Former senator Francis Tolentino will not be allowed to enter mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao after the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday, July 1, that they will be imposing sanctions on the former official for his “egregious conduct on China-related issues.” The announcement...
The Philippines is now operationalizing Japan’s proposed “one-theater” concept which envisions the South China Sea, East China Sea, and the Korean Peninsula as a single and integrated theater of operations in wartime. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said...
The Philippines found an ally from the other side of the globe after Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė criticized China’s aggressive actions against Filipino fishermen in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), saying that small countries should work together to stand up against aggressors,...
Officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Chinese Embassy in Manila put aside the two countries’ tensed relations due to their competing claims in South China Sea and enjoyed some friendly games during a sportsfest on Sunday, June 29. In a Facebook post on Monday, June 30,...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Thursday, June 26, hit back at a Philippine military official for implying that the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have ties to the illegal drug trade. In the remarks of the spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Manila, the embassy...
The Philippine Navy (PN) will secure government personnel and private companies that would conduct oil exploration activities in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). “Your Philippine Navy and your Armed Forces are ready to provide security and protection to any effort by the national government to...
The record P10-billion crystal meth (shabu) haul seized by the Philippine Navy (PN) off the coast of Zambales last week has Chinese-looking markings and the fishing boat where the illegal drugs were found was boarded by a Chinese-Malaysian suspect. This was the revelation made by Philippine Navy...
The United States and Canada expressed concern over the latest aggressive actions of China Coast Guard ships against Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessels which were conducting legitimate maritime patrols near Bajo de Masinloc. The United States, through its embassy in Manila,...
For the first time, Vice President Sara Duterte gave her insight on the ongoing territorial conflict between the Philippines and China over the resource-rich West Philippine Sea, warning the Philippines against taking sides in the United States-China conflict and advising it instead to “force the...
The Philippines condemned on Sunday the China Coast Guard (CCG) for shadowing and hitting vessels of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) with water cannons near Bajo de Masinloc. Through the National Maritime Council (NMC), the Philippines called on China to stop their unlawful...
Two destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) anchored in Port Area, Manila on Saturday, June 21, for a three-day port visit, signaling the deepening ties between the naval forces of the two countries following the ratification of the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA). As this...
China Bank Savings (CBS), the retail lending arm of the SM Group’s China Banking Corporation, sees enough room for competition in the thrift banking segment, even from BDO Network Bank, as it continues to post strong earnings growth. In a chat with media after the bank’s annual stockholders’...
