Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

US President Donald Trump will not attend regional summits with Asian allies in November but will send Vice President Mike Pence instead, the White House announced Friday.

The Commission on Audit confirmed that the budget for the Philippines hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit last year was indeed inflated.

The communist party chief of one of Vietnam's largest cities was fired Friday for violating party rules, the government said, part of the country's massive anti-corruption sweep targeting political heavyweights and executives.

President Rodrigo Duterte has demanded the resignation of Energy Regulatory Commission executives including its chair, Jose Vicente "Joe" Salazar,

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a probe on the circumstances surrounding the suicide of Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) bids and awards committee chairman, Director Francisco Jose Villa Jr.

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his plan to pivot to China in his bilateral meeting with its President Xi Jinping in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Economic Leaders Meeting in Lima, Peru.

President Rodrigo Duterte was fawning in his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Lima, Peru.

Russian President Vladimir Putin was all business in his first meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte during a break in the during a break in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Economic Leaders Meeting in Lima, Peru.

President Rodrigo Duterte wasted no time in dissing the United States and its Western allies in his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President Duterte has expressed his intent to have a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines

President Rodrigo Duterte has no plans of getting a United States visa even if it will make his travel to Peru for the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit easier.

President Rodrigo Duterte isn’t closing his doors to having a cordial and warm relationship with United States President Barack Obama even if the American Chief Executive has been the subject of his tirades in recent months.

The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 has come a long way from being the world’s worst airport

Kris Aquino is all praises about how the government led by her brother, President Benigno Aquino III, handled the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Summit almost a week after it was held. In an interview with…

Good news for Filipinos who want to be part of the company of Chinese billionaire and philanthropist Jack Ma. Sharing a portion of his more than an hour conversation with Ma, President Benigno Aquino III said the Alibaba boss is…

The Filipina inventor who designed a lamp running with the help of saltwater has expressed her gratitude to United States President Barack Obama for inviting her to share the stage with him and Alibaba Group founder and billionaire Jack…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau might have been the Filipinos’ eye candy during the recently concluded Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Summit, but he failed to woo broadcast journalist Korina Sanchez to…

Believing that he has wowed the world's most powerful leaders, President Benigno Aquino III said that he is "very proud" of the country's hosting of the 2015 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. Aquino had nothing but good…

Is President Benigno Aquino III a "lame duck" now that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) hosting extravaganza is over? Senator Serge Osmeña says not yet, but soon enough. In fact, Osmeña is giving the Chief Executive a…

His word is good, but we still have trash. Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero lamented on Friday (Nov. 20, 2015) that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left Manila after the conclusion of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)…

Sen. Bam Aquino is optimistic over the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) recognition of micro, small and medium enterprises’ role in poverty eradication, describing it as “stamp of approval” on the Senate’s work to strengthen…

President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday touted the Philippines’ economic growth, the “fastest in nearly four decades,” during the leaders’ retreat as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) activities. Aquino moderated the…

Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero urged the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday (Nov. 19, 2015) to continue helping the informal-settler families whisked away from the streets of Metro Manila even after the Asia…

The cliché, "a picture paints a thousand words" rings true in this batch of pictures between President Benigno Aquino III and his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping at the ongoing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in…