Despite them not seeing eye-to-eye on the issue, Senator Robin Padilla said on Monday, April 15, that he will remain supportive of President Marcos' decisions moving forward when it comes to the country's relation with China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Asked to describe the President's...
Senator Risa Hontiveros advised former president Rodrigo Duterte to stop protecting his "best friend" China, and went as far to say that the Philippines never benefited from it. "Huwag niya nang ipagtanggol ang best friend niya. Walang napala ang Pilipinas (Stop protecting China. The Philippines...
President Marcos on Monday, April 15, made it clear that if any Filipino serviceman would be killed in an attack in the West Philippine Sea, the United States would step in to defend the Philippines. As gray zone operations—or activities that fall short of being called as war—continue...
Runrio Inc. founder Rio Dela Cruz (second from left) speaks during a press briefing in Manila on April 15, 2024 for the "Takbo para sa West Philippine Sea" event. With him are (L-R) Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Director General Jose Torres Jr., National Task Force for WPS spokesperson...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Here's a bold suggestion to President Marcos on the heels of his triumphant participation in the trilateral summit with United States (US) President Joe Biden and Japan Prime...
Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (PPAB) House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe has advised Beijing to "listen" to the Joint Vision Statement released by the leaders of the United States (US), Japan, and the...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Ranking congressmen from both the majority and the minority blocs in the House of Representatives are eager to get the inquiry on the "gentleman's agreement" on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) underway, if...
Mandaluyong City lone district Rep. Neptali Gonzales II (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN/ Malacañang photo) The chairman of the House Special Committee on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) made an important request...
Mandaluyong City lone district Rep. Neptali Gonzales II (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Simply put, the so-called "gentleman's agreement" between former president Rodrigo Duterte and the government of China on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is...
(L-R) National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo; and US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, and National Security...
Police Maj. Gen. Bernard Banac, director of the Philippine National Police's elite Special Action Force (SAF), discusses the importance of new training programs amid the evolving security challenges that include the brewing tension in the West Philippine Sea during the opening of the Basic Airborne...
President Marcos defended Vice President Sara Duterte against criticisms of her supposed silence in the territorial disputes with China over the West Philippine Sea. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte (Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) During a media...
