THE PHILIPPINES is still classified as a lower middle-income country after just missing the threshold to achieve upper middle-income country (UMIC) status, according to the World Bank. The World ...

A 2016 international arbitration decision invalidated China’s claims based on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, ...

Lithuania's defense minister has praised a Philippine campaign exposing China's aggression in the South China Sea ...

MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines and Lithuania signed an agreement to build a security alliance resulting from their ...

MANILA, Philippines - Filipinos continued to lag behind their peers in Southeast Asia in terms of average income per capita, according to the World Bank (WB), which has retained the Philippines in ...

China sanctioned former Philippine senator Francis Tolentino on Tuesday and barred him entry, citing "egregious conduct" on ...

The World Bank expects the Philippine economy to grow by 5.3 percent in 2025, a slight decrease of 0.3 percentage points from ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino national champion AZ Pamaybay overwhelmed Vietnamese Phe Ngoc Thanh, 9-3, to deliver the country’s lone gold medal in the 12th Southeast Asian Karate Federation ...

China claims almost the entire South China Sea, including parts claimed by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and ...

Beijing sanctioned former Philippine senator Francis Tolentino and barred him entry, citing "egregious conduct" on matters such as the disputed South China Sea, a day after the end of his six-year ...