The Asian Development Bank approved on Thursday a $1 billion loan to help one of Philippines’ largest cities procure a fleet of more than 1,000 electric buses, in an important step towards modernising …
Philippines agrees $1.14 billion in loans with World Bank for environment, farming
The Philippines on Monday said it had signed four loan agreements with the World Bank totalling $1.14 billion, including $750 million of budgetary support for policy reforms to boost environmental …
In the Philippines, a survey shows growing support for gays and lesbians
The survey, conducted by the nonprofit social research group Social Weather Stations, shows a rise in supportive views of gays and lesbians in the socially conservative country in the past decade.
Philippines: Marcos Failing on Rights
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will mark his first year in office on June 30, 2023, having done little to improve human rights protections in the Philippines.
Why Baclaran Church was named ‘important cultural property’ in the Philippines
This place of worship has shaped Filipino culture and such is truly an impressive phenomenon,’ says Mary Jane Louis Bolunia of the National Museum …
Vietjet plane with 214 people aboard lands safely in Philippines after technical problem
A Vietjet plane carrying 214 people has made an unscheduled but safe landing in the northern Philippines after encountering an unspecified technical problem
EU Commission says Philippines should wait for new GSP+ scheme
That was the response given by Valdis Dombrovskis when DTI Sec. Alfredo Pascual stressed the need for GSP regulation in a meeting in Brussels, Belgium on Monday.
2,700 people tricked into working for cybercrime syndicates rescued in Philippines
Philippine security forces say they rescued 2,700 people who had been trafficked and tricked into working for cybercrime syndicates.
Philippines court disbars Marcos adviser over ‘misogynistic’ outburst
The Philippines Supreme Court said Wednesday it has stripped a new adviser to President Ferdinand Marcos of the right to practice law over a “misogynistic” outburst against a journalist. The following day,
More than 300 health-care workers from Philippines have accepted jobs in Manitoba, ministers say
More than 300 already-trained health-care workers from the Philippines have accepted offers to come work in Manitoba, the provincial health and immigration ministers say.