The Pasig Bigyang Buhay Muli (PBBM) Project, a flagship initiative of President Marcos has received international recognition after the United Nations named it one of the recipients of the 2025 Asian Townscape Award for excellence in urban design and sustainable development. The UN-Habitat...
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency suggested Monday that President Donald Trump’s America has carried out deportation practices that violate international law, and criticized a wider “backlash” in some countries against migrants and refugees. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high...
Top-ranking agriculture officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to strengthen trade within the region, as most of the bloc’s members are still awaiting progress on their respective deals with the United States (US) concerning reciprocal tariffs. This agreement...
The agricultural ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are looking to secure additional exemptions on certain agricultural products facing reciprocal tariffs from the United States (US), according to Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel. Tiu Laurel, appointed as...
The Philippines called on developed countries not only to lead, but to provide “substantial capitalization” for the Loss and Damage Fund, which is mandated to assist developing countries in responding to economic and non-economic loss and damage associated with the effects of climate change. In...
The Philippines has conveyed its continued support to global efforts to achieve a nuclear weapons-free world, stressing that "there is no room" for backsliding amid geopolitical complexities. In her remarks at the Ministerial Meeting of the Friends of the Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT)...
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Cristina Roque has assumed the chairmanship of a ministerial body under the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for next year, tasked with promoting economic integration within the 10-member bloc. Roque was officially handed the chairship...
NEW YORK (AP) — Watched by the world, President Donald Trump returns to the United Nations on Tuesday to deliver a wide-ranging address on his second-term foreign policy achievements and lament that “globalist institutions have significantly decayed the world order,” according to the White...
Malacañang has debunked claims that the reason behind President Marcos ' decision to skip the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York was threats to his life. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire said on Tuesday, Sept. 16, that there is no direct threat to...
President Marcos will no longer attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this month to focus on local issues, Malacañang confirmed Monday. “Confirmed ‘di na po tuloy sa UNGA (It’s confirmed that the President will no longer attend the UNGA),”...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. will represent the Philippines at the Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD) 2025 and the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Command (UNC) in Seoul, South Korea on Sept. 8 to 9. Teodoro will join counterparts from Japan, South Africa,...
The Philippines is on the verge of achieving universal electricity access despite challenges in its shift toward renewable energy (RE) sources, according to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). “Countries like Indonesia, Fiji, and the Philippines...
