Southeast Asian nation will reportedly receive US$5.3 billion from the Donald Trump administration, earmarked for security and anti-narcotics programmes The exemption of the Philippines from a worldwide freeze on US foreign security aid affirms Manila's "first-in-line" status in securing Washington's interests in the Indo-Pacific,

France, Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand—following Washington’s lead—have each staged war games or concluded alliances with Manila targeting China.

THE PHILIPPINES should boost its military modernization push and pursue defense ties with other allies to hedge against US President Donald J. Trump’s so-called transactional diplomacy amid increasing tensions with China,

THE PHILIPPINES is unlikely to succumb to Chinese pressure to give up Washington’s mid-range Typhon missile system amid worsening tensions between the Asian neighbors, security analysts said at the weekend.

The Philippines has again supported a United Nations resolution demanding Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine, while in a dramatic reversal, the United States has sided with Moscow for the first time in its vote since Russia's full-scale invasion began three years ago.

Two Russian tourists, who went scuba diving in waters south of Manila, have died when they were swept away by strong undercurrents with one drowning and the other being attacked by sharks

An investigation revealed Michael Westphal was communicating with a child sex trafficker in the Philippines and enabling abuse to continue.

Eight people have been killed in a nighttime fire in the Philippine capital region that gutted a three-story residential building in less than an hour

MANILA, Philippines — A fire gutted a three-story residential building early Thursday in less than an hour in the Philippines’ capital region, killing eight people, officials said. The blaze ...