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Thousands of Philippine and American troops kicked off joint military drills dubbed Balikatan, or “shoulder to shoulder” in the Philippines on April 22.

The heat index (HI) in nine areas of the Philippines was at “dangerous” level on April 15, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

Two Philippine Navy pilots died on April 11 after a helicopter crash near a public market south of the capital Manila, the Philippine Navy announced on the same day.

The national weather bureau of the Philippines on April 8 warned of a scorching heat index of up to 51 degrees Celsius in at least nine areas across the country.

The World Risk Index (WRI) 2023 put the Philippines at the number one for the most-disaster-prone country in the world, followed by Indonesia and India.

Philippine exports exceeded 100 billion USD for the first time in 2023, with a total of 103.6 USD, a 4.8% increase from 2022, the Philippines' Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said on April 1.

As the Philippines works to ramp up mining to meet global demand for metals during the green energy transition, environmental groups in the country are demanding strict limits to protect nature and land.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on March 14 that it will intensify monitoring measures to fight illegal drug smuggling.

The Philippines set to train 128,000 semiconductor professionals, including engineers and technicians, by 2028, according to President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.

The alliance between the Philippines and the US is very solid and many US businesses want to invest in the Southeast Asian country, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said on March 11 during her two-day official visit to the Philippines.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit offshore of southern Davao Oriental province of the Philippines on March 8, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

The Philippine government on March 6 said that the El Nino dry spell and drought has cost Philippine agriculture over 1 billion PHP (nearly 19 million USD) while the climate pattern may persist till the second quarter this year.

Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Minister of National Defence, had bilateral meetings with Indonesian Deputy Minister of Defence Muhammad Herindra and Philippine Undersecretary of National Defence Irineo C. Espino in Luang Prabang, Laos, on March 5.

The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the preventive suspension of the National Food Authority (NFA) head and 138 other officials and employees for their alleged involvement in a sale of rice buffer stocks, Philippine Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel said on March 4.