CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A 72-year-old passenger died after experiencing sudden dizziness and losing consciousness onboard a Batangas-bound vessel at the city port here at midnight on November 12. The Philippine Coast Guard-District Southern Tagalog said the passenger, Marcelo...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday, November 12 urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to consider recalling the country’s ambassador to Beijing to protest the latest water cannon attack by the Chinese Coast Guard on a Philippine vessel that was on a resupply mission in the...
China Coast Guard ship "5203" fires a water cannon to drive away Philippine supply boats during a resupply mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Ayungin Shoal on Nov. 10, 2023. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Coast guard ships equipped with a water cannon should not use it to...
The first batch of Filipino evacuees from war-torn Gaza arrived in the Philippines on Friday, Nov. 10, after a series of “intense” and “round-the-clock” coordination among relevant government agencies, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo...
The United States urged China to respect freedom of navigation in the high seas that are guaranteed to all nations under international law after the latter impeded a Philippine-resupply mission that led to another dangerous maneuver and water cannon attack. Matthew Miller, the spokesman of the...
The Philippines and China have exchanged "demarches", or diplomatic actions, following a recent Philippine resupply mission in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) that allegedly led to water cannon attack by a China Coast Guard vessel. Wang Wenbin, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said Friday night...
China has repeated its position over its West Philippine Sea claim as it justified anew its dangerous actions against a Philippine resupply boat off Ayungin Shoal on Friday, seemingly disregarding the hundreds of diplomatic protests already filed against Beijing by Manila. In a statement,...
Foreign ambassadors from the 27 member-state European Union (EU) in the Philippines expressed their solidarity with Israel amid the surprise attack by Palestinian terrorist group Hamas over the weekend that has so far displaced over 123,000 people and killed 1,200. Israeli flag flies high in front...
Rafah Crossing, the Gaza-Egypt border that was supposed to open over the weekend, remains closed for the third straight day, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, Nov. 6. Palestinians carrying foreign passports wait at the Rafah gate in the hopes of crossing into Egypt amid...
Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss visited the wake of Filipina nurse Angelyn Aguirre, the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who died alongside her Israeli ward when her village was ambushed by Palestinian militant group Hamas last month. (Photo from Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines...
Foreigners, including some 20 Filipinos, failed to evacuate from war-torn Gaza after the reported latest attacks along the route to the Egypt border, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Sunday, Nov. 5. Palestinians carrying foreign passports wait at the Rafah gate in the hopes of...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has expressed his sympathy over the deaths of Filipinos in the Hamas attack in Israel last month. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold a bilateral meeting in Malacañan Palace on Nov. 3, 2023. (Photo...
