Why Filipino migrants are rethinking their futures in Japan
When Japan’s embassy in the Philippines extended applications for healthcare jobs on April 15, the pitch was straightforward: 50 positions for nurses and 300 for care workers in...
Philippines News, From Congress to the PSE
The Philippines is one of Asia's largest English-language news markets, and the NewsMesh Philippines feed reflects that reach: national politics out of Manila across both houses of Congress, the presidency, and the Commission on Elections, Philippine Stock Exchange earnings and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas rate decisions, and the twin dollar engines of the business process outsourcing industry and OFW remittances. It also follows PBA basketball, the country's foremost sporting obsession, plus disaster response and regional governance across the archipelago. Coverage spans national broadsheets, broadcasters, business press, and the national wire. Stories are tagged with category, Philippines country relevance, and the named officials, executives, and athletes detected in the body, so Philippines-focused analytics, intelligence desks, and English-language media products can route precisely.
PHP/USD: Philippine Peso Falls Past 62 Per Dollar on Elevated Oil Prices
The Philippine peso weakened past 62 per dollar on Friday, breaching a level some analysts had flagged as potentially prompting authorities to step in to support the currency.
Why Southeast Asia isn’t buying the US’ offer of ‘flexible realism’
In arguably his most important foreign trip, Elbridge Colby, US undersecretary for defence policy, visited key Southeast Asian capitals this month. In a speech in Manila, the Pe...
Meta and Roblox agreed to stronger child-safety rules for Philippine users
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Why Southeast Asia Is Bulldozing Its Historic Buildings
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8 Budget-Friendly Pacific Islands to Stretch Your Retirement Savings and Enjoy Island Life
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Philippines’ rising military pensions risk triggering budget ‘time bomb’
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PSE Sees Fewer Brokers on SEC’s Capital Hike Plan
Philippine Stock Exchange President and CEO Ramon Monzon discusses efforts to boost market liquidity, expectations for capital raising, and the outlook for major IPOs including ...
Philippine Bourse Expects Less Brokers Amid SEC’s Capital Hike
The Philippines’ stock market operator sees a reduction in stock brokerage firms should the Securities & Exchange Commission go ahead with a plan to increase capitalization requ...
Canada releases updated wait times for work permit applicants
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The 10 best places to visit in the Philippines in 2026, ranked
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Family seeks help after Hongkonger held in Philippines despite finishing jail time
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Philippines eyes drones and ‘system of systems’ to boost asymmetric defence
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Why Philippine, US forces tried to ‘scope’ a Chinese-linked steel plant in Mindanao
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Auger-Aliassime et Eala s'inclinent d'entrée en double mixte à New York
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East Village Gets Filipino Night Market Diner Hoy!, and Cocktails Are Skipped on Purpose
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Alex Eala Celebrates Special Family Occasion Before US Open Mixed Doubles
Filipino tennis star Alexandra Eala is incredibly close with her family, especially her older brother.
Philippine poverty falls to record low, but many still feel insecure
The Philippines has cut its official poverty rate to below 10 per cent for the first time, a milestone officials hailed as proof that millions of Filipinos are climbing the econ...
Philippines to expand military drone fleet as South China Sea tensions rise
The Philippines plans to expand its unmanned capabilities, including through development and acquisition of drones as part of efforts to modernise its military, its defence c...
Philippine retailers tweak recipe to feed consumer demand for cheaper goods
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Philippines news coverage
NewsMesh aggregates Philippines-relevant coverage across every major beat, from politics and business to technology and sport, normalised into one structured feed.
Pull Philippines news into your app
Authenticate with your apiKey and call one endpoint (GET api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?country=ph). The examples below are ready to copy.
curl "https://api.newsmesh.co/v1/latest?apiKey=nm_xxx&country=ph&limit=20"Endpoints
GET /v1/latest: Most-recent articles, filterable by category, country, and date range.GET /v1/search: Full-text search across the archive with boolean operators and source filters.GET /v1/trending: Cached trending headlines, the fastest endpoint for homepage feeds.GET /v1/article/{id}: Fetch a single article and its full metadata by ID.
Guides
Frequently asked questions about Philippines news
What sources does NewsMesh cover for Philippines?
NewsMesh aggregates Philippines-relevant reporting from national wires, broadcasters, and major papers, normalised into one structured feed with consistent fields across every source.
Which API endpoint returns Philippines news?
Call GET /v1/latest?country=ph. Add &category= to narrow to a single beat, &from= and &to= for a date range, or use /v1/search?q= for keyword queries.
Can I filter Philippines news by category?
Yes. Append &category=politics (or business, sports, technology, health, and more) to /v1/latest?country=ph, or browse the Philippines category pages linked above.
Is Philippines news available in real time?
Yes. NewsMesh is a real-time news API: Philippines stories are served through the live /v1/latest and /v1/trending endpoints alongside a searchable archive, each tagged with its category, the countries it's relevant to, and the named people detected in the body, so you can build a live feed without scraping HTML.
How do I access the Philippines news feed?
Create a NewsMesh account, generate an API key, and call the endpoint above with your apiKey parameter. See the pricing page for current plans and rate limits.
Need more Philippines articles?
Access the full dataset programmatically with the NewsMesh API.