The Philippines is accredited to Colombia from its embassy in Brasília, Brazil and maintains an honorary consulate in Bogotá.

For a time after the establishment of the Manila Galleons that linked Latin America with Asia, Spain prohibited direct trade between the Viceroyalty of Peru, which included Colombia, and the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which included the Philippines.

However, illegal trade between Filipinos and Colombians continued in secret, as illegal Asian goods ended up in the markets of Córdoba, Colombia, due to the collusion between Filipino, Peruvian, and Colombian merchants.

Latin American officers from Gran Colombia were among the rebel soldiers supporting Andres Novales, the brief Emperor of the Philippines, in his short-lived revolt against Spain.

[8] Meanwhile, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited the Philippines in November 2015 to attend the APEC summit in Manila as an invited guest.