Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has praised President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for “walking the talk” on his support for reducing the Philippines’ carbon footprint. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) This, as the Philippine capped a trip to...
The government of Spain has listed the Philippines as its priority country in giving institutional support, which includes taking various initiatives to ensure long-term peace in Mindanao. This came as Spanish President Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon sat down with President Ferdinand...
BUSINESS TALK By WILLIAM S. CO, chairman, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Recently, I was invited as a panelist to a forum on boosting the Philippine agriculture sector and ensuring food security. As someone who is in agribusiness and previously worked as a Philippine agriculture...
United States Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday vowed to honor the US commitment to the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with the Philippines, which would defend the country from any armed attack on its assets in the South China Sea. Harris’ pronouncement came at the height of President Marcos’...
On a visit to bolster the United States ties with the Philippines on wide-ranging areas of cooperation, US Vice President Kamala Harris believes that the basis of the relationship of the two countries is "multifaceted." In a bilateral talk with President Marcos on Monday, Harris noted how the US...
BUSINESS TALK By PCCI CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. CO PCCI CHAIRMAN WILLIAM S. CO The conference successfully concluded with the handing over of the PCCI policy resolutions to President Marcos, which encapsulates the collective aspirations of the Philippine business to the new administration particularly in...
The Philippines got the backing of New Zealand in its claims over some parts of the South China Sea after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed support for the country’s position. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday Ardern made her pronouncement during her bilateral talk with...
China believes that the Chinese and the Philippine governments "must stick to friendly consultation" as well as "handle differences and disputes properly" on the issues on the South China Sea. The Chinese Embassy in Manila made the pronouncement on Friday following the bilateral meeting and the...
A lawmaker on Monday, Nov. 14, called for a legislative investigation of the encounter between military forces and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Basilan last week. Basilan Rep. Mujiv Hataman delivers his privilege speech during the plenary session at the House of...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will not have the chance to meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and take up with him the South China Sea issue at the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits here. Marcos, who said he would mention...
The House of Representatives' resident legal luminary, Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, gave a heartfelt message to aspiring lawyers on the first day of the bar examinations Wednesday, Nov. 9. IT'S TIME--Bar examinees line up outside De La Salle University (DLSU) on Taft Avenue,...
BUSINESS TALK GUEST COLUMNIST By WILLIAM S. CO, chairman, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry The Philippines is indeed ready and open for business. This was evident at the recently concluded 48th Philippine Business Conference & Expo where over a thousand local and international...
