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MANILA, Philippines — From the United States up to Asia and Southeast Asia, advanced economies have had changes in their constitutions to keep their laws attuned to the evolving times, which paid off in terms of being global leaders in the community of nations, according to several congressmen.
MANILA, Philippines — Fifty-five percent of children surveyed in the Philippines did not know how to report harmful content on social media, a report on online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA) revealed.
The successful conduct and outcome of the public bidding for the privatization and rehabilitation of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) could be the best argument to reject Charter change (Cha-cha). If only to lift the purported restrictive provisions of the 1987 Constitution as the casus belli for Cha-cha, the just concluded competitive public bidding to privatize NAIA gives impetus to our homegrown businessmen with foreign investors/partners to have the bold confidence on the Philippine economy.
MANILA, Philippines — Another survey, this time conducted by the OCTA Research group, found that a majority of Filipinos support calls for the Philippines to rejoin the International Criminal Court.
MANILA, Philippines — More than eight decades after the mass murder of six million Jews during World War 2, an 86-year-old survivor of the Nazis under Adolf Hitler can still recall the horrors of the genocide.
As a rising middle power in the Indo-Pacific, the Philippines is faced with asymmetric security challenges particularly in the maritime domain. At the core of these challenges that persist in the West Philippine Sea are gray zone operations, disinformation tactics, and information warfare.
The Philippines was one of the first countries in Asia to have a modern airport. Since the 1960s, however, the country has fallen in its standing in the region, from being the second most progressive economy after Japan to being a laggard. These days the country trails the founding members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in terms of many economic and human development indicators.
MANILA, Philippines — Manila has ordered increased deployment of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessels in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, aimed mainly at protecting the country’s interests and fishermen in the area.