While China continues to reject the South China Sea arbitral ruling, the Philippines has conducted a workshop with other Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries on how to peacefully settle maritime disputes. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippines hosted a...
The construction of three big-ticket railway projects in the Philippines, which was recently bared to have been withdrawn, under loan agreement with China will push through. According to China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, "the construction of more projects, including three railways, is...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Consul General Li Lin of the People’s Republic of China Consul has vowed to work hard to push bilateral relationships with the country in general and Zamboanga City in particular. Zamboanga mayor John Dalipe presents a token to Consul General Li Lin of the People’s Republic of...
Senator Grace Poe on Sunday, July 17 welcomed the Marcos administration’s plan to renegotiate the country’s loan agreements with China for the three big-ticket railway projects that were initiated by the Duterte government. “The President's directive presents an auspicious opportunity to go...
China has revealed that it has been "negotiating technical issues" with the Philippines over its infrastructure projects, adding that it is open for more discussions on future projects under the new administration. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi...
HONG KONG, China -- Macau is set to begin another working week of partial lockdown, after the city extended the closure of its casinos and non-essential businesses to try and eradicate its worst coronavirus outbreak yet. Authorities had announced a week of "static management" starting June 11...
The Marcos administration should no longer pursue the planned loans from China to finance three big railway infrastructures under former president Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” program, a lawmaker said on Sunday, July 17. Philippine National Railways (File photo/PNA) Former House...
Beijing-led Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM) indicated higher returns to bankroll the Duterte administration’s three big-ticket railways projects, former Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said. Dominguez, who served as former President Duterte’s chief economic manager, explained that...
Amid disputes concerning sovereignty over the South China Sea, the leaderships of the Philippines and China, who recently met, seem to have not yet settled both countries' positions on the disputed water. Instead, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has directed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to renegotiate the loan agreements for three big-ticket railway projects as he expressed his desire to secure more investments in the rail transport sector, a Transportation official said. President Ferdinand...
BEIJING, China -- China on Saturday reported its highest number of coronavirus cases since May, with millions in lockdown this weekend as authorities persist with their zero-Covid policy. People walk in a subway station in Beijing on July 15, 2022. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) Using snap lockdowns,...
China's envoy to the Philippines on Thursday, July 14, alleged that "some outsiders" who are not from Asia are trying to sow discord between the two countries to serve their own geopolitical interests. Huang Xilian, Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, said in a statement that "in Asian culture,...
