Two Filipinos died, and one remains under emergency medical treatment after a Filipino-manned foreign vessel capsized in the waters off Bajo de Masinloc on Friday, Jan. 23. Citing China 's People 's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command, the Chinese embassy in Manila said a...
China said Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and West Philippine Sea spokesman Jay Tarriela "crossed the line" when he allegedly defamed Chinese President Xi Jinping during a talk with Filipino students, prompting Beijing to summon and lodge a diplomatic protest before Philippine Ambassador Jaime...
China’s coast guard has rescued 13 Filipinos after their Singaporean-flagged ship capsized in the waters off Bajo de Masinloc early Friday morning, Jan. 23. Photos released by the Chinese Embassy in Manila showed how the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) pulled off the search and rescue for Filipinos and...
China has summoned Philippine Ambassador to Beijing Jaime FlorCruz over what it believed were "inflammatory" remarks made by Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and West Philippine Sea spokesman Jay Tarriela. Tarriela has long been vocal in calling out China 's aggression in the West Philippine Sea....
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed full support for Philippine government officials who are asserting the country 's rights over the West Philippine Sea and calling out Chinese actions in the waters after being threatened by Beijing of "paying a price" for what they are...
China and the Philippines are hoping to accelerate talks on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC)—an agreement that will prevent future conflict and confrontations at sea among claimant nations—especially as the Philippines is chairing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila has filed a diplomatic protest against Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesman Jay Tarriela, known for exposing China 's supposed illegal activities in the West Philippine Sea, before Malacañang and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) for supposedly...
The Philippines will allow Chinese nationals to enter and stay in the country without a visa for a maximum of 14 days starting Friday, Jan. 16. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) made the announcement on Thursday, Jan. 15, in a move that it said was in line with President Marcos '...
China 's embassy in Manila has accused one country of going into another sovereign country and kidnapping its president. Guo Wei, deputy spokesman of the Chinese embassy in the Philippines, made a vague statement where he stressed that "everyone knows where the concepts of 'transparency...
China’s newly-installed ambassador in Manila recently talked to Senator Rodante Marcoleta in a meeting focused on strengthening the Philippines-China partnership and stressing that cooperation among nations must not be about military alignments. Marcoleta bared sitting down with Chinese...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday, Jan. 6, debunked claims that the visa policy for Chinese nationals has already changed. "As of today, the visa policy for entry of Chinese nationals to the Philippines remains the same," DFA spokesperson Angelica Escalona said. "Visa applications...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Saturday, Jan. 3, hit back anew at Senator Kiko Pangilinan’s remark over the West Philippine Sea issue, saying the Philippines has the right to claim its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) as much as China does. In a statement, the embassy acknowledged that the two...
