Philippines Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from the Philippines with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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This request returns the current top nation headlines from the Philippines. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=ph&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ph" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "nation", "country": "ph", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "nation",
    country: "ph",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "nation",
    "country"  => "ph",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=ph&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 207498,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1acbabc8328650625e0fb9e1847af822",
            "title": "Lazaro, China's Wang Yi discuss direction of Philippines-China relations",
            "description": "Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro said she held a telephone conversation with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during which they...",
            "content": "Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro said she held a telephone conversation with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during which they discussed the direction of Philippines-China relations.\nIn an X post on Nov. 3, Lazaro de... [782 chars]",
            "url": "https://mb.com.ph/2026/11/04/lazaro-chinas-wang-yi-discuss-direction-of-philippines-china-relations",
            "image": "https://mb.com.ph/manilabulletin/uploads/images/2026/11/04/143860.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:49:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4041b9d9c6df9db2245d952224650739",
                "name": "Manila Bulletin",
                "url": "https://mb.com.ph"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "060ba1c13ece5eb62adb47b7b527cd07",
            "title": "Super El Niño: Who Pays When the Water Runs Short",
            "description": "The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration’s (PAGASA) latest monitoring shows that a strong to very strong El Niño is already present in the tropical Pacific, may peak before the end of 2026, and is expected to continue through the first half of 2027.",
            "content": "In my previous column, I wrote that it was time to press the panic button on El Niño.\nThat warning was not meant to create panic for panic’s sake. It was a call to prepare while we still have the opportunity to do so. Today, that window is getting sm... [7874 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.grantthornton.com.ph/insights/articles-and-updates1/from-where-we-sit/super-el-nino-who-pays-when-the-water-runs-short/",
            "image": "https://www.grantthornton.com.ph/contentassets/af6c90aaec0c436fb86e7bd994a35ecd/a-life-saving-drop-of-water-hovers-falling-on-a-parched-dry-soil-1200x627.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "18ce3f9509e4f429a9755be0769cc41a",
                "name": "Grant Thornton Philippines",
                "url": "https://www.grantthornton.com.ph"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "200c696b95e3dc707fbae6cc9a9d57b8",
            "title": "Pangilinan calls for online dashboard to track El Niño funds",
            "description": "MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis Pangilinan on Wednesday urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to establish an online public accountability dashboard to track government spending and monitor the delivery of interventions as the country braces for the potentially devastating effects of a strong El Niño.",
            "content": "MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis Pangilinan on Wednesday urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to establish an online public accountability dashboard to track government spending and monitor the delivery of interventions as the country braces for th... [1634 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/11/04/news/pangilinan-calls-for-onlinedashboard-to-track-el-nio-funds/2461290",
            "image": "https://manilatimes.net/manilatimes/uploads/images/2026/11/04/1291075.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:31:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e3ad8bbf7dbe3c3defc56a8393455066",
                "name": "The Manila Times",
                "url": "https://www.manilatimes.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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