The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has strongly condemned China Daily over its publication of AI-generated videos and editorial cartoons depicting Filipinos as monkeys in connection with the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award, calling the material racist, dehumanizing, and unacceptable. In a...
Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro cried foul over a propaganda video made by the Chinese state media depicting Filipinos as a monkey, saying such a move only expose the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the Chinese Communist Party. In a statement, Teodoro said the artificial...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday, July 16 challenged the Marcos administration saying the Senate Minority bloc will resume its investigation into the anomalous flood control projects as the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) continues its investigation into the alleged anomalies in the...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has confirmed that the criminal and administrative complaints filed against current Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon over the construction of sports facilities for the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games have already been dismissed...
The Philippines remains confident that negotiations on the long-awaited Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea are making steady progress, with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China maintaining their commitment to conclude talks within the year. Department of Foreign...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has created a task force that will look into the allegations of irregularities in the construction of a sports complex at the New Clark City in Tarlac which was used during the Southeast Asian Games in 2019. This, as both Sens. Alan Peter and Pia Cayetano...
Malacañang has rejected claims that the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) 's planned investigation into alleged anomalies in the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games is meant to intimidate senator-judges handling Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial, saying the agency is...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday, July 14, commended the Manila Police District (MPD) for its “disciplined and restrained” handling of a protest in the capital city, marking the 10th anniversary of the 2016 arbitral ruling on the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The rally along Kalaw...
Elite volleyball returns to the City of Candon as the top six volleyball nations in region battle for honors in Week One of the Southeast Asian Volleyball Cup (SEA V Cup) starting on Wednesday, July 15. The core of the Alas Pilipinas squad who made waves at the FIVB Men’s Volleyball World...
CEBU CITY – Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Monday, July 13, said that the commemoration of the Philippines ' legal victory in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) should lead to stronger resilience, deterrence, infrastructure security, and cybersecurity as...
Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has committed support to the government’s efforts to promote national unity, patriotism, and awareness of the country 's sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Nartatez issued the statement...
Senators on Sunday, July 12 expressed confidence that the July 12, 2016 ruling of an arbitral tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, which invalidated China’s so-called “nine-dash line” and affirmed the Philippines’ sovereign rights to explore, explore and manage...
