President Marcos told former president Rodrigo Duterte that he was willing to sit down with him to talk about his alleged secret deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the West Philippine Sea. File photos of President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (right) and former president Rodrigo...
President Marcos is optimistic that his trilateral meeting with US President Joseph Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio will result in sustained peace and stability in the South China Sea. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr., US President Joseph Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister...
The Chinese government has summoned the Philippines’ envoy to Beijing over supposed negative remarks about China. The Chinese embassy in Manila confirmed Friday, April 12, that China’s Foreign Ministry Director General for the Department of Asian Affairs Liu Jinsong met with Philippine...
(From left to right) President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr., US President Joe Biden, and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (PCO) House Assistant Majority Leader and La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega expects the inaugural trilateral summit...
China’s embassy in Manila on Friday, April 12, said the defense pact between the Philippines and the United States will not affect Beijing, which asserts that its aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea are justifiable. “The US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty will not move us a...
Any attack on Philippine aircraft, vessels, or its military in the South China Sea would invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), United States President Joe Biden pronounced. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and US President Joe Biden (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Biden made the...
The Philippines, the United States and Japan announced Friday, April 12, the formal establishment of a trilateral maritime cooperation to safeguard their peoples at sea as their leaders expressed concern about China’s dangerous and coercive actions both in the South and the East China Seas....
Despite repeatedly conducting dangerous maneuvers against Philippine vessels in the waters, China believes “there is no issue with regard to the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea,” questioning the moves by the Philippines and its allies to form multilateral maritime cooperation....
The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines denied claims that Chinese companies or "sleeper cells" were trying to infiltrate the country, saying those were merely accusations that intended to incite Sinophobic sentiments in the Philippines. File photos The Embassy said this after the Armed Forces of...
"It's not a good situation." This was President Marcos' remark as he questioned the intention behind the supposed gentleman's agreement between his predecessor, former president Rodrigo Dutete, and Chinese President Xi on the West Philippine Sea, saying he is "horrified" that such a deal has...
Philippine Navy frigate BRP Antonio Luna, Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces destroyer JS Akebono, and United States Navy littoral combat ship USS Mobile sail together in the West Philippine Sea on March 7, 2024 as part of the inaugural multilateral...
Vice President Sara Duterte has chosen silence over China’s aggressive moves in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the highly disputed West Philippine Sea. Joint naval drills of the Philippines, United States, Japan, and Australia in the West Philippine Sea on Sunday, April 7,...
