The Philippine passport keeps stepping up on the global stage. It currently ranks 72nd in the 2025 Henley Passport Index, up a notch from 73rd last year Filipino passport holders now enjoy visa-free ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has become the latest country to say it will not stamp visas in a new Chinese passport because it includes a map of the South China Sea that Manila says ...

The Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. has reiterated that old Philippine passports can no longer be used legally by former Filipinos who have since acquired foreign citizenship. The reminder ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A map that China has incorporated into its passports has drawn diplomatic fury because it appears to claim the entire South China Sea, ignoring competing claims from the ...