A new United Nations (UN) report has warned that illicit tobacco trade is helping finance non-state armed groups and criminal organizations operating in Mindanao, turning cigarette smuggling from a revenue-loss issue into a broader peace, order, and national security concern. According to the UN...
“Wetlands are weird,” said Dr. Jerome L. Montemayor, executive director of the Laguna-based ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity. “To those who are unfamiliar, it either looks like a muddy lake or a waterlogged forest. But after years in this field, you will definitely learn to appreciate these...
The Philippines has formally deposited with the United Nations its official nautical chart of Bajo de Masinloc and its surrounding maritime zones, placing the country 's baselines and the geographic extent of its claimed authority and jurisdiction around the shoal on the public international...
The Philippines has formally presented before the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) its partial submission seeking recognition of the country 's entitlement to an extended continental shelf (ECS) in the West Philippine Sea, covering the West Palawan...
The war in the Middle East could push as many as 86,000 more people living in Philippine urban areas into poverty as higher fuel, food, as well as transport costs strain household budgets, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). In its...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. 's migration agency is warning that criminal networks have been trafficking hundreds of thousands of people — many of them educated English speakers — to work in online scam centers, and the caseload is growing. The International Organization for Migration says...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. diplomats walked out as their French counterparts were speaking at the United Nations on Monday after America’s close European ally criticized the Trump administration 's human rights record. The surprise move during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine...
Singapore-based ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) retained its 4.1-percent economic growth forecast for the Philippines this year while trimming its inflation projection, saying the economy continues to benefit from the artificial intelligence (AI) boom despite subdued private investment...
The ongoing war in the Middle East continues to “ substantially ” weigh on the Philippine tourism industry, although strong domestic tourism has helped cushion the impact, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT). Speaking during the 117th Asian Impact Webinar organized by the...
After a United Nations mission in Kenya, I spent several days with members of The Long Run, a global network of conservation organizations and destinations committed to advancing conservation, community, culture, and commerce. Through visits hosted by Safari Collection (Giraffe Manor), Borana...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro encouraged fellow ministers to continue cooperating with each other, stressing that it is no longer just a choice, but a necessity. In her remarks at the opening ceremony of the 59th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers '...
Wilhalm Cabonilas nailed the game-winning deuce as the Gilas Pilipinas U21 team outlasted Japan, 19-18, in overtime to not only top the sixth and final stop of the FIBA 3x3 Nations League 2026 but more importantly clinch the lone ticket to the U23 World Cup on Sunday, July 19. Needing two points...
