The Philippine Embassy in Santiago is helping a local beer company to penetrate the South American market in the wake of the region's fast-growing demand for beers. Philippine Ambassador to Chile Celeste Vinzon-Balatbat recently held a meeting with San Miguel Brewing International, Ltd....
Vice President Sara Duterte was the recipient of praises for Filipinos by three foreign envoys who paid courtesy calls to her on Tuesday, July 11. (From left) Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines David Bruce Hartman pays a courtesy call on Vice President Sara Duterte in her Mandaluyong City...
Vice President Sara Duterte sees enhanced partnership between Chile and the Philippines after Ambassador Alvaro Jara Bucarey visited her office on Tuesday, July 11. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte and Ambassador Alvaro Jara Bucarey of Chile (Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) In a Facebook post,...
SANTIAGO, Chile  -- As many as 15 passengers were injured Tuesday after their bus overturned on a highway in southern Chile in the same area where nine people were killed in a traffic accident over the weekend amid heavy rains. The bus carrying 50 passengers overturned at the "Bobadilla"...
VALDIVIA, Chile -- In a forest in southern Chile, a giant tree has survived for thousands of years and is in the process of being recognized as the oldest in the world. Known as the "Great Grandfather," the trunk of this tree measuring four meters (13 feet) in diameter and 28 meters tall is also...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is seeing enhanced partnerships with Chile and Qatar in various areas of cooperation as he welcomed the two countries’ new ambassadors to the Philippines on Thursday, March 23. In welcoming Chilean Ambassador Alvaro Domingo Jara Bucarey at Malacañang,...
A forest fire approaches the town of Chiguayante, in the province of Concepcion, Chile, early on February 9, 2023. Forecasts of persistent high temperatures and strong winds bode ill Wednesday, February 8, 2023, for drought-stricken Chile as dozens of forest fires -- several of them deadly --...
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile has declared a state of disaster in several central-southern regions after a devastating heat wave sparked forest fires that left at least 13 people dead, authorities said Friday. More than 100 homes have been affected and 47,000 hectares of forest destroyed since the fires...
Aside from the EU and the US, the Department of Trade and Industry will pursue discussions for bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) with Latin American countries Chile, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina to widen the reach of Philippine exports. Trad and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual told...
VINA DEL MAR, Chile -- At least two people died and some 400 homes have been damaged or destroyed in a fire that broke out Thursday in the Chilean seaside resort of Vina del Mar, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency. A forest fire affects the hills of Vina del Mar, where...
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Experts in Chile on Tuesday were investigating the appearance of an enormous sinkhole, bigger than a tennis court, that has appeared near a copper mine in the Atacama desert. Aerial view taken on August 1, 2022, showing a large sinkhole that appeared over the weekend near the...
SANTIAGO, Chile – On his first day in office, Chile's president broke new ground by participating in a ceremony with indigenous peoples at the presidential palace before attending mass in Santiago's cathedral. CHILE'S PRESIDENCY / AFP Seated in the center of a circle in a courtyard at the...
