As arrests mount, Manila faces growing pressure to address systemic corruption that allows foreigners to obtain fake IDs.

MANILA – The Philippine authorities are pushing for tougher anti-espionage laws after the recent arrest of a suspected Chinese spy raised concerns over foreign intelligence threats to national ...

Recent reports have raised similar concerns in the Philippines. For instance, the revelation that Alice Guo, a newly elected mayor, is actually Chinese has intensified fears of espionage within ...

The Philippines was willing to allow access to Subic Bay, which had been converted into a commercial operation. The Americans were now restoring some of the military facilities and the Chinese spies ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

The four Chinese nationals leading these civic ... gain influence or access to sensitive information in the Philippines.

Two Chinese nationals were detained in the Philippines last week, accused of espionage-related activities close to sensitive areas. Three Filipino accomplices had assisted, driving the pair in the ...

In response to a query regarding the Philippines' National Security Council's claim that China recently arrested three Philippine citizens suspected of espionage and labeled it a "retaliation ...

Manila [Philippines], April 7 (ANI): The Philippines has suggested that the detention of three Filipinos in China for alleged espionage might be a response to Manila's efforts to target supposed ...

MANILA - The Philippines expressed alarm on Saturday (April 5) over the arrest of three Filipinos in China on suspicion of espionage, saying they were ordinary citizens and the arrests could be ...

(3rd UPDATE) At least two of the three Filipinos were beneficiaries of a scholarship program signed between the provinces of Hainan in China and Palawan in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines ...