Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Philippine presidential runner-up Robredo vows to ‘fight lies’

Philippine

Leni Robredo, the Philippines’ presidential runner-up, vowed Friday to focus on “fighting lies,” urging supporters to accept election results showing the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos won by a landslide. Robredo was the final hurdle in the Marcos family’s decades-long ascent back to the pinnacle of power in the country they left impoverished when … Read more

Plan to modernise Philippines navy

Philippines

MANILA – The Philippines has ordered two new warships from South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said, modernising Manila’s navy as it faces a dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea. The Philippine Navy had become run down in recent decades, even featuring US craft from World War II, until President … Read more