Both public and private investment in the Philippines are being dampened by Washington’s tariff policy and local corruption controversies, raising the risk that the nation’s economic expansion will miss the government’s targets this year and next. According to the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines has officially assumed the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Capital Markets Forum (ACMF), following the handover ceremony earlier this month in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Taking the helm from the...
The Philippines formally launched its Chairship of ASEAN 2026 on Friday evening, November 14, marking the start of a year-long program of regional cooperation focused on peace, prosperity, and people-centered development. The National Launch featured the unveiling of the official ASEAN Philippines...
Go Negosyo founder and Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Business Advisory Council (ASEAN–BAC) 2026 chair Joey Concepcion called on the government and the public to focus on safeguarding the country’s reputation ahead of its chairmanship of the ASEAN Summit and its Related Meetings in...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is ready to support initiatives and resolutions that will create a pathway to Palestinian statehood and bring to a close a turbulent and violent era in the Israel-Palestine relationship. As the Philippines gets ready to chair the 11-member regional...
The Philippines assumes the ASEAN Chairship in 2026 at a defining moment for the region. Home to nearly 700 million people and the world’s 5th largest economy, ASEAN stands at the crossroads of unprecedented opportunity and evolving global challenges. By 2030, ASEAN is poised to become the 4th...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro is hopeful that the Philippines’ chairship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will witness the completion of the Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea amid escalating regional tensions between China, the...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro denied that there is an erosion of the centrality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), whose summits and meetings the Philippines will chair in 2026, amid regional and global threats due to great power rivalry,...
President Marcos formally launched the Philippines’ Chairship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2026, outlining a forward-leaning agenda anchored on peace and security, regional prosperity, and people empowerment. In his speech during the launch at the Foro de Intramuros...
President Marcos said the signing of the ASEAN Extradition Treaty (AET) marks a “defining moment” for Southeast Asia’s legal cooperation, as he opened the 13th ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting (ALAWMM) in Taguig City. Speaking before regional law chiefs on Friday, Nov. 14, Marcos said the treaty...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Monday, Nov. 3, expressed the city government 's eagerness to find the perfect balance between sustaining the economy of Manila and preserving its rich history and culture as plans for the development of the long-awaited Halal Town and the major...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen their maritime forces to counter China 's increasingly “destabilizing” actions in the South China Sea. Hours later, he struck a notably softer tone...
