ILOILO CITY – A budget airline recently launched flights for Chinese tourists to and from world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. CHINESE tourists receive a warm welcome at Boracay Airport. (DOT-6) The Department of Tourism (DOT)-6 (Western Visayas) said that budget...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy is not dismissing the possibility that the cyberattacks launched over three weeks ago against government websites may be linked to the South China Sea dispute between the Philippines and China. DICT...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (below, third from right) visits the northern frontier's maritime defense outpost in Mavulis Island in Itbayat, Batanes on Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto...
PN spokesperson for WPS Commo. Roy Vincent Trinidad answers questions from the media during a press briefing at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has conducted 28 successful rotation and...
Enough of Charter change talks; let's concentrate on China. Deputy Minority Leader Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, February 6 made the appeal as she sought an inquiry into the recent cyberattack against Philippine government agencies which authorities have traced to China. ...
(File photo courtesy of Unsplash) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) put up additional cybersecurity measures to secure its websites after a foiled hacking attempt traced back to China. PCG Commandant, Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan instructed the Coast Guard Public Affairs Service (CGPAS) to initiate an...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo raised the Philippine concern about a "pattern of aggression and militarization" in the South China Sea when he met with his fellow diplomats in Belgium for a discussion on current challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. Delivering his remarks at the 3rd EU...
In what seemed to be a refreshing development in the tension-filled South China Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said it has successfully conducted a "flawless" resupply mission for troops manning the BRP Sierra Madre outpost at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on...
Fishermen cast their net as a floating barrier is installed by Chinese vessels at Bajo de Masinloc on Sept. 20, 2023. (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippines reiterated on Wednesday, Jan. 31, its sovereignty over Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal amid China's repeated claim of the...
The local stock market closed higher but well below the day’s peak after the country’s economic growth came in below target but above analysts’ estimates. The main index added 24.43 points or 0.37 percent to close at 6,646.44 as the Property sector led the advance although conglomerates and...
"We're pretty much there." President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) This was what President Marcos said when asked about the progress of forging a bilateral code of conduct in the South China Sea with Vietnam. "Yun yung...
More than 200 Chinese vessels were spotted around Panganiban (Mischief) Reef, a low-tide elevation in the Spratly Islands, the Philippine Navy (PN) said on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The presence of Chinese vessels in Panganiban Reef, located 250 kilomteres from Palawan, poses a challenge for the Armed...
