DUBAI, UAE – Negotiators of various countries and representations are prodded to take bolder actions so the ‘big switch’ on to achieving the 1.5 degrees C warming limit can successfully progress as an upshot of the COP28 Climate Change Summit. In a media stakeout, UN Climate Change Executive...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s stand against the peace agreement with the communist rebels, including the amnesty and possible release of political prisoners as a sign of goodwill for the negotiations, are shared even by some members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), military chief of...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), and Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Vice President Sara Duterte's remarks against the Marcos administration's peace initiative with rebels is "alarming" and "detrimental to the pursuit of genuine peace...
The resumption of the peace negotiations by the government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) offers an “acceptable closure” for both parties after decades of fighting, National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Ano said on Tuesday,...
The Philippines and the European Union (EU) will resume talks on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)—a deal seen to bolster economic ties between the two sides—as EU chief Ursula von der Leyen made an historic visit to the country to "accelerate" areas of cooperation between Manila and the...
Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual has sought the support of State Secretary Udo Philipp of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) for the resumption of the EU-Philippine free trade negotiation. THE...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Calls from congressmen to restart peace negotiations with Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) are beginning to snowball. On Sunday, June 11, it was Cagayan de Oro City...
A Makabayan bloc member in the House of Representatives is prodding President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to reopen peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro made this call a...
Negotiations on the use of biological weapons will start anew after 20 years of being stalled following an agreement among the state parties. The Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations disclosed this as it looked forward to the crafting of a legally binding protocol that would...
There are at least two to three rounds of negotiations expected to happen next year for the crafting of the Code of Conduct (COC) on the South China Sea, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said Thursday. This development came as talks on the future COC stalled due to...
China has revealed that it has been "negotiating technical issues" with the Philippines over its infrastructure projects, adding that it is open for more discussions on future projects under the new administration. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi...
EDITORIAL The Philippines and Korea have concluded negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), more than two years after both countries agreed to achieve a comprehensive and future-oriented trade deal. A joint statement issued Tuesday, Oct. 26, announcing the conclusion of the FTA...
