Chinese Ambassador to Manila Huang Xilian made a call to bring China’s and Philippines’ bilateral relations “back on track” as he and the embassy celebrated the 2025 Chinese New Year. (From left) Chinese Ambassador to Manila Huang Xilian, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and Senate...
Japan's envoy to the Philippines is all set to support further bolstering Tokyo's bilateral relations with Manila in 2025, especially as the new year starts with the visit of Japan's top diplomat to the country. The relationship between the two countries is now "in a golden age," according to...
Mary Jane Veloso was back in Manila on Wednesday morning, Dec. 18, shortly before the sunrise that for her could symbolically mean a new beginning in a life fraught with misfortunes. Veloso, aboard a Cebu Pacific flight, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) around 5:40 a.m.,...
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol (POOL/AFP) Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the upcoming first visit of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to the Philippines will further solidify the bilateral relations between the two countries. “We...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (right) meeting his Japanese counterpart, Speaker Fukushiro Nukaga (left) at the Tokyo parliamentary building (Speaker's Office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez said on Monday, June 18, that the bilateral...
The Philippines and Lithuania are set to hold their first ever political consultation as top diplomats of both countries met Wednesday, April 24, in Manila to further advance bilateral ties. Bilateral political consultations are usually convened by the department or the ministry of foreign affairs...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo will be having a busy schedule in the first month of the year as he is set to meet two foreign top diplomats in Manila and fly to at least three countries to raise the Philippines' position on various global issues. Manalo will sit down with Indonesian...
China has claimed the Philippines is not really conducting humanitarian missions in the West Philippine Sea but is only creating incidents in the waters. Wu Qian, spokesman for China’s Defense Department, did not believe the Philippines’ resupply missions were real because the “supply vessels...
There is a “positive momentum” in the relationship between the Philippines and the United States as the country ushered in a new administration under President Marcos, Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Neil Frank Ferrer said. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a meeting with...
President Marcos renewed the Philippine government’s commitment to sustain the “vigor” of the bilateral relationship between the Philippines and Japan as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida winds up his two-day state visit. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. toasts with Japanese Prime Minister...
The Philippine government is committed to open again an embassy in Helsinki next year to further strengthen its bilateral relations with Finland. (From left) Vice President Sara Duterte and Finland Ambassador to Manila Juha Markis Pyykko shake hands during a meeting in Mandaluyong City. (Inday Sara...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo is pushing for more partnership between the Philippines and the US in other areas as he noted the “new complexions” in the current strategic environment. Manalo wanted to boost the alliance between Manila and Washington in artificial intelligence,...
