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Incoming Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro assured that there will be continuity in the country’s diplomacy and foreign policy with China even as it tackles the maritime disputes in the region. Incoming DFA Secretary Theresa Lazaro and Chinese Ambassador Huang...

​Top diplomats of the Philippines and China held a "frank and candid" conversation over both countries' relations when they recently talked by phone, which came amid growing differences in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday, Dec. 21. DFA Secretary...

China said it will do its best to safeguard its territorial sovereignty over the South China Sea and that the Philippines efforts of seeking support in asserting its sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea "will take the toll." Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, made the...

The West Philippine Sea and the South China Sea are all over the headlines again following China's increasing activities in the said waters. The two terms are not necessarily the same and interchangeable, though. And not everybody knows about it. So here's the difference. West Philippine Sea (WPS)...