MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Faustino Dy III on Thursday said that the passage of a free financial education bill for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families will highlight the importance of saving the money they worked hard for their families throughout the years.  The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third and final

China has nominated health official Song Li to run for director general of the World Health Organization, the foreign ministry confirmed on Thursday. If elected, Song would be the first person from mainland China to head the United Nations health agency. China previously backed Margaret Chan, a Hong Kong-born doctor and former director of health of Hong Kong, who served as WHO director general from 2007 to 2017. Song’s nomination comes as the WHO faces a major funding shake-up following the US...

The 49th edition of the prestigious Gawad Urian Awards honored the best in Philippine cinema on Thursday.

Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that...has created new forms for contemporary literature."

The Senate on Thursday approved on third and final reading a resolution concurring in the ratification of the defense agreement between the Philippines and France that will provide a legal framework for visiting military forces from both countries.

Hong Kong police have arrested two tertiary students suspected of being key members of a fraud and money-laundering syndicate behind fake job advertisements, dating scams and bogus concert ticket sales. The force said on Thursday that officers had arrested 10 people in an earlier operation targeting the syndicate, which allegedly swindled victims – mainly students – out of more than HK$2.1 million (US$267,578). The suspects, five men and five women aged between 13 and 68, were arrested on...

A second visit by one of the top US naval officers to India this year has raised expectations that the two countries can insulate their growing military ties from trade tensions. US Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, who leads the US Pacific Command, is scheduled to leave India on Thursday after spending six days meeting with senior Indian defence officials and others. The talks, which follow Paparo’s visit to India in February, come as Washington weighs further tariff pressure on India over its...

(1st UPDATE) 'Almost all her literary production has centered upon the intersection between the philologist's obsession with words and the poet's desire for new meaning,' the Swedish Academy says

MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution panel in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Senate impeachment court to be allowed to present a forensic financial analyst first as their witness instead of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) representative since the assigned prosecutor tasked is indisposed. At the start of Vice President

MANILA, Philippines – Batangas Rep. Leandro Leviste plans to personally post bail following a court arrest warrant over allegedly violating the Public Service Act, the embattled lawmaker’s spokesman said on Thursday. Lawyer Antonio La Vina said Leviste, who is reportedly in France, intends to post bail and address the legal case involving his multi-billion solar