MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has reaffirmed its commitment to international tax transparency standards as it intends to join the Global Forum’s Asia Initiative.

THE PHILIPPINES saw a slight improvement in its ranking in a global corruption perceptions index by Transparency International, although its score remained well below the global average. In the ...

The Philippines scored 34 out of 100 in the 2023 CPI released this week, up from 33 in the 2022 report, but still below the global average of 43. It ranked 115th out of the 180 countries and ...

In the 2022 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International, the Philippines landed on the 116th spot—higher than its previous rank of 117th in 2021.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines ranked first among 50 countries in terms of global investor relations and debt transparency, according to the Institute of International Finance (IIF).

A 2016 international arbitration decision invalidated China’s claims based on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, ...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies earlier reported that China had destroyed at least 21,000 acres (about 8,500 hectares) of coral reefs within the Philippine EEZ. Another think tank, ...

Transparency International, a global coalition focused on combating corruption, issued a statement on Thursday strongly urging the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against ...