The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has formally protested China Daily’s publication of videos and editorial cartoons depicting Filipinos in a racist manner, demanding the immediate removal of the materials and calling the content inconsistent with the mutual respect expected between states....
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. said that an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video released by a Chinese state-run media organization portraying Filipinos as “stupid monkeys” clad in a Barong Tagalog justified the Philippines’ policy of avoiding...
Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima says that China Daily 's racist depiction of Filipinos reeks of China 's "insecurity" toward the Philippines, which refuses to get bullied over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue. "The racist depiction by China Daily, a Chinese...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has strongly condemned China Daily over its publication of AI-generated videos and editorial cartoons depicting Filipinos as monkeys in connection with the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award, calling the material racist, dehumanizing, and unacceptable. In a...
Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro cried foul over a propaganda video made by the Chinese state media depicting Filipinos as a monkey, saying such a move only expose the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the Chinese Communist Party. In a statement, Teodoro said the artificial...
The World Bank has released an initial $248 million, or over ₱15 billion, from its $1-billion financing for the Philippines to jumpstart the government’s ambitious agriculture modernization program aimed at boosting food production, strengthening climate resilience, and modernizing food supply...
Local equities rose for the second consecutive day as easing concern over the path of United States (US) interest rates and major foreign investment proposal in the local energy sector bolstered investor sentiment, overshadowing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The Philippine Stock...
Japan and the Philippines established diplomatic relations in 1956, laying the foundation for decades of friendship, economic cooperation, and cultural exchange. Seventy years later, 2026 marks the Philippines–Japan Friendship Year, celebrating a partnership that continues to create meaningful...
A Senate resolution has been filed to honor a young indigenous farmer from Bukidnon who helped save an injured Philippine Eagle after finding it under attack by a troop of monkeys. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Wednesday, July 15 filed proposed Senate Resolution No. 519...
The number of working Filipino children, including child laborers, ages five to 17, inched up by 0.8 percent to about 868,540 in 2025, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revealed. Economists attributed the increase mainly to persistent poverty, higher living costs, and the lingering economic...
The Philippine Cocktail Fiesta is taking its biggest step yet, and it 's heading south. After a successful inaugural edition in Metro Manila last year, the country 's largest cocktail festival will make Cebu its first host city outside the capital when it returns from Nov. 13 to 15....
Zobel-led Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) reported flat first-half earnings as an aggressive ramp-up in provisions for bad loans offset double-digit gains in core interest and fee revenues. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the country’s oldest lender reported that net income...
