MANILA, Philippines — Nearly nine in 10 Filipinos will enter 2026 with hope rather than fear, but this marks the lowest level of optimism in 16 years, according to a Social Weather Stations survey ...

MANILA, Philippines — Forty-four percent of adult Filipinos are optimistic that their quality of life will improve in 2026, while eight percent believe it will worsen, according to a Social Weather ...

Forty-four percent of adult Filipinos are looking forward to the improvement of their quality of life ("optimists") in the next 12 months, a survey conducted in November by Social Weather Stations ...

MANILA, Philippines — With corruption issues hounding his administration, President Marcos’ trust ratings continued to plunge in the last quarter of the year, with more Filipinos saying they have ...

(1st UPDATE) A November SWS survey commissioned by Stratbase shows the President's trust numbers slipping back to their post-Duterte arrest levels, as Vice President Sara Duterte's trust numbers ...

The net trust rating of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. slipped to -3% while that of Vice President Sara Duterte improved to 31% amid government investigations into alleged anomalous flood ...

A socially relevant nativity scene is displayed at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Project 8, Quezon City, which depicts the manger in a shanty amidst debris and trash brought about by floods.

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash — In a significant advancement of its military capabilities today, the U.S. Army activated the Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 3d ...

WW2 introduced rugged telescopic scopes that held zero after repeated firing and withstood battlefield conditions. Standardized match-grade barrels and quality ammunition made precision reproducible ...

The United States test-fired an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump ordered nuclear weapons tests. The unarmed missile carried a ...

Analysts say China has developed a chilling strategy for fighting a war with the United States: destroy America’s fighter jets before they ever leave the ground. In nearly every modern conflict, ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Defense startup Castelion said on Friday it has won contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon with current U.S. Army systems, the first step toward ...