Senator Imee Marcos (Senate PRIB) Senator Imee Marcos wonders why the Philippine government should rely on foreigners for its external defense. Marcos, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, brought this up after Malacañang agreed to the addition of four Enhanced Defense Cooperation...
Gen. Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CSAFP), went to Cagayan and Isabela provinces on Tuesday, April 18, to inspect three of the four proposed sites for the expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) which are also being used as venues for...
CAGAYAN – More than 5,000 Cagayanos joined a prayer rally led by Prayer for Peace Cagayan Movement at Rizal Park in Tuguegarao City on Monday, April 17. The Cagayanos joined the prayer rally to voice out their strong opposition to Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement or EDCA sites in Cagayan....
A Filipino official deployed to Taiwan has questioned a statement made by China's ambassador in Manila when the latter linked American military's access to Philippine military sites to the employment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the self-governing island. Silvestro Bello, chairperson of...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Sunday, April 16, accused reports of misquoting or misinterpreting the remarks made by Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian about the fate of some 150,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan amid the intensified Philippine-United States (US)...
The Philippines won’t meddle into the sovereignty issue involving China and Taiwan, the National Security Council (NSC) insisted, as it denounced the recent remarks of Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian concerning the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). (L-R) (Chinese ...
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Saturday, April 15, took exception to the remarks issued by Chinese envoy Huang Xilian that the Philippines should stop meddling with China’s affairs in Taiwan lest it risks the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there. (Chinese Ambassador to...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has branded Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian's statements regarding the Taiwan situation as "condemnable". "It is condemnable that China seems to be...
China's top diplomat in Manila has called on the Philippines to oppose the supposed "Taiwan independence" by not giving American troops access to Philippine military bases as he claimed that the latter was only taking advantage of the situation in the Taiwan strait through military expansion....
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Concerned citizens led by the Prayer for Peace Cagayan Movement are set to hold a series of prayer rallies against the establishment of Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites in the province. A US soldier in sniper camouflage takes position in a static...
ISABELA – Gov. Rodito Albano III of this province has a positive view on the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) expansion. “The EDCA expansion will be a driver of progress and development, hopefully, in Isabela and the entire region and we should make the most out of it,” said...
China has claimed it was falsely accused by the Philippines and the United States of conducting illegal activities in the South China Sea when these two countries called out Beijing for its reclamation and militarization activities there. Wang Wenbin, spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, saw...
