Manila emerged as a diplomatic hub this week as the Philippines concluded the four-day 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers ' Meeting and Related Meetings, hosting around 120 bilateral engagements among foreign ministers alongside discussions on regional security, the South China Sea, Myanmar, and...
Myanmar remains far from returning to high-level Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings as the regional bloc continues developing benchmarks to measure the military government 's compliance with the Five-Point Consensus, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma....
While acknowledging Southeast Asian leaders ' frustration over the lack of progress in resolving the crisis in Myanmar, President Marcos said the regional bloc should not just "sit back and wait for something to happen." In a roundtable with Japanese media on Monday, May 18, Marcos said that...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday, May 6, welcomed reports on the transfer of Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest and called on Myanmar authorities to allow greater transparency following the move. “We view these developments as vital steps in a sequence of confidence-building...
A consensus has been reached by pro--Charter Change (Cha-cha) solons in the House of Representatives to boost the inflow of foreign direct investments (FDIs) to the country, which can be achieved by lifting the supposed overly-protective economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. House Speaker...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday urged his fellow leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to assert their centrality and unite against challenges, including dynamic tensions, being faced by the regional bloc. In his intervention speeches at the...
Should she win as president in the May 2022 polls, Vice President Leni Robredo said that she will unite the people behind a national consensus on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) dispute and make the economy more resilient. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks during the CNN Philippines’ Presidential...
