Philippines

The Philippines and US will continue their longstanding military partnership with a new plan focused on training, maritime security and defence capabilities.

The Philippines' Pax Silica project in New Clark City aims to create a US-led AI, semiconductor and rare earth hub that could generate up to 190,000 jobs and boost electronics exports by up to US$70 billion, with construction eyed for 2028. However, movements opposing the project have been on the rise.

The Philippines has marked the 10th anniversary of its landmark South China Sea arbitral award, with 14 countries reaffirming the ruling as "final and legally binding" as tensions in the West Philippine Sea remain unresolved.

Half of Filipino workers reported daily workplace stress in 2025 — the highest in Southeast Asia — even as the region trends downward, according to Gallup's State of the Global Workplace 2026 Report.

The World Bank upgraded its classification of the Philippines to upper-middle-income status. But high prices, underemployment, and income inequality continue to beset millions

The Hofuku Maru has been found off the western coast of Luzon (the Philippines). It sank on 21 September 1944, with 1,289 British and Dutch prisoners of war aboard; 1,047 died.

The US has approved a new grant through the Millennium Challenge Corporation to help modernise the Philippines' energy sector, addressing high power costs and unreliability while opening doors for American commercial investment

The Philippines and Poland have held talks on strengthening cooperation in digital transformation, covering artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and digital government initiatives

A Philippine senator has pushed back against calls to lower the age of criminal liability following the Tacloban school shooting, while President Marcos has signalled openness to the proposal and the Philippine National Police backed lowering it to 12.

Two Australian nationals and their Filipina companion were found dead in a hotel room in the picturesque resort city of Tagaytay, south of Manila. The local police are now racing against time to identify and apprehend the culprits behind this tragic incident. The grim discovery was made by a hotel employee at the Lake Hotel […]

A high school teacher who is a member of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community in this province was gunned down on the Abra-Ilocos Sur Road in Barangay Lipcan here on Wednesday, Sept. 28. The Bangued Municipal Police Station said the victim -Rudy Steward Dugmam Sayen, 38, also known as “Estee Saway,” […]

BAMBANG, Nueva Vizcaya – A male farm helper was arrested allegedly for raping an 11-year-old who was reported to have delivered a baby in this town. Police identified the suspect as Christopher Viluan, 25, a farm helper of the victim’s family. He was arrested on a warrant of arrest issued by Presiding Judge Paul Attolba […]

Manila — ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police operatives arrested a man on Tuesday, Sept. 20, in Boalan, Zamboanga City allegedly for molesting two altar boys. Col. John Encinareal, chief of Criminal Investigation Detection Group (CIDG-9), identified the suspect as Bryan Aizon y Bello. CIDG-9 and Zamboanga police operatives arrested Aizon for violation of RA7610, a law […]

Manila — TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – The police arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 14, the suspect in the rape and killing of a 16-year-old girl whose body was found under a bridge in Barangay Cabuco on Sept. 12. In a hot pursuit manhunt operation, authorities nabbed Elden Necesito Alegria, a 33-year-old construction worker in Barangay […]