Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is still hoping that the United States, one of the most vaccinated countries in the world, will be able to spare the Philippines and other countries with its excess coronavirus vaccines. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. (DFA) Locsin made...
President Duterte once more pinned the blame on the previous Aquino administration for ‘backing out’ of the Scarborough Shoal (Panatag Shoal) off the coast of Zambales province back in 2012. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a televised address on April 28, 2021 (Malacañang photo) “Alam mo,...
The territorial issue on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is about national pride despite China’s donation of coronavirus vaccines to the Philippines, President Duterte said Wednesday night. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers a televised address on April 28, 2021 (Malacañang photo) The Chief...
How can the Philippines reclaim control of its islands occupied by China? President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The government is actually at a loss on how to recover parts of the West Philippine Sea seized by China despite securing a favorable arbitral ruling, President Duterte said...
Has President Duterte lost faith in the United States as a reliable partner? President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) The President has bared a grudge against the United States and declared the Filipino nation should no longer count on its oldest ally to help amid the country's simmering dispute...
The Philippine government has reached out to the United States (US) and Israel in hopes that these nations would spare their excess vaccines to Filipinos and protect them from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Oleg Vakhromov/ Unsplash) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and...
The government is having doubts on whether the Philippines could count on the United States in case of a full-blown conflict in the West Philippine Sea. Chinese vessels spotted at the Julian Felipe Reef on March 27, 2021 (Photo courtesy of National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea)...
The Philippine government has appealed to rich nations to avoid hoarding the coronavirus vaccines, saying these former colonial masters do not have the sole right to survive the pandemic. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made a pitch for equitable distribution of the life-saving vaccines amid...
The United States (US) is funding two separate agriculture projects in the Philippines with combined investment of P1.6 billion. In a letter to Philippine Agriculture Secretary William Dar, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack said his agency is committed to making...
Eleven senators have signed a Senate resolution condemning the illegal activities of China in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and other parts of the West Philippine Sea. (Senate of the Philippines PRIB) The senators said China’s incursions in the West Philippine Sea are clearly in...
Malacañang said the current issues in the West Philippine Sea did not arise during President Duterte's watch as this was a problem inherited from the previous administration. File photo of Chinese vessels spotted at the Julian Felipe Reef on March 27, 2021 (Photo courtesy of National Task Force...
A group of nurses has appealed anew to the Department of Health (DOH) to hire more nurses amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) surge. (Angel Garcia/Bloomberg) In an interview over DZMM on Sunday, April 25, Filipino Nurses United (FNU) secretary general Jocelyn Andamo said health workers remain...
