MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has paid his final respects to former Prime Minister Cesar E.A. Virata and remembered his years of dedicated public service. Virata served as Minister of Finance from 1970 to 1986 and as Prime Minister from 1981 to 1986 under the administration of then-President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. Marcos

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine revealed last month that two POWs defected to South Korea. South Korea accused him of breaking a confidentiality agreement.

Four award-winning Filipino chefs are coming in hot for Season 2 of the international culinary competition series "Iron Chef Thailand vs Asia."

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — More than 2,000 registered fisherfolk and about 50 backyard fishpond operators in Odiongan, Romblon, could be affected by the increasingly hot weather and rising sea temperatures, according to the municipal agriculture office. Ocean warming is disrupting fishing conditions: fish move away from shallow, warmer areas, forcing marginal fisherfolk to venture

In numbers: 2.142 billion trips during China's National Day holiday

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s camp is studying filing a perjury case against dismissed police officer Rodulfo Gracioso Jr., according to her legal counsel Atty. Clifford Chua. Chua said this on Thursday as he appeared at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to represent Duterte in complying with the invitation letter sent to

MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution on Thursday wrapped up its presentation of evidence against Sen. Rodante Marcoleta during the first day of the plunder case trial before the Sandiganbayan Third Division over a P75 million campaign donation. Marcoleta’s co-accused include former Rep. Mike Defensor, and businessmen Joseph Espiritu and Aristotle Viray. The prosecution rested its

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, has visited a number of those historic sites during inspection tours across China. From the Zunyi Meeting site in southwest China's Guizhou Province to Yudu County, the starting point of the Long March in east China's Jiangxi Province, he has repeatedly called for efforts to draw inspiration from Chinese revolutionary history and fine traditions during his visits.