The Philippines has retained its “Tier 1” ranking in the 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report of the U.S. State Department, marking the 10th straight year that the country has met the highest global standards in combating human trafficking. Read more »
Chiz Escudero’s fall was not sudden, but it was inevitable. For months, whispers circulated in the corridors of the Senate: the cerebral Escudero, more technocrat than tactician, had begun to lose favor with the powers that be. Read more »
For over a decade, the Philippines has struggled to climb out of the lower tier of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Read more »
Recent violent skirmishes between Thailand and Cambodia have refocused international attention on a border dispute rooted not only in regional rivalry but also in colonial cartography and centuries-old history. Read more »
The Philippine women’s national football team, the Filipinas, have climbed to No. 39 in the latest FIFA Women’s World Rankings released Thursday, just in time to build momentum for their ASEAN title defense. Read more »
The Philippines voiced its concern over the intensifying border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia and called on both nations to settle the issue peacefully in accordance with international law. Read more »
