Colony looks back
After 333 years, how much of Spain left the Philippines?
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EMBASSY
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CLARK DRAWS MALAYSIA
Malaysia is eyeing Clark and New Clark City as launchpads for a bigger push into the Philippines, bringing a mission of firms to scout…
FOLK MUSIC TANGO
Tradition survives by flirting with change.
JAPAN'S OTHER AMBASSADOR
70 years of friendship, somehow Totoro said it better than any diplomat ever could.
COLOMBO MAKES ITS MOVE
The next foreign investor may not be one Manila has been watching.
SAYO, NARRA
You expect the famous names. Then the ambassador thanks the woman who taught him hello.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING. ONE THING...
After all the praise, Manila had one small question: Can our bananas get a better seat at the table?
WISH STOOD
For years, pupils studied beneath a roof that leaked. Then they walked into classrooms built to outlast the rain.
124 FILIPINOS GET THE CALL
One-hundred twenty-four Filipinos will leave for Japan this year under two government-backed exchange and scholarship programs, the…
PEACE CORPS DEPLOYS 54
US Peace Corps volunteers arrived in Manila for assignments in public schools, youth centers, coastal communities and disaster-response…
AUSTRALIA BOOSTS PCG DRONE FLEET
Australia is giving the Philippine Coast Guard another P413 million in advanced drones, counter-drone systems and training, bringing its…
FILIPINOS EXIT CRISIS-HIT LEBANON
Lebanon remains under Alert Level 3 amid continuing regional hostilities.
PHL OPENS S’PORE LIBRARY
Sentro Rizal opens its newest Singapore library, placing Filipino history, culture inside the embassy’s public life.
ART, SHARED
Young Filipino artists can now immerse themselves in the world-renowned arts and cultural heritage of Thailand through an international…
NEW AFRICAN LINK
Ethiopian Airlines has launched direct passenger flights to Mauritius, bringing the Indian Ocean island closer to Africa and the world.
PROOF OF ORIGIN
Half a world from Guimaras, Sweden gets an unexpected introduction to the Philippines.
HALAL PITCH
Imagine flying abroad and spending five days waiting to find out if anyone cares what you’ve spent your life making.
ART ACROSS OLD DIVIDE
As the year reaches its midpoint, the Embassy of Spain in the Philippines — through Instituto Cervantes and its Cultural and Education…