The money sent back by overseas Filipino workers (known as OFWs) amounts to $31 billion a year—about 10 percent of the Philippines’ gross domestic product. Filipinos are domestic workers in ...

One Filipino soldier lost a thumb when his vessel was rammed, the general said. China denied its personnel were to blame, saying they had been "restrained". There have been a string of dangerous ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino national in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been executed for the murder of a Saudi national, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday, October 8.

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino-Kiwi actress Franki Russell’s Miss Cosmo 2024 journey may have ended with her Top 21 entry, but she will still bring home a distinction from the international ...

In the fall of 1896, Filipino nationalists revolted against the Spanish rule that had controlled the Philippines since the sixteenth century. Led by Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964), the 1896 revolt ...

Screengrab from Pambanang Almusal YouTube channel courtesy of Net25 Filipino music icon Coritha, whose real name is Socorro Avelino, has passed away on Friday night, September 27. Her partner ...

On Thursday, the company announced that it would add a Tagalog-based channel package dubbed “Filipino Plus,” giving customers ...

Senior Filipino officials have sparked outrage for posing for photos with a former smalltown mayor accused of spying for China, as they escorted her home from Indonesia. Alice Guo is seen flashing ...

The word “resilience” has been thrown around to describe how the Filipinos are able to pick themselves up in the face of disaster. Calamities abound in the country, with the ongoing pandemic ...

MANILA, Philippines — Some Filipino fishermen were able to come as close to a few hundred meters away from Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, but some of them were forced back.

This area has long been a traditional fishing ground for Filipino fishermen, who now find themselves pushed back to nearly 40 nautical miles (74km) away, with Chinese vessels aggressively chasing ...