Philippines News API

Get the live top headlines from the Philippines with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top 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=general&country=ph&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=general" \
  --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": "general", "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: "general",
    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);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($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=general&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": 285994,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "00ace04d3af8d7f58463a429e65dc0ac",
            "title": "Church renews commitment to families at conclusion of 'Amoris laetitia' meeting",
            "description": "The Vatican holds a press conference on Wednesday at the conclusion of the ecclesial encounter “Ten Years After Amoris laetitia: Proclaiming the ...",
            "content": "By Deborah Castellano Lubov and Edoardo Giribaldi\nThe ecclesial encounter “Ten Years After Amoris laetitia: Proclaiming the Gospel with Families Today,” convened by Pope Leo XIV to mark the tenth anniversary of the Apostolic Exhortation, concluded at... [9225 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2026-10/amoris-laetitia-meeting-concludes-in-the-vatican-press-conferenc.html",
            "image": "https://www.vaticannews.va/content/dam/vaticannews/multimedia/2026/ottobre/14/weverb.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.1500.844.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:55:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e5411115b54654c1c7f97056760e5c24",
                "name": "Vatican News",
                "url": "https://www.vaticannews.va"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1372ad5dcbd2a6b2c75d8c1769b1a5fb",
            "title": "Get up to ₱92,000 worth of freebies and exclusive deals with The Loop's iPhone 18 offers",
            "description": "The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max have arrived, and The Loop is celebrating the launch with an exciting lineup of exclusive deals, premium freebies,...",
            "content": "The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max have arrived, and The Loop is celebrating the launch with an exciting lineup of exclusive deals, premium freebies, flexible payment options, and trade-in perks worth checking out.\nCustomers can pre-order online... [9009 chars]",
            "url": "https://mb.com.ph/2026/10/15/get-up-to-92000-worth-of-freebies-and-exclusive-deals-with-the-loops-iphone-18-offers",
            "image": "https://mb.com.ph/manilabulletin/uploads/images/2026/10/14/138926.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:47:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4041b9d9c6df9db2245d952224650739",
                "name": "Manila Bulletin",
                "url": "https://mb.com.ph"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "31ee40f6c91abe6ae9ebb25f40fb4cf5",
            "title": "Apple's Smart Home System Drops Cupertino Ingenuity in Your Living Room",
            "description": "The tech giant's latest suite of releases—including a HomeView speaker inspired by the iMac G4—revives the dream of a smart home that actually works.",
            "content": "Remember the smart home? Way before AI, the metaverse, and longevity-maxxing, this was the tech industry’s next big thing. The guy who designed the iPhone made a thermostat. Amazon created a Pringles can you could talk to. Some guys thought decking o... [4002 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.gq.com/story/apple-homeview-launch-review",
            "image": "https://media.gq.com/photos/6ace95998e714f6a2a17c92e/16:9/w_1280,c_limit/apple%20v6.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T19:19:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2a57fbb84313e5d738d9e6e317634114",
                "name": "GQ",
                "url": "https://www.gq.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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