THITU ISLAND, South China Sea >> The Philippines inaugurated a new coast guard monitoring base Friday on an island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea and plans to expand joint patrols with the United States and Australia to counter China’s “pure bullying” in the strategic waterway,
The Philippines opens a new monitoring base on a remote island in the disputed South China Sea
The Philippine coast guard has opened a new monitoring base on a remote island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea as Manila ramps up efforts to counter China’s increasingly …
Solid finish for Philippine property sector in 2023 seen
The Philippines registered record-high investment pledges in the first half of 2023. This is positive news for the Philippine industrial sector as these projects are likely to take up industrial space …
$714.98 million hot money exits Philippines in 10 months
MANILA, Philippines — More speculative funds continued to leave … particularly banks, holding firms, property, holding firms, casinos and gaming as well as food, beverage and tobacco. The balance of …
Exploring Japanese real estate investments in PH
In recent years, there has been a growing trend of Japanese investors exploring real estate opportunities in the Philippines. My company, PropertyAccess, has been facilitating real estate transactions …
Philippines: Billionaire Ayala brothers seek to retire coal power plant 25 years earlier, to hit 100% green power
An Ayala Land property in Makati, Manila, the headquarters of Philippine renewable energy giant ACEN. A solar farm in central Philippines partly owned by ACEN. In February 2022, ACEN completed and …
Philippines builds new coast guard station on island in South China Sea
The Philippines has built a new coast guard station on the contested island of Thitu in the South China Sea, boosting its ability to monitor movements of Chinese vessels and aircraft in the busy …
Solid finish for PH property sector in 2023 seen
The Philippines is projected to be one of the fastest growing … Developers should now take a closer look at various property segments and identify which sectors to focus on. Specific property …
Vietnam’s ST25 rice named world’s best rice for 2nd time
Vietnam won the highest award at the 15th world’s best rice competition held in the Philippines for its ST25 rice. This is the second time ST25 rice has been named the best rice variety in the world, …
Philippines generates $1.1 billion from China trade show
As part of the overall export sales in CIIE, business matching activities led by the DTI-EMB, in partnership with the Bank of China (BOC), contributed a total of $3.4 million. In 2022, the Philippines …