Filipinos from different parts of Europe gathered to hold a candlelight vigil and prayer ceremony for the victims of the alleged extrajudicial killings during former president Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs earlier this week, while pro-Duterte supporters are planning a gathering this...
Instead of participating in street rallies, Vice President Sara Duterte asked her supporters to spend their time working for their families and air their protests on social media instead. Vice President Sara Duterte holds a press conference about her impeachment in Mandaluyong City on Feb. 7, 2025....
The filing of a diplomatic protest against China over its harassment of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessels at Sandy Cays in the West Philippine Sea is an assertion of Philippine rights in the contested waters, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Bureau of Fisheries...
The Philippines has protested China’s move to declare its own baseline on the territorial sea on the waters adjacent to Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal). The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Manila sent its protest to Beijing on Tuesday, Nov. 12, after it declared its illegal...
The Philippines is preparing to lodge a diplomatic protest against China after its coast guard vessels “rammed and damaged” two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels in the vicinity of Escoda (Sabina) Shoal, which is well within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Philippine Coast...
The Philippine government has protested China's firing of flares in the path of a Philippine Air Force (PAF) patrol plane over the West Philippine Sea. Ma. Teresita Daza, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson, confirmed the government's move, while the Chinese Embassy in Manila on...
Public school teachers staged a sunrise picket protest in Mendiola, Manila, on Monday, July 29, criticizing the government's ongoing neglect in addressing chronic shortages of classrooms, teachers, education support personnel, learning materials, and facilities issues that have been exacerbated by...
The Philippine government on Thursday, May 2, summoned one of China’s top diplomats in Manila to explain the latest harassment incident in the country’s waters. The latest diplomatic action came after the China Coast Guard (CCG) fired a water cannon at Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of...
Stressing that China “has no right” to be in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal and its vessels must “leave” immediately, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, March 25, summoned Chinese Embassy in Manila’s charge d’affaires to lodge a “strong protest” against the recent...
China on Tuesday, March 5, warned that its actions in the West Philippine Sea would continue despite the Philippine government’s recent diplomatic protest in relation to Beijing’s latest water cannon attack and dangerous maneuver against Philippine vessels. Asserting its unilateral claim...
"Broken-hearted" teachers announced on Monday, Feb. 12, their plans to stage a protest against the continued neglect of the government concerning their benefits and demands for a pay hike. Public school teachers (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FIL E PHOTO) The Alliance of Concerned...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, Dec. 11, said that it has filed two diplomatic protests—at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing—and has summoned Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian to object two consecutive water cannon incidents at the West...
