DAVAO CITY – The Bureau of Immigration and the 10th Infantry Division arrested on Wednesday, April 22, 20 Chinese nationals for alleged illegal mining in Pantukan town in Davao de Oro and Tagum City in Davao del Norte. Major Gen. Alvin Luzon, commander of the 10th Infantry Division, said they...
Pasay police rescued a housemaid allegedly locked up and abused by her four Chinese employers inside a rented unit on F.B. Harrison Street in Barangay 13, on April 20, after the suspects ' Filipino driver sought help from authorities. Pasay City Police chief Col. Joselito De Sesto said the...
High energy prices and persistent geopolitical instability are poised to deepen the Philippines’ external imbalances, heightening depreciation risks for an already fragile peso, according to analysts at Dutch financial giant ING ING wrote in its latest report, published last Friday night, that it...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila lauded what it described as the successful localization of Chinese hybrid rice technology in the Philippines, saying the efforts could boost farmers’ income and safeguard the country’s food security. This developed as Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan...
Despite a more somber outlook for Philippine economic growth this year, Singapore-based Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (OCBC) now expects local monetary authorities to deliver a 25-basis-point (bp) rate hike in 2026 as consumer prices continue to rise persistently. This assumption would mark a...
BEIJING (AP) — The leaders of China and Spain on Tuesday pledged to work to safeguard multilateralism at a time of conflicts including the war in Iran, with Chinese President Xi Jinping saying the countries should “oppose the world’s retrogression to the law of the jungle.” Xi said they...
Several bottles recovered from traditional Chinese boats near Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) last year were confirmed to have contained cyanide, a highly toxic chemical compound, raising fears of possible sabotage targeting fish supplies and coral reef in the area,...
BUTUAN CITY – Nine Chinese nationals and a Filipino involved in illegal mining activities were arrested during an intelligence-driven operation conducted in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur on Thursday evening. In a statement released on Saturday, the Police Regional Office (PRO)-13 (Caraga) reported...
The ceasefire-driven rally of Asian currencies, including the Philippine peso, may be short-lived as global oil risks linger, according to Singapore-based Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. (OCBC). In an April 9 report, OCBC Group Research foreign exchange (FX) strategists Sim Moh Siong and...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila has urged the Philippines to stop what it described as “provocations” in the West Philippine Sea, while warning that Beijing will take “strong measures” to protect its territorial claims. In a Facebook post on Sunday, April 5, Chinese Embassy spokesperson Ji...
The Philippines, through the National Maritime Council (NMC), condemned the multiple incidents of dangerous maneuvers and harassment by Chinese vessels against Filipino fisherfolk and ships in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). "The National Maritime Council (NMC) strongly condemns the recent...
The China 's embassy in Manila has brought up the Middle East conflict affecting the situation in the Philippines to criticize "some forces" who are supposedly trying to destabilize relations between the two sides. It was the first time that the embassy included hostilities in the region in...
