RCEP—world’s largest free-trade pact—’signed’
Fifteen countries spanning the Asia Pacific region have officially inked the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which promises to create a vast free trade...
Aquino warns of return to tyranny
Presidents Benigno Aquino and Barack Obama. The US will miss Aquino. Source: Wikimedia
Outgoing Philippine President Benigno Aquino has called for people to defend their...
Reef naming angers Manila
The Philippines has complained about China's move to name undersea features on Manila's continental shelf amid fears Beijing may be claiming more maritime territory.
President...
China slams Philippine-US defence pact
The Royal New Zealand Air Force at Clark airfield, Luzon, in 1984. Foreign jets will soon return. Source: Wikipedia
Chinese state media has condemned the...
Duterte demands US troop withdrawal
USS Essex enters port at Subic Bay. Source: Wikimedia
The Philippines' president, Rodrigo Duterte, has said US forces must leave the unstable island of Mindanao,...
Isis blamed for attack on Saudi preacher
Zamboanga, mixed between Christians and Muslims, has long been a militant target. Source: Flickr
An influential Saudi Arabian preacher, who was recently named as a...
Philippines scrambles to solve water shortages
The Philippine Senate is due to conduct a public hearing on March 19 into the water shortages gripping the country, especially Manila and Rizal,...
Duterte: pro-medical pot, anti-ghost
President Ferdinand Marcos hosts a meeting of Seato (Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation) during the Vietnam war in 1966 at the allegedly haunted Malacanang Palace in Manila. Former...
Trump praises fellow populist
Donald Trump has hailed his relationship with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, ignoring media questions about human rights and the thousands killed during his host’s bloody...
Philippines approves worth P548-billion infra projects
Eight infrastructure projects amounting to P548 billion ($10.75 billion) have hurdled the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in the Philippines.
In a statement, Socioeconomic...
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