THE ease of doing business in the Philippines has improved slightly following recent reforms aimed at making the country a more attractive investment destination, a multinational professional services …
U.S. Marine MQ-9A Reapers Now Deployed to the Philippines
The service’s unmanned aerial vehicles started operating out of Basa Air Base this spring at the request of Manila to support intelligence sharing efforts between U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the I Marine …
New Chinese defence minister says Taiwan separatists will be ‘crushed to pieces’ and hits out at Philippines at international forum
Dong Jun insisted Beijing was committed to peaceful reunification but issued several veiled swipes at the US for ‘pushing Taiwan into danger’.
Philippines’ Kanlaon Volcano erupts, produces massive plume rising to 5,000 meters
Kanlaon Volcano in the Philippines erupted on Monday, producing a massive plume rising to 5,000 meters (3.1 miles) above the summit, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported. The eruption at 6.51 p.m. local time (1051GMT) lasted six …
In Philippines, Chinese gambler-focused Pogos face fresh ban threat
A Philippine senator is calling for the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator sector to be outlawed, citing a string of criminal activity ranging from human trafficking to scams.
In Philippines, Chinese gambler-focused Pogos face fresh ban threat
A Philippine senator is calling for the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator sector to be outlawed, citing a string of criminal activity ranging from human trafficking to scams.
Cha-Ching’s one million in Philippines: Building resilient communities through financial education
in partnership with Junior Achievement Philippines, celebrated one million students nationwide who have been taught basic money management skills through the financial literacy programme Cha-Ching.
Zelenskyy in Philippines to promote peace summit he says China and Russia are trying to undermine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in the Philippines on a rare Asian trip to urge regional leaders to attend a Swiss-organized peace summit on the war in Ukraine that he accuses Russia, with China’s help,
Philippines and Vietnam’s strong Q1 growth leaves Thailand in the dust
WITH strong first-quarter growth prints, the Philippines and Vietnam have continued to lead economic expansion in South-east Asia – leaving underperforming Thailand in the dust – even as their numbers fell short of most economists’ expectations.
Philippines rising (redux)
This was the backdrop of the Stanford Graduate School of Business student-led forum held the other week entitled “The Philippines is Back in Business” as part of an “Investing in Southeast Asia” …