The Philippines and Australia have established a more robust relationship in terms of defense and logistics, the Department of National Defense (DND) said Wednesday, June 22. Department of National Defense Spokesperson Arsenio Andolong (File photo) Such endeavour was achieved as the DND hosted the...
Australia has agreed to strengthen its maritime cooperation with the Philippines in terms of adhering to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and affirming the country's position that was upheld by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague last July 2016. DFA Assistant...
Ambassador of Australia Steven James Robinson believes that President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will have a “measured and balanced” approach to the territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). HE Robinson and Marcos (BBM Media Bureau) In a press conference following...
President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is scheduled to receive five more foreign envoys for courtesy calls on Friday morning, June 17. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Bureau) According to an advisory, Marcos will meet with Chargé d’ Affaires of Poland, Jaroslaw...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has expressed disappointment in Australia for not supporting the Philippines' bid for a seat in the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) Locsin vented his sentiments on...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian scientists found that superworms have a surprisingly healthy appetite for polystyrene, which the researchers hope could eventually be used to recycle plastic in an environmentally safe way. In a new study published in the Microbial Genomics journal and revealed on...
How is the Filipinos’ state of emotional and psychological wellbeing? Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Steven J. Robinson answers the question 'What conversation do you want to start about mental health?' The last few years have been a wild ride. With the ongoing recovery from the...
The celebration was a three-day food, retail, study, and travel festival at SM Megamall The Australian Embassy, in partnership with SM, recently celebrated this year’s Philippines-Australia Friendship Day with Experience Australia, a three-day food, retail, study, and travel festival at SM...
SYDNEY, Australia - Centre-left leader Anthony Albanese claimed victory in Australia's general election Saturday, as voters angered by climate inaction pulled the plug on a decade of conservative rule. Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese gestures as he addresses Labour supporters after...
Lawyer Vic Rodriguez has slammed the Filipinos in Australia who created a ruckus down under by claiming that presumptive Philippine president Bongbong Marcos isn't welcome there. Lawyer Vic Rodriguez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Nakakahiya. Nakakahiya bilang Pilipino nakakahiya. Hindi ugali...
Presumptive president Bongbong Marcos and his family are in Australia for a "much-needed vacation", Marcos's spokesperson and chief-of-staff Vic Rodriguez said in a press conference Tuesday, May 17. (MANILA BULLETIN, Unsplash) "It’s a private trip made by president-elect Bongbong with his family...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's peak health body has warned that coronavirus cases will continue to rise due to community complacency. Australia reported more than 50,000 new Covid-19 infections for three consecutive days between Wednesday and Friday, and as of Friday, the death toll has reached...
