The World Bank has slashed its economic growth forecasts for the Philippines for this year and the next due to uncertainty ...

James Hookway is a foreign news editor at The Wall Street Journal.

Rising cost of living and paltry wages mean that workers struggle to earn a living and make ends meet, this is despite the government raising the minimum wage last year in a bid to retain workers.

MANILA, Philippines — Batangas gubernatorial candidate Jay Ilagan ... “Kung ang aking kalaban ay si Kathryn Bernardo pero ang aking kalaban ay isang Vilma Santos lang na laos na. Hindi ako takot. Kung ...

VIENTIANE: Laos reaffirmed its commitment to promoting reproductive health and sustainable development at the 58th session of the Commission on Population and Development at New York in the United ...

With multiple nominations secured this year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) is rallying public support to help the Philippines maintain its standing among Asia’s best at the 2025 World Travel Awards, ...

VIENTIANE, LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (9 April 2025) — Logistics and tourism services will continue to be the main driver of growth in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). Gross ...

But for KMC Solutions, one of the Philippines’ many outsourcing providers, it fits into an increasingly important strategy to attract and retain footloose talent. Such companies in the ...

The CIA recruited and trained thousands of Hmong people to fight on behalf of Americans during a clandestine operation in Laos during the Vietnam War, known as the "Secret War." Now, those ...

Russian YouTuber Vitaly Zdorovetskiy has been arrested in the Philippines and will remain in custody as he faces multiple criminal charges instead of being immediately deported, authorities ...

A volcano in the central Philippines erupted early Tuesday morning, sending a plume of ash about 2.5 miles into the sky and forcing authorities to suspend school in four villages due to ashfall.

It is one of 24 active volcanoes in the Philippines, which sits along the Pacific "Ring of Fire" – a 40,000km horseshoe-shaped belt around the Pacific Ocean where tectonic plates meet ...