The United Kingdom (UK) has reaffirmed its support in upholding the 2016 arbitral ruling that favored the Philippines in its maritime dispute with China in the South China Sea. DFA Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) Minister of State for Asia and...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) broke ground for a P1.3-billion irrigation project in Pangasinan which could help the irrigation of nearly 2,000 hectares of farmlands. In a statement, NIA said it has already started the construction of the Dumoloc Small Reservoir Irrigation Project...
Senatorial aspirant and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno is resigned to the fact it will be the next administration that will take action to thwart China’s ownership claim over the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Diokno, who is...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima said the West Philippine Sea should be among the top priority issues that all candidates in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. At the same time, De Lima said Filipinos should help defend the country’s sovereign rights by electing candidates who can assert...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday, Nov. 10 said it is high time that the government devolve its procuremnet of supplies and implementation of projects to the local government units (LGUs) as national agencies have shown bad procurement decisions, including the transfer of P42-billion...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged all of the country’s governors, mayors and barangay captains to prioritize the people’s access to potable water especially in waterless communities and isolated areas still largely dependent on well and spring water sources. DILG...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's ruling coalition of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito has retained a comfortable majority of the lower house seats following Sunday's general election, according to final results early Monday morning. Led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the LDP secured 261 seats,...
Vice President Leni Robredo hopes that the Mandanas ruling will pave the way for the people’s direct participation in forming programs for affected sectors as well as in the budget process. Vice President Leni Robredo (Solid Leni Bicol/Facebook) Robredo said during a press briefing in Sorsogon on...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's ruling party picks its new leader Wednesday, with a mild-mannered former foreign minister and the Twitter-savvy vaccine chief leading the race to become the country's next prime minister. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is going to the polls with Prime Minister Yoshihide...
The United States on Friday (Thursday in Washington, D.C.) reiterated its call for China to abide by the July 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that invalidated Beijing’s excessive nine-dash line claim in the South China Sea. US State Secretary Antony Blinken made...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help local governments in improving their capacity to provide high-quality public services, especially during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. ADB HQ In a statement, the Manila-based multilateral institution said Friday, Aug.27, that it has approved...
Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday branded as “totally false” the statement made by President Duterte that the 2016 Arbitral ruling does not bind China because it never took part in the arbitration proceedings. Carpio made his rebuttal to the President’s...
