The Philippines, the US and Japan have committed to ensure the status quo in the Indo-Pacific region as leaders of the three countries held a brief meeting in Jakarta to discuss current developments in the South and East China Seas. At the gala dinner hosted by Indonesia during the ASEAN...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has expressed gratitude to Australia for supporting the Philippines’ stand on the South China Sea issue and for its aid to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on education, defense, health, and digital...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to rally and take action over the “dangerous use” of coast guard and maritime militia vessels in the South China Sea as he called on parties anew to not escalate the...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is thankful for India’s support to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in ensuring peace, stability, and order in the South China Sea region which is claimed in whole by China and in part by the Philippines and neighboring countries....
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Vietnam has raised the possibility of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with other Asian countries on the prevention and management of incidents in the South China Sea as tensions in the disputed waters continue. SOUTH CHINA SEA TALKS — President Marcos meets Vietnamese Prime...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. (Screenshot from YouTube live) China's issuance of a map detailing its new 10-dash line claim late last month proves its "expansionist agenda". Thus, said Department of National...
DND Secretary Gibo Teodoro, flag of China (Facebook. Unsplash) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. admitted that the Philippines "needs" China in the economic front, but regretted the "problem" being caused by the latter's territorial...
Issues on land reclamations and other illegal activities in the South China Sea seem to remain unaddressed despite calls for restraint from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the absence of a sea conduct as leaders of the regional bloc renewed for the 18th time their concerns on...
​President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and US Vice President Kamala Harris discussed developments in the South China Sea as they met Wednesday on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits in Jakarta. According to a readout provided by...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez had hailed President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s pro-peace stance on the South China Sea issue. “The President’s stance on a rules-based approach in settling...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. sought the cooperation of neighboring countries in maintaining a rules-based order in the South China Sea amid what he called “shifting security issues” that threaten peace in the hotly contested region. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (Photo from...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has lauded the latest developments in negotiations for a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, saying they were in accordance with international law. TALK WITH CHINA — President Marcos talks to Chinese Premier Li Qiang...