal. If…

Sara Duterte will break with tradition for the swearing-in ceremony on Sunday (June 19), opting to take her oath as the Philippines' next vice-president almost two weeks ahead of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The daughter of…

President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr has appointed as his legal counsel the same man who, as defense minister more than 36 years ago, helped hatch a coup that forced his father, the Philippines' autocratic president from 1965 to 1986, to…

The Philippines will likely produce fewer chickens in the coming months with numbers reduced by pricier, lower-quality feed and poor weather, an industry leader said, a slowdown that could drive food costs higher. Raising poultry will be…

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the Philippines will establish an embassy in Ukraine, months after Russia launched a military invasion that displaced millions and affected the global economy. “I’m setting up a…

Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana fainted during an Independence Day ceremony on Sunday morning (June 12), and the Department of National Defence said he is "in stable condition". "I am fine now. Just resting since the…

Manila summoned a senior Chinese diplomat to protest the China Coast Guard’s alleged “harassment” of a joint Filipino-Taiwanese research ship in the South China Sea in April, officials said Tuesday, in a fresh dispute as a new president…

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. emphasized a message of unity and revealed his plans for the Philippines after a landslide victory in this week's presidential election. “I am guided by the fact that 31 million of our countrymen voted for unity,”…

Nearly a fifth of hospitals in the Philippines are close to full capacity as a surge in COVID-19 infections, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus, spreads across the Southeast Asian country, the health ministry said on…