The Philippines climbed four notches in this year’s Global Innovation Index (GII) to enter the list’s top 50 for the first time.
Palace: Philippines can set aside unresolved South China Sea issues
The Philippines can “set aside” unresolved issues in the South China Sea and pursue investment projects with Chinese firms since the arbitral ruling has upheld Manila’s sovereign rights over its …
U.S. Marine Who Killed Transgender Woman in Philippines Is Ordered Released
A court decision to free Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton less than six years into his sentence was criticized by activists.
Philippines court orders US marine who killed transgender woman to be freed
A US Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in the Philippines has been ordered freed on the grounds of good conduct after serving half his maximum 10-year sentence, his lawyer said Wednesday …
Malaysia bans citizens from high risk countries
While all tourists are banned from entering Malaysia, the country is also restricting citizens from India, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Philippines: Won’t Stop Doing Business with Chinese Firms Blacklisted by US
Won’t Stop Doing Business with Chinese Firms Blacklisted by US. 2020-09-01 — The Philippines is not a “vassal state of any foreign power” and won’t cut business ties …
Will Trade For Food: Online Bartering Soars In Virus-hit Philippines
Online bartering groups have provided a lifeline to the Imperios and other Filipinos hit hard by the country’s months-long virus restrictions that started in March and have sent the economy plunging …
Philippines dictator Rodrigo Duterte orders customs chief to murder drug smugglers
Shoot ’em dead, all of ’em.Rodrigo Duterte, the merciless president of the Philippines, publicly demanded the nation’s customs honcho lethally shoot all drug smugglers, reported The Associated …
Delay hits start of Avigan clinical trials in Philippines
The clinical trials for anti-flu drug Avigan did not start as scheduled on Tuesday, September 1, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Wednesday. Vergeire said this was because three …
‘We are not a vassal state’: Philippines’s Duterte won’t stop infrastructure projects with US-sanctioned Chinese firms
The Philippines will not be cowed by a US blacklist on Chinese companies and will continue doing business with the sanctioned firms, a spokesman for President Rodrigo Duterte said, insisting Manila …