At Tower Records in Tokyo’s Shibuya district earlier this month, fans flocked to a pop-up store set up for Filipino boy band SB19, buying exclusive merchandise including limited-edition CDs, T-shirts, stickers and phone…
China and the Philippines have been urged to resume joint South China Sea energy exploration as a way of easing tensions in the disputed waters. A joint report by Chinese and Philippine analysts also said the two countri…
Asia moves roughly $245 billion in stablecoin volumevand on a stage in Bali in August the people who move a good deal of it spent forty minutes not talking about consumers. The panel at Coinfest Asia on 20 August was "St…
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The Philippines spent years dismantling Chinese-linked gambling compounds in dramatic, headline-grabbing raids. But all the while, and with far less scrutiny, South Korean syndicates were building a parallel industry wor…
Rafael Manuel’s new indie feature “Filipiñana,” which opens Friday in New York, is set against a backdrop of oppressive heat and drought. The narrative follows Isabel, a 17-year-old from the provinces of the Philippines,…
Roblox has become a flashpoint in Southeast Asia’s debate over child safety online, as officials scrutinise whether young users are being exposed to harmful subcultures on the gaming platform. But analysts warn that it m…
MANILA, Philippines —Alex Eala fell to close friend Iva Jovic, 6-3, in the Stars of the Open exhibition on Friday morning, but both enjoyed a lighthearted tuneup ahead of the US Open. Towards the end of the match, the tw…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has gone from having one of the lowest estimated rates of new HIV infections among adolescents in Southeast Asia in 2000 to recording the region’s highest estimated incidence in 2025…
Every day, thousands of Ninja Van riders weave through streets and barangays nationwide. They know every corner shop, sari-sari store, and neighborhood grocery store on their routes. But what if they could do more than m…
OPM icon Celeste Legaspi sparked discussions among netizens after she praised P-pop boy group SB19 while seemingly expressing less enthusiasm for BINI. The veteran singer-actress shared her thoughts on the two groups whe…
BACOLOD CITY —A 34-year-old Chinese national allegedly linked to illegal Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) was arrested by immigration and police authorities in Bacolod City, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) sai…
MANILA, Philippines — Mayon Volcano in Albay spewed ash again Friday morning, generating a grayish plume, state seismologists reported. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the…
MANILA, Philippines — Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla said over 200 personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), an agency under his department, were being investigated for alleged schemes in…
MANILA, Philippines — Tycoon Lance Gokongwei has taken the helm as chair of listed technology firm PhilWeb Corp., as the company ramps up its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered infrastructure business. His election end…
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has mourned the passing of his former aide-de-camp, Maj. Ma. Joshua Santiago. Santiago died on Monday, as per his wife’s Facebook post, but the cause of death was not…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine peso weakened below the 62-per-dollar level to hit a new record low on Friday morning, as investors weighed the central bank’s latest rate hike decision. The local currency opened the…
MANILA, Philippines — Travelers must brace for pricier airfares again in early September as the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) raised the allowable fuel surcharge, which airlines add to the base fare to account for volati…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 40-year-old man whom police identified as a high-value individual (HVI) was arrested during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sawang Calero, Cebu City, on Thursday evening, August 27. The suspec…
MANILA, Philippines — The Visayas grid continues to suffer from a power supply crunch, prompting the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to place the region under red alert for three hours on Friday. In an advi…