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The government isn’t doing enough to counter China’s increasingly brazen and aggressive moves in the West Philippine Sea, opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros said. The senator, who has often been outspoken about China’s encroachment on Philippine-claimed territories in the area raised the country’s ...

China expressed its displeasure to NBC when the broadcasting company did not show Taiwan and the West Philippine Sea as part of China’s territory in its broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. China said the map shown on the ...

BSP has suspended the popular social media platform and payment app Lyka due to lack of registration with the central bank.Lyka has been operating in Southeast Asia since 2019, launched by a Hong Kong-based firm called Things I Like Company Ltd. The ...

America is sending its most prized fighter jet to Asia, and in big numbers. The F-22 Raptor is considered the most powerful fighter jet in the world. The move comes a month after Taiwan reported the largest incursion of Chinese combat warplanes into ...

The University of Santo Tomas (UST) has become the first university in the Philippines to receive the coveted five-star Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rating. QS is one of the world’s most trusted analytics companies providing data on the world’s top universities. It also ...

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday said he and Sen. Panfilo Lacson decided to vie for the two highest government positions in the 2022 elections to provide alternative solutions to fast-track the country's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.Sotto, who is running ...

The Tokyo Olympics 2020 is going to cost Japan billions. Not only is it the most expensive Olympics to ever be held, it’s also taking place behind closed doors, meaning revenues are going to take an even worse hit.Due to a one-year ...

Some motorists find being asked to leave their driver’s license at the gate of a private subdivision a hot topic. If you think that is an issue, you’re probably not going to dig how some villages are apparently charging drivers ‘toll’ to ...

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit three countries in Southeast Asia this week, including the Philippines, multiple news outlets reported on Monday. Austin is scheduled to travel to Singapore and Vietnams as well. It is the first time a top official of ...