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Welcome to the Philippines
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 20/07/2018
» The Philippines is not known for its food. In fact, it is the one country in Southeast Asia whose cuisine is the least popular. And the only Filipino restaurant to have survived 15 years in the business in Bangkok is Mabuhay (which in Tagalog loosely translates as "welcome").
KTBST creates Philippines tie
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 04/10/2018
» KTB Securities Thailand (KTBST) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Philippine investment house Unicapital Group to expand bilateral capital market collaborations by offering investment banking and securities services for institutional clients.
Philippines widens Covid restrictions
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» The Philippines will expand coronavirus restrictions in Manila from Wednesday to include more than 11 million people living near the capital as cases surge, the government said.
Philippines bans child marriage
AFP, Published on 06/01/2022
» Child marriage became illegal in the Philippines on Thursday as a law banning the practice took effect in a country where one in six girls enters wedlock before the age of 18.
Philippines sidelines local languages
Oped, Analiza Liezl Perez-Amurao and Michael Thomas Nelmida, Published on 09/07/2025
» In October 2024, the Philippine government, in its management of a linguistically rich and culturally diverse population, decided to make the then-existing Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) expire by not signing it.
Philippines' crucial Asean test
Oped, Simon Hutagalung, Published on 21/01/2026
» The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has its own administration. Member states take turns leading the organisation through an annual chairmanship, a system designed to give all members equal opportunities to shape regional priorities.
Typhoon bearing down on Philippines
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/05/2020
» Typhoon Vongfong, the Northern Hemisphere’s first named storm, is rapidly intensifying east of the Philippines, where it could clip parts of the island nation on Thursday and Saturday, according to the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii.
Pandemic hampers Philippines typhoon evacuation
Reuters, Published on 14/05/2020
» MANILA: The coronavirus pandemic is complicating Philippine efforts to move hundreds of thousands of people into evacuation centres where social distancing is hard to enforce as a strong typhoon pummelled through its eastern provinces.
A taste of the Philippines
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 16/10/2020
» Filipino cuisine is utterly delicious yet somewhat tricky because there are so many versions of each specific dish that you'll find all around. Take something like the well-known and beloved adobo, a dish that both Filipinos and non-Filipinos have fallen in love with. Adobo can be cooked with a variety of meats like chicken, pork and even squid, and depending on how you like it or if you're Filipino, how your mum or grandmother cooked it, you're used to adobo being dry and pasty or wet with a little bit of soup. There's not just one correct way to cook Filipino dishes so it may be difficult to please everyone. However, Viva Filipinas could be the restaurant in the City of Angels that changes all of that.
Philippines steps up typhoon evacuations
Published on 31/10/2020
» MANILA: More than 200,000 people in the Philippines were ordered to evacuate their homes Saturday as the most powerful typhoon of the year so far barrels toward the country, with authorities warning of “destructive” winds and storm surges.