Philippines

Tiu is a Tsinoy, the local term used for ethnic Chinese in the Philippines. Around 1.2 million people in the country are considered to be Tsinoy, in addition to millions more Filipinos who have some degree of Chinese ancestry, according to Teresita Ang See, co-founder of Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, a non-governmental organisation that advocates for…

Footage released by Manila showed Chinese coast guard sailors brandishing knives, an axe and other weapons in Monday's clash, in which a Filipino sailor lost a thumb, as they stopped a Philippine navy attempt to resupply a Filipino garrison on a derelict warship."We are not yet ready to consider this as an armed attack," President Ferdinand…

BATANGAS, Philippines — An influential politician in the Philippines, who has been a cheerleader for natural gas power, is behind a company that planned to make a fortune from it, an Associated Press investigation of thousands of pages of documents has found.Gov. Hermilando Mandanas of Batangas province and his late wife stood to profit from a…

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The Philippines ranked 61st out of 64 in Creative Thinking in the latest results of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a worldwide study conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OCED) to evaluate our educational systems. The country’s participants, composed of…

Many markets in Asia have implemented new digital imports systems in the past few years in order to cope with logistics changes and customs congestion issues at their borders, from Thailand​ to South Korea​.The Philippines is the latest market to join this digital transformation shift, and similar with most of the previous markets, will be…

(UPDATES) FILIPINO and Chinese vessels collided near Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the South China Sea on Monday, the China Coast Guard (CCG) said, but the Philippine military called the report "misleading and deceptive." Known in Chinese as the Ren'ai Reef, Ayungin Shoal has…

This photo taken on February 16, 2024, shows a rigid hull inflatable boat leaving a Chinese coast guard vessel near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal, in disputed waters of the South China Sea. The Philippines on February 17 accused Chinese coast guard vessels of “dangerous” maneuvers for attempting to block a Filipino vessel dropping…

(UPDATES) THE Philippines formally asked the United Nations to register its extended continental shelf (ECS) in the Western Palawan region in the West Philippine Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced on Saturday. The submission of information at the UN Commission…

The Philippines has formally lodged a petition with the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) to expand the boundaries of its continental shelf in the West Palawan area, located in the disputed West Philippine Sea. The proposal, presented through the Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New…

The Philippines unveiled its first government blockchain, eGOVchain, during the kick-off of the National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Month 2024 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City. The development was announced by Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary…