Tag: Philippines

MANILA: A Philippine journalist has been shot dead while driving in the country's capital, police said on Tuesday (Oct 4), prompting condemnation from media groups and activists, who described his ...

HONG KONG: Asia-focused insurer AIA Group Ltd said on Wednesday (Sep 28) that it has agreed to buy MediCard, which provides healthcare services in the Philippines, to expand in one ...

"We don't have much time left. The storm is intensifying so our responses must be stronger and faster," Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at an emergency disaster response meeting ...

MANILA: The Philippines will stop operations of 175 offshore gambling firms and deport about 40,000 Chinese workers, a justice ministry official said on Monday (Sep 26), part of a crackdown ...

CALM BEFORE THE STORM Noru comes nine months after another super typhoon devastated swathes of the country, killing more than 400 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. Ahead of ...

MANILA: Philippine authorities started evacuating people from coastal areas on Sunday (Sep 25) and hundreds were unable to travel by sea as the main island Luzon, including Manila, braces for ...

MANILA: The Philippines' disaster agency said on Saturday (Sep 24) it was on high alert as a tropical storm was expected to bring heavy rainfall and severe winds to northern ...

NEW YORK: Looking to “reintroduce the Philippines" to the world, new President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ambitious plans for his nation on the international stage and at home - if, ...

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and his Philippine counterpart, Ferdinand Marcos, held their first face-to-face talks on Thursday (Sep 22) with tensions in the South China Sea high on their ...

MANILA: American lawyer Thomas Jones still remembers the scars of Philippine torture victims he interviewed for Amnesty International inside the country's detention centres in 1975 during the rule of late ...