Economy

A series of reforms initiated by President Benigno Aquino III in the last few years have pumped spending into infrastructure and opened key industries to outside investors. The reforms prompted a series of upgrades to the Philippines’ credit ratings and echo initiatives taken in the region as it prepares for the inauguration of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015...

I would like to reaffirm the enduring alliance between the Philippines and the US. I thank President Aquino for his partnership and the deeper ties that we have forged. I am especially proud to be here as we remember one of the defining moments of our history, the 70th anniversary of the battle of Leyte during the Second World War and the...

Bounded in the west by the South China Sea (known locally as the West Philippine Sea) and in the south by the Sulu and Celebes Seas, the Republic of the Philippines borders Taiwan in the north and lies east of Vietnam. Of the 7107 islands making up the archipelago, only around 1000 are believed to be inhabited. A history marked by successive waves of human migration has...

In the Philippines – as is the case elsewhere around the world – climate change is driving risk and multiplying the impact of other drivers of risk such as poverty, population growth and poor urban planning.