The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) asserted that it is not controlled by any foreign entity in lodging diplomatic protests against other countries. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) drives away seven foreign fishing vessels believed to be manned by Chinese and Vietnamese fishermen off Marie...
China Bank Securities (CBSEC) has launched ChinaBankSec Online, a digital stock trading platform for buying and selling stocks listed at the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). In a statement, the stock brokerage said ChinaBankSec Online is accessible on various platforms and devices—online on...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. revealed that China has backed the Philippines in its bid in the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). Philippine delegation at the 32nd Meeting of the States Parties to UNCLOS held on June 15, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine...
China has approved the Philippines' $350-million loan for the construction of the P19.32-billion Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC). Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian and Finance Secretary Dominguez exchanged the Framework Agreement and Loan Agreement for Samal Island-Davao City Connector...
The Government of the People’s Republic of China will finance the construction of a P19.32 billion two-way, four-lane bridge connecting Davao City and the Island Garden City of Samal in Mindanao, the Department of Finance (DOF) announced. In a statement on Tuesday, June 14, the DOF said the...
BEIJING, China -- Beijing started a new round of mass testing in its most populous downtown district on Monday after a rapidly spreading outbreak linked to a bar saw Covid rules tightened again in the capital. People queue to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a swab collection site in...
President Duterte is praying that the war between Russia and Ukraine and the conflict between China and Taiwan would be resolved peaceably through negotiations as killing human beings is senseless. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte said this amid ongoing geopolitical tension in Europe...
President Duterte asked the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) if it could invite him when they sail to the West Philippine Sea even after his term ends on June 30, citing the need to assert the country's rights amid waning resources. President Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte said this after the...
SINGAPORE, Singapore -- China will "fight to the very end" to stop Taiwanese independence, the country's defence minister vowed Sunday, stoking already soaring tensions with the United States over the island. The superpowers are locked in a growing war of words over the self-ruled, democratic...
The Philippines has protested China's "illegal" maritime activities anew in the Ayungin Shoal, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) revealed late Friday, June 10. (File photos) In a series of tweets, the DFA said it protested the following incidents involving China in the said area: China's...
President-elect Bongbong Marcos has said that he will continue outgoing President Duterte's "independent foreign policy”, even as he hailed it in front of Chinese officials during an event in Makati City Friday, June 10. President-elect Bongbong Marcos (left) and President Rodrigo Duterte (BBM...
For President-elect Bongbong Marcos, the Philippines' "strongest partner" from among the community of nations is none other than the People’s Republic of China. (Photos from BBM Media Bureau, Unsplash) Marcos made this unequivocal declaration Friday afternoon, June 10 during the Award for...
