PLDT Inc. (PHI) has long been a laggard in the Philippines stock market.
It has recently announced quite strong Q2 2019 results. It continues to pay a regular high dividend. Currently, this is at 6.16%. All emerging markets carry some increased risk because of the Trump Administration's protectionist agenda. However, the Philippines has been a consistently strong growth economy. This is borne out most recently by the graph below from the Asian Development Bank:
This consistent growth is on the back of a growing and young population and low private debts. I covered this