ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS' RETREAT -- From left: Laos's Foreign Affairs Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Myanmar's Permanent Secretary to ASEAN Aung Kyaw Moe, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, Vietnam's Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son,...
The Philippines blanked Turkmenistan, 2-0, to inch closer to the next stage of the 2025 AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup Qualifiers at the Yunusobod Sports Complex in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Wednesday night, Jan. 15. PH booters celebrate a goal against Turkmenistan. (AFC) The Nationals banked on a...
Countries in Asia and the Pacific (APAC), including the Philippines, could suffer sluggish economic growth, with more people jobless and less productive if governments do not prepare for the mega changes in workforces. This warning came after Alex Ivaschenko and Helen Osborne, authors of an Asian...
BEYOND THE GAME First Meeting: Filipino Uncle and Niece at the 2025 Winter Games By Brian Yalung It will be a busy year for Philippines sports with several events scheduled for 2025. One of the major events that the country will be participating in is the Asian Winter Games scheduled...
The Asian Film Awards Academy announced the nominees for the 18th Asian Film Awards (AFA) which will be held on March 16 at Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong. With the support of the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency and the Film Development Fund, different events will be held prior...
Southeast Asian Games multi-medalist Mervin Guarte passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 7, after succumbing from stab wounds from an unidentified assailant in Calapan, Oriental Mindoro. He was 33. File Photo from Mervin Guarte Facebook In a police report, Guarte was said to be sleeping in the living...
The Philippine government is leveraging support from foreign lenders this year to drive its development objectives, securing billions in loans for projects aimed at transforming the country. Online documents reviewed by the Manila Bulletin revealed that the Marcos administration will borrow a total...
The country is fielding a 20-athletes team to the ninth edition of the Asian Winter Games that China is hosting for the third time from February 7 to 14 in the winter resort city of Harbin. The mission? To start setting the stage for a first-ever Winter Olympics medal for the Philippines....
As the calendar turns to the new year, Philippine Sports braces for an eventful 2025 with all eyes set on the country’s hosting of the FIVB Men’s World Championship hosting in September. Proving its capabilities in delivering world class hosting – evident from the successful...
The Philippine bamboo industry has an "enormous" potential for bigger and higher-value exports to the global market, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). "The Philippines' major bamboo species, Dendrocalamus asper , is known as the giant bamboo because of its massive culms and towering...
The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) newest loan to its host country, the Philippines, which will finance reforms in managing public funds, is scheduled to be repaid until 2039. Documents showed that the loan agreement for the $500-million Public Financial Management (PFM) Reform Program (Subprogram...
Jhodie Peralta gave the Philippines another gold medal after ruling her division in the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday, Dec. 21. Peralta, who just turned 15 last month, dominated the women’s youth 55 kilogram class after registering a total lift of...
