Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson has filed a bill expanding the scope of the country’s anti-wiretapping law to give Philippine authorities to the much-needed added teeth to go against crimes including coup d’ etat, robbery in band, highway robbery, drug-related offenses and money laundering....
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on Wednesday, May 22, maintained that any agreement between the Philippines and China would be invalid if it is not written and signed by appropriate authorities. Manalo's assertion came as Beijing continues to claim the validity of the purported deals that...
The Philippines will act on the Chinese Embassy in Manila's alleged wiretapping of conversation between its diplomat and a Philippine military official if it will be proven guilty in the investigation that the government has rolled out. Department of Foreign Affairs...
President Marcos said the government is looking for ways to tap civilian cybersecurity experts to make the different government agencies’ cybersecurity capabilities more robust amid incidents of wiretapping. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Ryan Baldemor/PPA Pool) Marcos said this...
President Marcos said it is hard to believe that the Philippines and China entered into an agreement regarding the disputed portions of the South China Sea but assured the public that the government is investigating it. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Ryan Baldemor/PPA Pool) Marcos...
China has brushed off the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)’s move to probe reports of foreign diplomats’ illegal activities in the country amid wiretapping allegations being hurled against the Chinese embassy in Manila. The Department of National Defense (DND), the National Security Council...
(Pixabay) Chinese diplomats who misbehave or don't know how to follow laws in the Philippines should be sent home and replaced with "better ones". Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. and Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep....
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) It's only right for the Philippine government to send home foreign diplomats that abuse Filipino hospitality. Thus, said House Deputy Majority LeaderTingog Party-list Rep....
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, May 13, said it will look into any reports of illegal and unlawful activities by foreign diplomatic officials in the country, in a move that came after China's alleged wiretapping of a purported phone call between its diplomat and a Philippine...
China has recorded a purported phone conversation allegedly between a Philippine military official and a Chinese diplomat. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. hit China for doing so, calling its action as wiretapping, an act illegal under Philippine law. According to...
Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino “Inno” Dy V (left), Manila 1st district Rep. Ernesto Dionisio (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Ranking solons are demanding for accountability on the alleged wiretapping of a conversation...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. (Contributed photo) The Chinese Embassy's release of an alleged phone conversation between a Philippine military official and a Chinese diplomat underscores the need for a thorough inquiry on the sudden...