(Samar province receives a plaque of recognition for two awards during the CPTEx 2025 closing ceremony. Photo: DOT Eastern Visayas) The Samar Province excelled at the 3rd Central Philippines Tourism ...

CATBALOGAN CITY (PIA) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Samar empowered 53 local artists across nine creative fields through a Creative Entrepreneurship Training, aimed at turning artistic ...

UN Rapporteur Highlights Continuing Restrictions of Civic Space in the Philippines While the situation has improved under President Marcos, Irene Khan identified numerous areas of concern.

PICTURESQUE. The cruise ship Heritage Adventurer spotted near Daram Island in Samar on Monday (June 16, 2025). The Department of Tourism has welcomed the first visit of a cruise ship in Samar as it ...

A moderately strong, 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Philippines on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 12:05 a.m. Philippine ...

The “West Philippine Sea” label is back on Google Maps, according to a spokesperson from the tech firm.

As of 7:20 a.m., the West Philippine Sea label was spotted again on Google Maps, located in the waters west of Luzon. "The label was temporarily missing due to a technical issue -- it's now back on ...

MANILA, Philippines – The “West Philippine Sea” naming returned to the waters west of the Philippines on Google Maps on Thursday, May 1. An earlier version of this report noted the West ...

A senator says the move by Google Maps proves the correctness of Manila’s policy to defend its sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea.

For several years now, the West Philippine Sea could not be located in Google Maps, which would show only a very limited area of the WPS close to Luzon when the term is searched. Now, not only has ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users -- the West Philippine Sea.

A quick inspection of Google Maps as of Monday, April 14, would indicate that the digital mapping navigation platform used the West Philippine Sea designation in parts of the South China Sea.