The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) criticized China for its move to release to the media information about an unverifiable phone call supposedly between a Philippine military official and a Chinese diplomat concerning a “new model” for deployment of vessels in the West Philippine Sea. The...
The Philippine military had supposedly entered early this year into an agreement with China over the South China Sea, the Chinese embassy in Manila claimed Saturday, May 4. The embassy said that Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command agreed to a "new model" on the management of...
Defense chiefs of the Philippines, the United States, Japan and Australia have slammed China's aggressive actions in the South China Sea, prompting them to line up recent more quadrilateral maritime actions to assert rules-based order in the waters. Department of National Defense (DND)...
The Philippines has rejected China’s claim that it is being used as “pawn” by the United States and is not letting Beijing’s actions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) go unchallenged. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo on Friday, May 8, said in a speech...
China’s embassy in Manila on Thursday, May 2, shrugged off several countries’ expression of concern over the Chinese aggression on the Philippine vessels by saying they do not represent the international community and are just only taking side. The embassy also blamed President Marcos’...
Defense chiefs of the Philippines, the United States, Japan and Australia will meet again in the first week of May for security talks that come shortly after troops from four nations held maritime drills in the West Philippine Sea. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gibo Teodoro will...
China said Friday, April 26, it would not allow anyone to sow chaos in the South China Sea as it said it is closely monitoring the joint maritime exercises between Filipino and American troops. As the Philippines and the United States started their annual war games in the West Philippine Sea, among...
Philippine Ambassador to United States Jose Manuel Romualdez speaks to visiting Filipino reporters in Washington, D.C., USA on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) WASHINGTON D.C., United States – The Philippines and United States have agreed to work together to counter...
The Philippines welcomed the statement of the Group of Seven (G7) in calling out China’s aggression in the disputed South China Sea and maintained its commitment and adherence to international laws, particularly a United Nations convention that was the basis for the Permanent Court of...
Members of the G7 countries are united in dismissing China’s maritime claims over the West Philippine Sea. In their joint meeting communique, top diplomats of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union said “there is no legal basis for China’s...
President Marcos and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Thursday, April 18, discussed developments within the South China Sea and other issues in the region, including those across Taiwan Strait, in the Middle East, and between Ukraine and Russia. During their bilateral talk in Manila,...
China’s embassy in Manila on Thursday, April 18, belied President Marcos’ pronouncement that he was not aware of any gentleman’s agreement that was reached during the Duterte administration with Beijing. In a statement, the embassy said it even "repeatedly briefed" the Marcos...
