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The moves will help strengthen regional stability and prevent Indo-Pacific connectivity from being quietly weaponised, ...

A US-based maritime monitoring group has alleged a Chinese ship used different identities and flags while working in ...

AS 2025 comes to a close, the Philippines looks back on a tumultuous year marked by political upheavals, high-profile legal ...

ONE of the most persistent questions in Philippine politics is also one of the least honestly confronted: Why can’t militant ...

When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office in June 2022, it was thanks in part to a political alliance he struck with his predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte, and his ...

In 2025, critics of the administration took to the streets to protest corruption. But can the traditional opposition harness ...

The ex-president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, could soon become the first Asian former head of state to be tried at ...

CHINA MILITARY DRILLS. Helicopters on an amphibious assault ship take part in military drills in waters southeast of Taiwan, in this screenshot from a video released by the Eastern Theatre Command of ...

A recent Pulse Asia Research Survey showed that 94 percent of Filipino adults believe that corruption in the Philippine ...

A specter is haunting Philippine politics today: the specter of gambling, which is being linked to youth addiction, unethical use of public funds, money laundering, kidnapping, and murder. Gambling ...

A foul-mouthed former Philippine president who jailed political rivals, insulted the pope and claims to have hired “death squad” gangsters is running for re-election in his hometown in a desperate bid ...