Debt-watcher Moody's Investors Service has affirmed China Banking Corp.’s investment grade credit rating in view of its improved capital and profitability to mitigate risks to asset quality. In a statement, China Bank said that in maintaining the its deposit and issuer ratings at Baa2 with a...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday said Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and businessman Dennis Uy should reveal the “mystery shopper” instead of filing libel charges against members of the media for supposed unfair reporting over a graft complaint they’re facing over Uy’s controversial buyout...
The Chinese Coast Guard’s blocking and firing of water cannon on local supply boats headed to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal last month will not trigger the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the United States and the Philippines, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)...
Eight more Filipino seafarers stranded for seven months in China were finally sent back home. (Photo courtesy of DFA Undersecretary Sarah Lou Arriola) The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the seafarers arrived in the Philippines on Sunday, Dec. 5, three days after the arrival of six of...
Senatorial aspirant and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno is resigned to the fact it will be the next administration that will take action to thwart China’s ownership claim over the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Diokno, who is...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Sunday said he would seek the opinion of international law experts when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee starts hearing the various measures that seek to enhance the country’s positions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). According to Pimentel, the...
The deliberate grounding of the BRP Sierra Madre in the contested Ayungin Shoal showed that the country “can stand up to China” and not be bullied, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Trillanes said that the Philippine Navy...
President Duterte was all praises for the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) partners for their renewed commitment to open and inclusive multilateralism and the rule of law, noting its importance during a period of volatility. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his intervention during the virtual retreat...
Malacañang hasn't closed its doors to the possible refurbishment of the dilapidated BRP Sierra Madre, which has served as the Philippines' outpost in Ayungin Shoal for over two decades. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from Karlo Nograles's Facebook) This can be gleaned from the statement...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Friday, Nov. 26 that China has no right to make the Filipino people feel threatened or unsafe in their own seas. In a statement, Hontiveros said that she stands with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana in his assertion that Chinese personnel taking pictures and videos...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has branded the remark of Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian to remove the Philippine vessels in Ayungin Shoal as a mere "wolf warrior release." This photo is taken aboard one of the two supply boats as it approaches BRP Sierra Madre in the...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan maintained that the Philippines has “exclusive rights” in the Ayungin Shoal amid China’s demand for the country to remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre from it. Vice President Leni...
