REMEMBER 8 ON 13
Four Filipinos died in the 7 October attacks. Four more in the war that followed. Three years later, their families gathered to remember…
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GERMAN DEFENSE FIRMS EYE PHL
German defense and technology companies are exploring opportunities in the Philippines as Manila seeks to strengthen its military…
580 YEARS OF LETTERS
An alphabet born from a king’s ambition to teach his people to read. Nearly six centuries later, Hangeul is still celebrated.
FILIPINOS LOOK BEYOND EU
Filipinos are applying for more visas, up 20 percent this year. Demand for destinations outside Europe’s Schengen Area is rising fastest.
115 AND LOOKING GOOD
A toast, then, to 115 years. To the people who made them count. And to everything that comes next.
Most cultured October
Films, jazz, art, design, a little history. The Spanish Embassy has filled October with reasons to get out of the house.
Chickens cause diplomatic incident
Filipino chickens are now bothering the French government.
U.K. EYES PHL NUKE PUSH
The Philippines is talking nuclear power with Britain.
PAL PLANS INDIA RETURN AFTER 13 YEARS
PAL left India with one route in 2013. It plans to return with two: Delhi and Mumbai.
18 FOLDS CLOSER
Food is a direct way to encounter another country.
FOR 6 MONTHS, ITALY WAS THE CLASSROOM
You can fake Italian food. Harder after six months in an Italian kitchen, where Filipino students learned when the pasta is wrong.
CADDIES GET A LIFT
The people who carry the clubs needed carrying, too.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF FRIED KIND
Something called a UFO landed in Makati from Brunei. Nobody ran. They watched it hit the hot oil, then ate it.
SUMMIT AT THE DUMP
What does an ambassador do on a Sunday? In Singapore, six of them went out to help clean up.
INDIAN KIDS LEARN BAYBAYIN
Indian children wrote their names in Baybayin, a Filipino script with distant roots believed to reach back to ancient India.
YOUR DATE IS FRENCH
Speak Dating gives you five minutes with a language. Just enough to learn hello. Cruelly just enough to learn good-bye.
ISRAEL, NON-STOP
Starting 3 January, Manila and Tel Aviv will finally be connected by an 11-hour nonstop flight.
U.S. $60M TARGETS PHL POWER WOES
The US is putting $60 million into the parts of Philippine power that decide what electricity costs and whether it stays on.
