Stressing that the arrangement does not restrict Philippine sovereign rights or jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday, Aug. 11, defended the Provisional Understanding on Rotation and Resupply (RORE) missions to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin...
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Saturday, Aug. 8, rejected China’s demand for the Philippines to abandon its position on Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal), saying it would continue to exercise its sovereignty over the disputed maritime feature. DND spokesperson Asst....
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday, Aug. 7, defended the government 's provisional understanding governing resupply missions to BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, saying it neither requires the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to seek permission from China nor allows the...
The House of Representatives adopted during plenary session Wednesday, July 29 a resolution commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Philippines ' landmark 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) victory on the West Philippine Sea (WPS). House Resolution (HR) No. 1013, principally authored...
President Marcos vowed that the government would continue defending the Philippines ' landmark 2016 arbitral victory in the West Philippine Sea, declaring that it would use "every peaceful and legal means" to uphold the ruling against any attempt to undermine it. In his fifth State of the...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Tuesday, July 21, urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to exhaust all its resources and means to make China accountable after a reported assault by members of the China Coast Guard against a Philippine Navy officer during a recent resupply mission...
Navotas lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco can 't help but notice the "disturbing timing" of China Daily 's racist attack against Filipinos in the form of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video wherein his countrymen were portrayed as monkeys. Tiangco says the video goes beyond...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, July 17 urged Malacañang to summon the Chinese ambassador following the publication of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video by China Daily depicting Filipinos as monkeys in connection with the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award. In a statement,...
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Saturday, July 18, said it will sustain the continuous deployment of military assets in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to protect the country 's maritime territory and expose “illegal” activities by foreign vessels. The commitment came a week...
Congressmen past and present, and from both sides of the political fence have condemned a Chinese media outlet 's "racist and dehumanizing" depiction of Filipinos as monkeys. The House "Young Guns" blocwhich is part of the majority--released on Friday, July 17 a joint statement to denounce the...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has formally protested China Daily’s publication of videos and editorial cartoons depicting Filipinos in a racist manner, demanding the immediate removal of the materials and calling the content inconsistent with the mutual respect expected between states....
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. said that an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video released by a Chinese state-run media organization portraying Filipinos as “stupid monkeys” clad in a Barong Tagalog justified the Philippines’ policy of avoiding...
