The country received an additional 1.5 million doses of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Chinese manufacturer Sinovac Biotech on Saturday morning, July 17. Chinese vaccine manufacturer Sinovac Biotech delivers 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 jabs to the Philippines on July 17,...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Friday condemned the report released by a United States-based geospatial intelligence firm about the alleged involvement of Chinese ships in the dumping of human “poops” in the Spratly Islands in South China Sea. One of the satellite images showing the positions...
France has assured the Philippines that as a permanent member and president of the United Nations Security Council, it will perform its role to ensure that international law, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and sovereignty of its regional partners are...
BEIJING, China -- China's Mars rover Zhurong has traveled 450 meters on the surface of the red planet, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration on Thursday. Since the rover landed on the surface of Mars, it has been traveling southward...
With the 2022 presidential election fast approaching, former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario on Thursday called on the Filipino people to choose a leader who will offer good governance and political will and reverse President Duterte’s policy of “loving and embracing” China. ADR...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said China will get an earful from the Philippine government if it would be proven that Chinese vessels were indeed dumping waste, including human waste, in the West Philippine Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Roque made the statement after...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday welcomed the open support expressed by the United States for the 2016 Arbitral Award in the South China Sea and for reaffirming its commitment to invoke the RP-US Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) in case of an armed attack against the...
The West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue will continue to hound the next administration, but economic relations between the Philippines and China will likewise be sustained regardless of whoever will become the next president of the country, according to an economist. At the virtual Wednesday Roundtable...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Wednesday, July 14, that they are verifying information that Chinese vessels dumped human waste in the disputed waters in Spratly Islands, but stressed that the Philippines is not a dumpsite. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Senator Joel Villanueva lamented on Wednesday, July 14, the continued refusal of China to recognize the 2016 arbitral ruling that affirmed the Philippines' sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea (WPS). President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jin Ping (Malacañang File Photo/PCOO) "It is sad,...
Malacañang was not surprised after China rejected anew the historic July 12, 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, saying the ruling was already part of international law. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian...
Simularity, the United States-based geospatial intelligence company that disclosed the alleged dumping of raw sewage from hundreds of ships in the Spratlys, has welcomed any investigation into the methods and results that they use in the wake of allegations that their report is “not true” and...
