Amid the challenges of COVID-19, China Banking Corporation (China Bank) landed in The Asian Banker’s Top 500 Strongest Banks ranking for 2021 as the second strongest bank in the Philippines in terms of balance sheet. China Bank is also in the top 20 percent of the 500 strongest banks in the Asia...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) received donations of various medical supplies and equipment worth over P2 million from the United States government, and "bihon" (noodles), face masks, and face shields from a group of Chinese businessmen on Monday, Oct. 25. Gen. Jose Faustino Jr., AFP...
China's apparent "provocative acts" in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) recently have been done not only to Philippine authorities patrolling the area but also to ordinary Filipino fishermen, a military commander revealed on Sunday, Oct. 24. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) drives away seven more...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) received Thursday, Oct.21, 2,000 metric tons of rice donated by the Chinese government intended for those affected by disasters and the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID) pandemic. DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista receives on...
More than 200 diplomatic notes were so far filed by the Philippine government against China since 2016, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed Thursday, Oct. 21. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) drove away seven more foreign fishing vessels believed to be manned by Chinese and Vietnamese...
China Banking Corporation (China Bank) has received the highest issuer rating of PRS Aaa (corp.) with a Stable Outlook from Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings). One of the country’s leading private universal banks with a strong franchise in the Chinese-Filipino market China Bank...
President Duterte has welcomed the return of FedEx Express to the Philippines after abandoning its regional hub in Subic Freeport for China over a decade ago. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) “For the good news, again, iyong FedEx is the largest logistics company in the world has...
A provincial resolution protesting China's unilateral fishing ban imposed in the South China Sea has earned praise from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). West Philippine Sea (FILE PHOTO FROM AFP) Through a series of tweets on Saturday, Oct. 16, the agency commended the effort of the...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Diplomatic ties between the Philippines and China formally started in 1975, but the partnership between the two countries dates several centuries back with trade and cultural exchanges flourishing between their peoples. Since the ancient times, Chinese citizens have...
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles on Thursday, Oct. 4 urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to go all out in helping farmers who have to absorb the double whammy of twin floods - typhoon Maring and unabated smuggling of vegetables from China. Flooding Nograles said local farmers are in dire...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said that China’s heightened crackdown on online gambling is the one forcing Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) to close shop, and not the government’s new tax measures. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the exodus of Chinese-run online...
Ninety-one distressed overseas Filipinos in Bahrain were recently repatriated to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday, Oct. 11. HOME AT LAST--Ninety-one overseas Filipinos in Bahrain were recently repatriated to the Philippines on Oct. 6, 2021. The repatriates...