Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has branded the China Coast Guard's (CCG) state of activities in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as a "serious escalation of the illegal activities...
Clarita Carlos (Facebook) Former national security adviser (NSA) Professor Clarita Carlos has clapped back at the sectors that have arbitrarily branded her as "pro-China". In a Facebook post over the weekend, the former President Marcos appointee...
China Coast Guard ship "5203" fires a water cannon to drive away Philippine supply boats during a resupply mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Ayungin Shoal on Nov. 10, 2023. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Coast guard ships equipped with a water cannon should not use it to...
PCG Commandant Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan (File photo) The persistent harassment and aggression displayed by China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels against Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is a symptom of a systematic and consistent behavior that does not align with the universally accepted...
China has repeated its position over its West Philippine Sea claim as it justified anew its dangerous actions against a Philippine resupply boat off Ayungin Shoal on Friday, seemingly disregarding the hundreds of diplomatic protests already filed against Beijing by Manila. In a statement,...
Filipino and Chinese vessels engaged in a heated confrontation anew during another resupply mission in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Friday, Nov. 10, with the hostilities reaching its climax when a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship deployed a water cannon against a much...
China has warned the Philippines to take its words "seriously," particularly with regard to issues on the South China Sea, as it vowed to do "what is necessary" to protect its interest in the waters. The Chinese Foreign Ministry made the pronouncement on Monday night as the Philippines' Armed...
President Marcos will be visiting the Indo-Pacific Command in Honolulu, Hawaii during his working visit in the United States. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Charles Jose disclosed that Marcos was invited to visit the...
China Banking Corporation (Chinabank) posted a 10 percent improvement in net income to P16.2 billion in the first nine months of 2023 from P14.7 billion in the same period last year. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), the bank said this translated to a return on equity...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos bemoaned the untimely passing of China’s former Premier Li Keqiang, who reportedly died last Friday, October 27 due to a heart attack. Pimentel, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), said he is “deeply...
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez believes that “not in a million years” would the Philippines’ relationship with the United States sour because of China’s attempt to drive a “wedge” between them. (From left) Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and...
The United States and Australia have tackled China’s aggression against the Philippines in the South China Sea as their leaders met in Washington to bolster alliance for countries in the Indo-Pacific. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Antony Albanese on Wednesday (US time) opposed...