Heat index hits 45°C in parts of Philippines on election day

MANILA, Philippines — Twenty-eight areas across the country may expect extreme heat on Monday, May 12, the state weather bureau PAGASA said. In its latest heat index bulletin, PAGASA placed several areas under the “danger” classification, with forecast …

Power, survival and revenge: What's at stake in the Philippines election?

Philippines votes in high-stakes midterms amid Marcos-Duterte showdown

By Karen Lema and Devjyot Ghoshal MANILA (Reuters) - Voting was underway in the Philippines on Monday for a normally low-key midterm election that is showcasing an emotionally charged proxy battle between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and ally-turned-foe, …

GP urges people to get vaccinated after COVID tragedy for her family in the Philippines

It is hard and painful, and I wouldn’t wish this to happen to you and your families here in New Zealand I want to share my family’s experience with COVID in the Philippines. By sharing my story, I hope those of you who have second thoughts, doubts or …

Philippines tourist arrivals continue to fall in April on significant declines in Chinese, South Korean visitation

Philippines tourist arrivals continued to show small year-on-year declines in April 2025, with a total of 450,493 arrivals representing a 2.0% drop from the same month last year. According to information from the Department of Tourism (DOT), April …

To the Philippines: Don't be a ship lost at sea in foreign policy

Illustration: Liu Rui/GT A wise sailor navigates by the stars, not by the waves. Yet, the Philippines' foreign policy resembles a ship that has lost its direction, blindly catering to the strategic deployments of external powers in the Asia-Pacific …

Philippines Heads To Polls With Marcos-Duterte Feud Centre Stage

Millions of Filipinos will vote Monday in a mid-term election widely seen as a referendum on the explosive feud between President Ferdinand Marcos and impeached Vice President Sara Duterte. Workers in the capital Manila were busily setting up polling …

Honda Cars Philippines digitalizes services to improve after-sales

HONDA CARS PHILIPPINES, INC. (HCPI) said it continues to improve customers’ after-sales experience, announcing that service advisors of its 38 dealerships nationwide have now shifted to a digital approach through the Electronic Checksheet (E-Checksheet) …

How to spend two days in Manila, capital city of the Philippines

It’s a beautiful space, but it has a surprising history. A church has stood on this site since about 500AD, but despite the Gothic architectural style, the current iteration of the cathedral was built in the 1950s. Something is also “off” about Intramuros’ …

Philippines’ detained Duterte expected to win Davao mayor race from ICC custody

Even though he is detained thousands of kilometres away, former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is among the candidates vying for some 18,000 national and local seats in Monday’s midterm elections that analysts say will decide if he and his family …