AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Rep. Lee's Facebook page) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee says the government should provide assistance to Filipino fisherfolk affected by China's unilateral four-month fishing ban in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). In a...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. attends the 21st International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) in Singapore on June 1, 2024.. (Photo courtesy of DND) The Philippines is not the one to blame for the rising tension in the West...
United States Defense chief Lloyd Austin has agreed with President Marcos when he made a strong position in front of the international community with regards to the country's territorial rights over the West Philippine Sea. Austin lauded Marcos' speech at the IISS Shangri-la Dialogue as he...
China has opposed the Philippines’ belief that the Advisory Opinion issued by the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) legitimizes the latter’s claim over the West Philippine Sea. Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, said that the advisory opinion, which...
(Unsplash) Galvanized by President Marcos' speech at the 21st International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Speaker Martin Romualdez has reiterated the House of Representatives' unwavering...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office, MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez said that President Marcos' keynote address at the 21st International Institute for Strategic...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) President Marcos' "compelling and rational' keynote address at the 21st International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)-Shangri-La Dialogue in...
President Marcos rejected the claim of a participant in the Shangri-La Dialogue that the Philippines' actions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) ruined peace in the region, saying the Philippines has always remained committed to genuine peace and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)...
"An act of war." This was how President Marcos described what the "willful" killing of a Filipino in the West Philippine Sea would mean to the Philippines, saying the country would respond accordingly if such an act happened. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos...
President Marcos insisted that the Philippines is not tearing apart the long-earned peace in the region by responding to issues in the West Philippine Sea and by including other parties in the discussion. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) "The Philippines still...
President Marcos stressed the Philippines' claim on the disputed portions of the South China Sea, saying the lines that the country draws on its waters are not derived from imagination but from international law. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this as...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has reassured Filipino fishermen of the Marcos administration's intent to protect them from China's bullying and harassment, and possibly from...
