The Philippines is dealing with a real energy squeeze driven by rising global oil prices and disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, but the situation
In late March 2026, the Philippines and China resumed formal discussions under the Bilateral Consultation Mechanism (BCM), with energy cooperation explicitly on the table. The
A short social-media post from the Chinese embassy in Manila recently revived an obscure diplomatic document from the 1990s. The embassy circulated a reference to
George Francis Miranda, a 46-year-old Filipino seafarer from Camarines Norte, is missing after a tugboat assisting another vessel was struck during a recent attack in
Philippine investigators are examining how sensitive information about resupply missions in the West Philippine Sea ended up in the hands of Chinese intelligence. Philippine security
Mary Ann V. de Vera left Pangasinan in 2019 to work as an OFW caregiver in Israel. Like many Filipinos abroad, she went to earn,
Recent incidents near Bajo de Masinloc show how West Philippine Sea tensions are evolving. There has been no exchange of fire, no collision, no blockade.
Trump’s tariffs were originally introduced as a response to what Washington has long described as unfair trade practices (particularly large-scale dumping, heavy state subsidies, and
This year, Lunar New Year and Ramadan landed almost on top of each other. On February 17, Binondo drew huge crowds for the Year of
The murder of Lulette Jane Ramilo did not happen on a distant highway or in some anonymous city corner. It happened outside her own home
