Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, August 1 questioned why a high profile fugitive is staying in former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s alleged residence in Tuba, Benguet. In a statement, Hontiveros raised this question in connection to allegations that Sun Liming, the Chinese...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 refuted the claim of Iloilo City Rep. Julienne “Jamjam” Baronda that Chinese nationals are engaged in illegal activities here. “There is no confirmation,” said PRO-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky. POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky addresses...
Victims of the flooding and rains caused by the enhanced southwest monsoon and Super Typhoon Carina in Metro Manila received relief aid from the European Union and the Chinese Embassy in Manila, their ambassadors posted on X (formerly Twitter). (Photo from Chinese Ambassador to the...
China is supporting President Marcos' decision to ban all Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) in the country. In a statement, the Chinese Embassy in Manila said Marcos' move "echoes the call of the Philippine people and serves the common interests of people of both countries." In China, all...
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...
By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV DAVAO CITY – Mayor Jose Nelson Z. Sala Sr. of Santa Cruz municipality in Davao del Sur province vowed to cooperate with the investigation on the controversy regarding the spurious birth certificates issued by its Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO). In a statement,...
DAVAO CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Davao arrested a 21-year-old Chinese national on Tuesday afternoon, July 9, for applying for a Philippine passport at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)-Davao here using falsified documents. THE National Bureau of Investigation-Davao...
China has told the Philippines to take measures to protect its nationals after report of the killing of two Chinese citizens in the country. Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, made the appeal after a Chinese national was reportedly kidnapped and killed in the Philippines. 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...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) A veteran lawmaker in the House of Representatives has reiterated that the risks Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) bring to the country far outweigh its...
The United States directly told China that it is seriously concerned about the latter’s “destabilizing” actions, particularly in the Ayungin Shoal, where the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) recently rammed a Philippine boat. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Friday, June 28 (Manila...
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...
