China Banking Corporation (Chinabank) reported a 13 percent growth in net income to an all-time high of ₱24.8 billion last year due to the sustained strength of its core businesses. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said its 2024 profit translated to a return on equity of...
Philippine Ambassador to Beijing Jaime Florcruz over the weekend welcomed 23 Chinese students at the embassy there to explore Philippine culture, art, and tradition as part of the celebration of the jubilee year in the Philippines-China relations. Philippine Ambassador Jaime Florcruz...
China has expressed its willingness to cooperate with the Philippines in combatting crimes, particularly those related to offshore gambling operations. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun (file) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said this following the recent arrest of...
More than fifty Chinese maritime militia vessels are monitored by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) during an aerial patrol in Pag-asa Island, West Philippine Sea on Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo: PCG) The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources...
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile said the Philippines' maritime issues with China remain unsolved as former president Rodrigo Duterte failed to secure the Philippines' national interest in the West Philippine Sea despite the latter's close ties with China. Former president Rodrigo...
A People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) helicopter flies over Bajo de Masinloc in Zambales on Feb. 18, 2025. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) condemned Wednesday, Feb. 19, the reported harassment of a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) plane by a...
Senate deputy minority leader Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, February 19, slammed China’s Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) for applying its bullying tactics even on the country’s own airspace. “Hindi na nakuntento ang Tsina sa pambubully sa karagatan, pati sa himpapawid...
The brewing tariff war between the world’s biggest economies is expected to hurt Philippine exports to the United States (US), China, and Southeast Asia, according to a new academic research. The study titled “Navigating turbulent waters: The Philippines’ global value chains experience amid...
China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel "5303" is spotted at approximately 95 nautical miles off the coast of Zambales on Feb. 15, 2025. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) applauded BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409) and her crew for challenging the “illegal presence” of a new...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio met for the first time on Friday, Feb. 14, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, where they discussed the South China Sea issue and the two countries’ economic cooperation....
The Philippines has expressed concern over the alleged unsafe maneuvers and releasing of flares by a Chinese aircraft against an Australian Air Force aircraft while flying over South China Sea. In a statement on Friday, Feb. 14, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reminded China to avoid...
The Typhon mid-range capability (MRC) arrives in Northern Luzon on April 7, 2024 for the Salaknib Exercise between the Philippine Army and United States Army Pacific. (Photo: USARPAC) The Philippine government called out China anew for its continued criticisms of the Typhon mid-range capability...
