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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and Qatar have signed nine cooperation agreements in areas that include climate change mitigation, anti-human trafficking, seafarers’ welfare and trade – a development seen to further enhance ties between the two countries.
MANILA, Philippines — The Chinese defense minister reportedly talked with his US counterpart early this week to relay Beijing’s appeal to Washington that it respect China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights in the South China Sea, saying President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden have a shared commitment to improving bilateral relations.
MANILA, Philippines — Commandos from the elite Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) will join the Balikatan military exercises with the US, which begin tomorrow.
MANILA, Philippines – Bea de Leon and Denden Lazaro-Revilla had a change of scenery in their Premier Volleyball League careers after transferring from the Choco Mucho Flying Titans to the Creamline Cool Smashers for the 2024 PVL season.
MIAMI, United States -- Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler is set to miss the crunch play-in game with the Chicago Bulls on Friday (Saturday, Manila time) amid reports he has suffered knee ligament damage.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) [link] fine-tuned its projection for our FY24 GDP growth yesterday, increasing it from 6.0% to 6.2%. According to the IMF, this is due to the “carryover from a better-than-expected outturn in the last quarter of 2023”. The Philippines is projected to be the fastest-growing economy in the region for FY24, with the second-fastest (Indonesia) projected to grow at just 5.0%. The ASEAN regional average projected growth is 4.5%.
MANILA: The Philippines' decision to ramp up ties with Japan and the United States at a recent summit was a "sovereign choice" for the country, its foreign ministry said on Thursday in response to China's comments opposing the trilateral meeting. US President Joe Biden hosted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington last week where the three leaders jointly expressed their "serious concerns" over China's actions in the South China Sea.