Sweden is eyeing a permanent defence attaché in the Philippines to secure trade lanes against a ‘changed China’ in the Indo-Pacific.

A 6.9-magnitude aftershock jolted quake-hit southern Philippines, triggering a fresh tsunami alert just hours after an earlier warning was lifted, authorities said.

Philippine bishops have urged Catholics and others to demand accountability and transparency from government authorities for the misuse of public funds.

A tropical storm has hit the northern and central Philippines, leaving at least one person dead and forcing over 22,000 people to evacuate

The Philippines has unveiled a new jail that may soon house powerful legislators and officials implicated in a massive corruption scandal.

Philippine Marines deployed two small boats last week to escort a Chinese fishing boat that Manila claimed was illegally fishing at Second Thomas Shoal. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) stated that its troops “upheld environmental protection” at the disputed submerged reef Oct.

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An Anne Arundel County man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly producing child pornography and soliciting a minor, Maryland State Police said.

Catherine Vego opened her Filipino restaurant in Neepawa at the start of October, with the southwestern Manitoba town's growing Filipino community making it the right time to start cooking, she says.