Philippines

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Monday confirmed that a bilateral labor agreementiwas being finalized between the Philippines and Russia.

Malacañang said President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered all government agencies to reject loans and grants from 18 member-countries of the United Nations Human Rights Council that supported an investigation into the alleged human rights…

The Philippines' decades-long communist insurgency will soon be over, Malacañang said.

Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Saturday slammed the “false pride” of the Duterte administration following reports the President ordered all departments and agencies to reject loans and grants from 18 countries that backed an Iceland-led…

The government is ready to provide with all the necessary assistance to stop the polio outbreak in the Philippines, Malacañang said Friday.

The Philippines has detected its first case of polio since 2001, officials said Thursday, putting some of the blame on mistrust stoked by a dengue fever vaccine scandal.

Malacañang on Monday said it will await the report of the Department of National Defense (DND), Department of Energy (DOE), and the National Security Adviser on the recent drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities.

The US Navy said that one of its destroyers had sailed close to the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Friday, asserting international freedom of navigation rights in the contested waters.

Hundreds dead in the Philippines; a threefold increase of cases in Vietnam; hospitals overrun in Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia -- dengue is ravaging Southeast Asia this year due in part to rising temperatures and low immunity to new…

President Rodrigo Duterte said China offered the Philippines the bigger share in the profit from the planned joint exploration deal in the West Philippines Sea (WPS) if it abandons its legal victory over Beijing in the arbitral case.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin believes that waging war against China should always be an option for the Philippines in defending its boundaries in the West Philippine Sea despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s fears that it would lead…

Malacañang condemned the attack by still unidentified men in the printing plant of the Abante News group, the leading all-Filipino news website and tabloid in the Philippines, early Monday.

Malacañang on Monday allayed fears of the public on the presence of African swine fever in the Philippines.

President Rodrigo Duterte has made another push for the re-imposition of death penalty in the Philippines.

President Rodrigo Duterte revealed that China President Xi Jinping was in a bad mood during their face-to-face meeting in Beijing last August 29.

Singapore President Halimah Yacob is traveling to Manila on Sunday form her first state visit to the Philippines on the invitation of President Rodrigo Duterte, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced Wednesday.

A curfew on juvenile curfew will not work in reducing crime rates and victimization, according to Albay Rep. Joey Salceda.

Russia has introduced its first Defense Attaché to the Philippines in over 40 years on Tuesday (Sept. 3), signaling the continued commitment to attaining peace and stability in Asia through enhanced military cooperation with the…

President Rodrigo will seek China President Xi Jinping's help in snuffing out the rise of Chinese gangs behind the rash of kidnappings and murder involving Chinese citizens in the Philippines.

Malacañang said Friday it remains optimistic that China would change its stance in rejecting the arbitral ruling favoring the Philippines’ claim over the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

President Xi Jinping is hoping to make up for his flat out rejection of President Rodrigo Duterte's request for China to respect the United Nations arbitral ruling by buying more bananas and other fruits from the Philippines.

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law authorizing the expansion of Islamic banking system in the Philippines.