National Security Adviser Eduardo Año has called on Philippine media to push back against "corrosive narratives" on issues in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). National Security Adviser Eduardo Año (Noel B. Pabalate) During a seminar on WPS with the Malacañang Press Corps on Monday, April 29, Año...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Speaker’s office, Malacañang photo) Members of former president Rodrigo Duterte's Cabinet will be summoned to the House of Representatives when the chamber begins its...
With the help of the United States, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) defense readiness posture will be at the optimal level by the end of President Marcos’ term, Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez said on Sunday, April 28. Philippine Ambassador to...
Philippine Consul General in New York Senen T. Mangalile answers queries from the media at the Philippine Center in New York on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Martin A. Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) NEW YORK CITY – The increasing tension between the Philippines and China in the West Philippine Sea...
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...
A Chinese military official on Thursday, April 25, insisted that the Philippines really had no historical claims over the West Philippine Sea, unlike China. Wu Qian, spokesman for China's Defense Ministry, claimed that the Philippines knows "very well" that the scope of its territory is only...
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...
Lithuania on Wednesday, April 24, joined the list of countries supporting the Philippines' fight for sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea on the basis of international law and arbitral award. In his joint statement with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo, Lithuanian...
Filipino seafarers will no longer be allowed to be deployed on passenger and cruise ships that would sail through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden which were earlier declared as high-risk areas and war-like zones amid missile attacks on passing ships in the past months. In an order it issued, the...
The Philippine Navy noticed an increase in the number of Chinese ships in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid the ongoing military exercises between Filipino and American troops that are also observed by representatives from 14 other countries. But Navy spokesman for West Philippine Sea Commodore...
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...
