West Philippine Sea (Wikipedia) A "strategic victory". That's how House Speaker Martin Romualdez called the United States (US) and Japan's solid commitment to uphold the Philippines' sovereignty and territorial integrity in the West...
President Marcos is optimistic that his trilateral meeting with US President Joseph Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will result in sustained peace and stability in the South China Sea. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr., US President Joseph Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte has broken his silence and denied making any deal with China over the West Philippine Sea (WPS). FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte speaks in Davao City about the reported 'gentleman's agreement' with China over the West Philippine Sea as Rep....
The Chinese government has summoned the Philippines’ envoy to Beijing over supposed negative remarks about China. The Chinese embassy in Manila confirmed Friday, April 12, that China’s Foreign Ministry Director General for the Department of Asian Affairs Liu Jinsong met with Philippine...
(From left to right) President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr., US President Joe Biden, and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (PCO) House Assistant Majority Leader and La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega expects the inaugural trilateral summit...
China’s embassy in Manila on Friday, April 12, said the defense pact between the Philippines and the United States will not affect Beijing, which asserts that its aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea are justifiable. “The US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty will not move us a...
Any attack on Philippine aircraft, vessels, or its military in the South China Sea would invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), United States President Joe Biden pronounced. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and US President Joe Biden (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Biden made the...
The Philippines, the United States and Japan announced Friday, April 12, the formal establishment of a trilateral maritime cooperation to safeguard their peoples at sea as their leaders expressed concern about China’s dangerous and coercive actions both in the South and the East China Seas....
China attributed the Philippines’ supposed non-adherence to deals on the South China Sea to the rising tension in the waters as President Marcos already questioned the existence of a so-called “gentleman’s agreement." The Chinese Embassy in Manila Thursday, April 11, did not directly comment...
President Marcos said the government will no longer sit idly by while Filipino fishers continue to suffer from threats in the West Philippine Sea, Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez said. Romualdez said on Wednesday, April 10 (Washington time) the Philippine government...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez is crossing his fingers that the mounting calls from the international community for parties to adhere to rules-based order and freedom of navigation would...
Despite repeatedly conducting dangerous maneuvers against Philippine vessels in the waters, China believes “there is no issue with regard to the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea,” questioning the moves by the Philippines and its allies to form multilateral maritime cooperation....
