With the junkets of Asia’s gambling capital ‘decimated’ by an anti-corruption crackdown, money launderers have shifted focus to more loosely regulated casinos in Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Myanmar.

Their manifesto criticises President Marcos Jnr’s South China Sea stance, claims China’s aggressive actions justified by his provocations

The government said it was investigating the spread of the manipulated video ‘seemingly asking the armed forces to act against another nation’.

Readers discuss Beijing’s dealings with Manila over their dispute in the South China Sea, and Moscow’s changing attitude to the Belt and Road Initiative.

Mohamad Hasan takes a veiled swipe at US-Philippines military cooperation during a meeting with China’s foreign minister in Beijing.

Manuel Mamba has been tossed out of office for illegally using public funds just as joint military exercises involving Manila and Washington take place in his province.

Marcos Jnr’s pro-US stance and measures to ‘elevate’ the Philippines have made him a ‘pivotal player’ on South China Sea issues among world leaders.

Marcos Jnr’s office says “no such directive exists” and Manila is working with various agencies to combat deepfakes.

While Philippines was absent from forum, members passed updated Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea, a non-binding multilateral agreement.

The heat index, a measure of what the temperature feels like accounting for humidity, was forecast to reach the ‘danger’ level of 42 degrees Celsius or higher in at least 30 cities and municipalities on Wednesday.

Marcos Jnr said his wife’s inexperience in politics led to her outburst against Vice-President Sara Duterte

The Philippine Navy says 124 Chinese vessels have been detected in the West Philippine Sea since the military drills began on Monday.

Washington has ‘seriously harmed’ Chinese interests with moves to suppress the country’s economy and trade, foreign ministry official says.

Almost 70 per cent of Filipino respondents in a survey said Congress should focus immediately on curbing rising commodity prices.

Wang Yi vows China will continue to invest more in Cambodian infrastructure and promote production capacity cooperation: foreign ministry.

Duterte said her personal feelings were not related to her position as a government official after Marcos Jnr’s wife accused the vice-president of ‘hurting’ her.

This year’s ‘biggest ever’ Balikatan exercises kicked off as Manila took delivery of a state-of-the-art missile system from India – and had hopes for US$2.5 billion in US military aid.

Cambodian Foreign Minister Chenda Sophea Sok tells Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that Phnom Penh opposes ‘troublemaking in the region by extraterritorial forces’.

Manila has received its first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles from India, in a carefully timed shipment observers say is the start of a ‘clear push’ to expand military sales with Southeast Asia.

Intelligence officers have been sent to investigate potential national-security threats in Cagayan, where about 4,600 Chinese students reportedly live.

The scandal now engulfing Cordlife Group Ltd. has implications across the region, given its operations in Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, the Philippines and India.

The president’s announcement, which follows backlash to the ban, gives hope to advocacy groups who hope for a reconsideration of the ban.

The US$868 million Subic-Clark railway will link the former American military bases turned commercial hubs.

Next week’s iteration of the annual joint exercise will be the biggest and a clear signal to Beijing, observers say.

Two women suffocated inside their vehicle during the flooding and one man died when his vehicle fell into a sinkhole, Philippine officials said.

The remarks came after some lawmakers expressed alarm over the some 4,000 non-local students in the province that also houses military bases accessed by US troops.

Rebels of the Communist Party of the Philippines say the roots of the armed conflict must first be addressed and resolved.