Philippines

The U.S., U.K. and Australia last week announced a new security partnership that seeks to strengthen stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Manny Pacquiao sounded like a fighter on his way out and a politician on his way up.

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Singapore and Vietnam next month to strengthen the U.S.’s relationship and economic ties with the Indo-Pacific region, the White House said on Friday.

Two years before Philippine weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won the country’s first ever Olympic gold medal, she was swept up in a “plot” against President Duterte.

Officials in the Philippines say thousands of residents have fled flooded communities and swollen rivers in the capital of Manila and outlying provinces

Monsoon rain made worse by typhoon In-fa caused severe flooding in parts of the Philippines.

Philippine troops found the last five dead from the crash of a transport aircraft in the south and two wounded survivors died, raising the death toll to 52 in the military’s worst air disaster

The Philippine military says at least 45 people have been killed and 49 rescued after a C-130 aircraft carrying combat troops crashed while landing

Asia will likely be last out of the pandemic because of low vaccination rates, said Todd Handcock of Collinson Group, a travel services firm.

The Philippine president has threatened to order the arrest of Filipinos who refuse COVID-19 vaccination and told them to leave the country if they would not cooperate to contain the pandemic

The Philippines has drastically stepped up its patrols in the South China Sea, and has come into closer contact with the China Coast Guard, according to data.

Filipino citizens play video games to supplement income using NFTs, and cryptocurrency amid pandemic induced economic downturn.

In a tweet, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. accused China of straining its “friendship” with the Philippines.

Her name is Fateeha. She’s a 17-year-old rapper who hails from the Philippines and she’s already making heads turn. The young artist shares her road into the entertainment industry and offers advice for others looking to follow her lead.

The coronavirus pandemic and ongoing political protests have left Thailand’s economy in “pretty bad shape,” said Euben Paracuelles of Nomura.

A super typhoon has killed at least 10 people in the Philippines and triggered volcanic mudflows that engulfed about 150 houses before weakening as it blew away from the country

 Philippine officials ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island on Saturday as a category 5 storm, that is the world’s strongest this year, approached the Southeast Asian nation. Typhoon Goni, with 133 miles sustained winds and gusts of up to 164 mph, will make landfall on Sunday as the strongest typhoon…

A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a Filipino transgender woman has been deported after a presidential pardon cut short his detention in a case that renewed outrage over a pact governing American military presence in the Philippines

Jon Jon Briones is hitting Netflix in September with a role in the original series “Ratched,” which focuses on the backstory of the villainous nurse from the classic novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” Briones, who grew up in a poverty-stricken area in the Philippines, joined LX News to talk about his winding path to Hollywood.

Comedian Jo Koy has a new Netflix special, “In His Elements,” and an upcoming movie, “Easter Sunday,” that are tributes to the Philippines and his Filipino heritage. Koy said he hopes that by “shining a light” on his culture, he’ll inspire other Filipino performers to follow their dreams.