The Latest Breaking News from Manila

EU says free-trade talks with Philippines could unlock 'huge potential'

The European Union and the Philippines will restart negotiations on a free-trade agreement as they seek to accelerate "a new era of cooperation", European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Monday.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 1, 2023

Super typhoon Doksuri heads towards China after ferry capsize off Manila kills 25

Gusts of up to 190kph expected after storm lays waste to Taiwan and Philippines

Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2023

Wind-tossed boat with dozens of people aboard overturns in Philippines, search and rescue underway

A Philippine passenger boat carrying dozens of people, including children, has overturned after being lashed by strong wind in a town east of Manila

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

‘I didn’t want to give up my culture’: vegan chefs reimagine Filipino dishes

Trying to veganize food from a meat-adoring country might seem antithetical, but with the Philippines being one of the most climate-vulnerable nations, it makes sense

The Guardian - US · Jul 1, 2023

More than 2,700 detained in Philippine trafficking crackdown

MANILA: Philippine authorities have detained more than 2,700 people during raids on several buildings in Manila where hundreds of trafficking victims were paid to recruit players for online games, police said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · Jun 27, 2023

2 dead, 7 missing after Philippine fishing boat sinks

MANILA: Two Filipino fishermen have died and seven are missing after their vessel sank off the Philippines, the coast guard said on Friday, with an open-sea search continuing.

Bangkok Post · Jun 23, 2023

Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes Philippines

MANILA: An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Mindoro island in the northern Philippines on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

Bangkok Post · Jun 15, 2023

Jailed Duterte critic denied bail again

MANILA: Jailed Philippine human rights activist Leila de Lima was denied bail Wednesday on the remaining drug trafficking charge filed against her during the administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte, her lawyer said.

Bangkok Post · Jun 7, 2023

'We want to be free': Filipinos demand right to divorce

MANILA: Philippine mother-of-three Stella Sibonga is desperate to end a marriage she never wanted. But divorce in the Catholic-majority country is illegal, and a court annulment takes years.

Bangkok Post · May 31, 2023

Kuwait suspends new visas for Philippines workers in rights row

Kuwait has suspended all new visas for Philippine nationals indefinitely, the interior ministry confirmed this week, in an escalation of a row between the oil-rich Gulf state and Manila over worker protections and employer rights.

Reuters · May 26, 2023