MANILA (Reuters) – The governor of the Philippine central bank said on Wednesday it could either keep interest rates steady or raise them at its policy meeting next week. The…
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday opposed a government decision to restart peace negotiations with communist rebels, describing the move as an “agreement with the devil”…
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) -Philippines Finance Minister Benjamin Diokno says there is potential that the remittances that help power the southeast Asian economy could be replaced by AI.…
BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Monday warned the Philippines against further “provocations” at an atoll in the South China Sea, saying such acts had violated Chinese territorial sovereignty, contravened international law…
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno believes the central bank has “done enough” policy tightening to tame inflation, but reiterated future interest rate moves would remain data dependent.…
By Karen Lema and Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) -An oil tanker registered under the flag of the Marshall Islands was suspected to have been involved in an ‘accidental collision’ with…
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines plans to issue its maiden sukuk bonds by the end of November, its finance secretary said, as it seeks to develop alternative funding sources for…
By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Philippines’ removal of a Chinese floating barrier near the Scarborough Shoal in a disputed part of the South China Sea…
By Jay Ereno SOUTH CHINA SEA (Reuters) – The Philippines has completed a supply mission for troops stationed in a rusty World War Two-era ship, but not without a usual…
By Neil Jerome Morales and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine inflation proved stubborn after it unexpectedly quickened for the first time in seven months in August, due largely…
By Mai Nguyen and Siyi Liu (Reuters) – Nickel smelters in top producer Indonesia are making rare purchases of ore from the Philippines to ease tight supplies, people familiar with…
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine armed forces said on Saturday it would again seek to resupply troops stationed in a rusty World War 2-era ship on a reef in the…
By Neil Jerome Morales and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippine central bank left its benchmark interest rate steady at 6.25% for a third straight meeting on Thursday, saying…
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ gambling industry is set to double its gross gaming revenue by 2028, as the country attracts more tourists such as wealthy…
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines risks losing its investment grade rating if it fails to reform an “unsustainable” military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension system because it will constrain its…
By Neil Jerome Morales and Albee Zhang BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines told China it will not abandon a disputed shoal in the South China Sea after it accused China’s coast…
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine headline inflation was expected to ease for a sixth straight month with the central bank on Monday projecting the rate in July to come in between…
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ finance minister said monetary authorities have room to pause on rate hikes in August despite a recent policy tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve. “I…
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Friday his government will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into the thousands of killings committed during…
MANILA (Reuters) – The threat of China invading Taiwan is something U.S. military ally the Philippines is monitoring on a daily basis as part of Manila’s contingency plans for possible…
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has said its investigation into killings during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs will be “impartial”, a day after its attempt to block a…
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Monday said it had signed four loan agreements with the World Bank totalling $1.14 billion, including $750 million of budgetary support for policy reforms…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The national security advisers of the United States, Japan and the Philippines on Friday discussed regional security issues and ways to strengthen the trilateral alliance, they said…
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The coast guard of the United States, Japan and the Philippines will hold trilateral maritime exercise in the South China Sea this week, the…
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The speaker of Taiwan’s parliament praised Japan, South Korea and the Philippines on Tuesday for helping to create a “crescent of…