China maintained that the 2016 Arbitral Award, which invalidated the basis of China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea and upheld the Philippines’ sovereign rights and jurisdiction in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), was “illegitimate” and “illegal,” and called on the...
The Philippines and China expressed their willingness and readiness to intensify their efforts against crimes linked to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), a statement from the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said on Tuesday, July 2. The anti-crime body made...
China's embassy in Manila on Thursday, June 27, accused the US of having 'selective' application of law after its envoy to the Philippines spoke out against Chinese aggression of Filipino troops in the West Philippine Sea. A statement from the Chinese embassy said the US, although "not a party...
A China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel is caught on camera while brandishing a pickaxe in front of an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldier during a resupply mission at BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal on June 17, 2024. (Courtesy of AFP) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is submitting...
China has expressed support for the Philippines' crackdown on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) and called on the country to ban them immediately. (Pixabay) The Chinese Embassy in Manila said this following the raids conducted by Philippine law enforcement agencies on several POGO hubs...
Those involved in the supposed phone conversation for the “new model” agreement from the Chinese Embassy in Manila should be expelled from the country not only for violating Philippines laws but also for the brazen breach of the diplomatic protocol, National Security Adviser Eduardo Año said...
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...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) criticized China for its move to release to the media information about an unverifiable phone call supposedly between a Philippine military official and a Chinese diplomat concerning a “new model” for deployment of vessels in the West Philippine Sea. The...
​A​ ranking official from the Chinese embassy in Manila said it would eventually release the recording of a supposed phone call between its diplomat and a Philippine military official who agreed to a ​"new model​" in the management of the dispute in the West Philippine...
A diplomatic source from the Chinese embassy in Manila on Tuesday, May 7, disclosed what was supposedly contained under the “new model” that the Philippine government allegedly entered into with China on the resupply of the BRP Sierra Madre in the West Philippine Sea. While various...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Sunday, May 5, denied the existence of a “new model,” which is claimed by the Chinese Embassy in Manila, to manage disputes in the Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal. The China Coast Guard (CCG) is caught in a video shadowing the Philippine vessels in...
Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro has barred the Department of National Defense (DND) from making any contact with the Chinese Embassy in Manila over what he described as devious machination to manipulate and the discussion on the West Philippine Sea. “I reiterate that I have disallowed any...