Vice President-elect and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Wednesday, June 8, commended China’s role in the Philippines’ recovery efforts especially during the Covid-19 pandemic that battered most sectors and industries. Vice President-elect Sara Duterte (Photo from Lakas-CMD Media) In a speech...
China and the Philippines have "better reasons to work closely" amid global uncertainties and with the latter's shift to a new administration, Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian said. File photo of President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the opening ceremony of the FIBA Basketball...
President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. expressed optimism on the diplomatic relationship and friendship between the Philippines and China in a speech for Filipino-Chinese business leaders, diplomats, and politicians. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (BBM Media Bureau) He gave these...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has voiced out that regional maritime disputes, including artificial-island building and drilling activities at sea, are among the threats the world's oceans are facing. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Screengrab from DFA YouTube Channel)...
President Duterte on Monday night took pride that his administration managed to contain the country's Covid-19 pandemic​ in a period of time ahead of other countries. With the Philippines starting "with zero" at the start of the pandemic and almost "floating, waiting for the next thing to...
BEIJING, China -- Beijing will gradually lift Covid-19 restrictions this week, city officials said Sunday. A health worker takes a swab sample from a child to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a makeshift testing site in Beijing on June 2, 2022. Jade GAO / AFP After some easing in recent days,...
While there was a heightened tension between China and the Philippines’ navies and coast guards due to a maritime row in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the situation on land appears to be progressing for both countries. Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. (right), Commanding General of the Philippine Army...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana met with newly-appointed South Korean Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-Sup during an official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Friday, June 3. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (left) meets...
The US State Department has called on the Chinese government to abide by the rule of law after it dismissed the Philippine protest on its fishing ban even on parts of the West Philippine Sea. Ned Price, State Department spokesperson, said in a Twitter post Friday thatChina's "unilateral fishing...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. is unfazed over China's rejection of the Philippines' protest on the former's unilateral imposition of a fishing ban in the South China Sea, saying it won't be enforced anywhere in the country's waters. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO...
China dismissed the Philippines' protest over its unilateral imposition of a fishing ban in South China Sea which covers parts of the West Philippine Sea, saying it is a "normal measure." West Philippine Sea (FILE PHOTO FROM AFP) China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Thursday, June...
The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China's unilateral imposition of a fishing ban in South China Sea which covers parts of the West Philippine Sea. West Philippine Sea (FILE PHOTO FROM AFP) Through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippines conveyed its protest to...
