Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo Enrique Manalo and his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya on January 15 agreed to continue communication with the incoming US administration of President-elect Donald Trump to promote their trilateral relationship.
Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on December 30 signed into law the national budget worth 6.33 trillion PhP (109.3 billion USD) for 2025, 9.7% higher than the 2024 budget.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Luzon in the Philippines on December 30.
The Philippines’ outstanding external debt stood at 139.64 billion USD as of the end of September, up 17.5% against the same period last year, its central bank Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has said.
The Philippine military said on December 23 that it plans to acquire the US Typhon missile system to protect its maritime interests.
The Philippines has imposed a temporary ban on the importation of live cattle and buffalo as well as their products from Japan due to the outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD), its Department of Agriculture said on December 19.
The Philippine Senate on December 16 ratified a key defence pact with Japan, which allows them to deploy troops on each other's territory, and strengthen joint combat drills.
Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on December 12 ordered the police and law enforcement agencies to intensify the crackdown on illegal gaming and cyber cam hubs that continue to operate despite the ban, which will take effect by the end of December, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on December 13 urged residents affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in the central part of the country to comply with local government evacuation orders, as authorities scrambled to evacuate 84,000 people to safety.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on December 11 approved a 500 million USD policy-based loan to help the Philippines pursue its public financial management (PFM) reform agenda and ensure quality public services for its people.
Despite record production and ample stocks, the Philippines is expected to import a record volume of rice in the 2024-2025 crop year, according to a report from the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture.
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said the “urgent” evacuation of 87,000 people was already underway on December 9 evening, after the eruption of Negros Island’s Kanlaon volcano.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on December 9 that Mount Kanlaon, located in central Philippines, has erupted, spewing an ash column as high as 3,000m.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 500-million-USD policy-based loan to further help strengthen the Philippines’ efforts to tackle climate change.
A big fire ripped through a closely built slum area of the Philippine capital Manila on November 24, AFP reported.
The Philippines has started building its largest single-site solar and battery energy storage facility, the Department of Energy announced on November 21.
The number of working children aged 5-17 was estimated at 1.09 million in 2023, down from 1.48 million in 2022, according to the latest data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on November 21.
Floodwaters reaching more than 4m high on November 19 inundated thousands of houses in the northern Philippines which was freshly hit by Typhoon Man-yi.
Philippine Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro and his visiting US counterpart Lloyd Austin on November 18 signed a military intelligence-sharing deal as the two countries are strengthening their security ties.
Hundreds of Filipinos were evacuated on November 15 to avoid Typhoon Man-yi, which is approaching the Philippines.
Typhoon Usagi weakened sharply on November 15 after bearing down on the Philippines' northern towns, blowing away houses in its path as authorities brace for another storm that could hit the capital Manila over the weekend.
Authorities in the Philippines on November 14 ordered evacuations in northeastern cities as super typhoon Usagi approached.
The World Bank (WB) approved a loan of 750 million USD on November 13 to help boost digital transformation in the Philippines.
The Philippines on November 13 ordered evacuations ahead of Typhoon Usagi, while the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) sought 32.9 million USD in aid for the country after storms that killed more than 150 people.
The Philippines issued fresh weather warnings on November 12 as the fifth major storm in three weeks began impacting the archipelago following the recent Typhoon Toraji.