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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.
Why a Chinese academic claim over Batanes has unsettled the Philippines
A university symposium in Guangzhou has placed the Philippines’ northernmost province of Batanes at the centre of a new argument over history, geography and sovereignty, after s...
How Philippines is reshaping South China Sea defence, 10 years after Hague ruling
A decade after a tribunal in The Hague ruled on July 12, 2016, that China’s sweeping South China Sea claims had no legal basis, Philippine officials and analysts say Manila rema...
Saudi Arabia’s reforms fail to halt abuse of Filipino helpers, Amnesty warns
Filipino domestic workers continue to endure widespread labour exploitation and sexual abuse in Saudi Arabia, according to a new Amnesty International report. The rights watchdo...
Filipino helpers as surrogates, Chinese scientist’s death in US: 5 weekend reads you missed
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Season of Selling to End Philippine Peso Rally, Strategists Say
The Philippine peso’s relief rally following the initial US-Iran ceasefire is likely to be short-lived as seasonal selling drives the currency to new record lows, strategists say.
Season of Selling to End Philippine Peso Rally, Strategists Say
The Philippine peso’s relief rally following the initial US-Iran ceasefire is likely to be short-lived as seasonal selling drives the currency to new record lows, strategists say.
China is Supercharging a Rooftop Solar Boom in the Philippines
Soaring electricity bills are pushing Filipino households and businesses to embrace solar energy, and China is cashing in.
Aung San Suu Kyi will be looked after, Myanmar envoy tells Asean
Foreign ministers from Asean were told on Sunday by their Myanmar counterpart that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and would be looked after, ASEAN’s...
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Beijing renews attacks on landmark South China Sea tribunal on ruling’s 10th anniversary
Beijing has denounced a “thoroughly illegal” international tribunal that ruled against its expansive claims in the South China Sea, with a senior diplomat describing it as a “th...
14 nations and the EU reaffirm 2016 ruling invalidating China's claims in South China Sea
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted on Sunday that China’s expansive claims in the South Ch...
Japan and others mark 10 years since South China sea arbitration
The countries stressed that the 2016 decision in The Hague "is final, legally binding and definitive between China and the Philippines" regarding their territorial row.
Typhoon Bavi: China, Taiwan and Japan face disruption after 17 killed in Philippines
Bavi has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in China, knocked out power in Japan and Taiwan, and triggered deadly landslides in the Philippines.
Typhoon Bavi: Landfall in eastern China province, 1.7 million evacuated
Earlier, at least 17 people were killed in the southern Philippines, mostly due to landslides that were set off by seasonal monsoon rains that Bavi intensified before the typhoo...
1.8 million evacuated, thousands flee: Typhoon Bavi heads to China after wreaking havoc in Japan, Taiwan, Philippines
The storm triggered mass evacuations, disrupted flights and left thousands without power before nearing eastern China's coast.
Typhoon Bavi: China evacuates 1 million
Earlier, at least 17 people were killed in the southern Philippines, mostly due to landslides that were set off by seasonal monsoon rains that Bavi intensified before the typhoo...
Typhoon Bavi: Taiwan, Japan and China face disruption after 17 killed in Philippines
The storm has triggered deadly landslides in the Philippines, knocked out power in Japan and Taiwan, and forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in China ahead of its expected ...
Philippine defence chief says China talks ‘not possible’ as anti-spy laws loom
For a man sanctioned by Beijing, barred from visiting China and accused of damaging bilateral ties, Gilberto Teodoro Jnr sounded remarkably composed. Composed, that is, until th...
A decade after historic ruling, Philippine fishermen say little changed at key shoal
Today, local fishermen have become too afraid to venture out to Scarborough Shoal and its prized fishing waters for fear of harassment by Chinese vessels.
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.