PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—A Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea must be concluded as soon as possible. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made the call on Friday during the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits here as he faced his fellow state...
The Philippines remains committed to the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (SCS) despite recent developments showing China’s build-up in several artificial islands in the highly volatile waters. Rear Adm. Caesar Bernard Valencia, acting Flag Officer in Command of...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will not have the chance to meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and take up with him the South China Sea issue at the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits here. Marcos, who said he would mention...
There is a “high likelihood” that the debris found in Busuanga, Palawan and Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro were unburned parts of China's Long March 5B rocket, said the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA). (Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) PhilSA specifically pointed out that the debris...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has promised to bring up issues on the West Philippine Sea and the South China Sea with Chinese President Xi Jinping if he meets him here. Ahead of his participation at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits on Wednesday...
Big metallic debris suspected to be wreckage of China’s Long March 5B rocket were found separately off the waters of Occidental Mindoro and Palawan, authorities confirmed Wednesday, Nov. 9. Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard In Occidental Mindoro, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said...
Help continues to pour in for victims of Severe Tropical Storm (STS) “Paeng” as the Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine Navy (PN) sustained their relief operations to help affected residents in Southern Luzon and Western Visayas, the military said Tuesday, Nov. 8. Courtesy of Philippine Army...
President Marcos has named veteran journalist Jaime Florcruz as the Philippine ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the People’s Republic of China with concurrent jurisdiction over the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Mongolia. Jaime Florcruz (Source: CNN Philippines)...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will raise before his fellow state leaders during the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit issues concerning food and energy security, digital transformation and economy, as well as the South China Sea. In a pre-departure briefing on Friday,...
BEIJING, China -- Xi Jinping welcomed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Beijing Friday, with both sides seeking to deepen economic cooperation on a trip that has prompted criticism over Berlin's growing reliance on an increasingly authoritarian China. Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) welcomes German...
The US Embassy in Manila reiterated on Wednesday its stand against unlawful maritime claims in Philippine waters following the circulation of photos showing what looked like developed military bases on China's artificial islands. Kanishka Gangopadhyay, the embassy's spokesman, called on China to...
All the recent developments in the heavily disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS) in South China Sea are being closely monitored by the Department of National Defense (DND). Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) increased its presence in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to assert the country’s...
