China is considering Ilocos Norte as a potential place for investments as the Asian giant expressed willingness to partner with local government units (LGUs) in the Philippines, starting with the President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s home province. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang...
The Philippines needs the oil resources it can get from the West Philippine Sea (WPS) now more than China, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos stated this as he revealed that the national government is finding other...
BIEJING, China - Jiang Zemin led China through an era of stunning transformation after coming to power in the traumatic aftermath of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. He died Wednesday at the age of 96, state news agency Xinhua reported. Jiang rose from a factory engineer to leader of the world's...
In a newly published article on nature sustainability, researchers at Yunnan University in Kunming, China, reported the successful cultivation of Perennial Rice 23 (PR23). This cultivar of rice doesn't have to be replanted each season and could reap up to eight harvests, researchers reported....
SHANGHAI, China – China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai were blanketed with security on Tuesday in the wake of nationwide rallies calling for political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns. Police vehicles are pictured along a street in Beijing on November 28, 2022. Noel CELIS / AFP...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday, November 27 expressed his support to the Marcos administration’s move to conduct a review of the Philippine’s Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States saying it is high-time to make it attuned to the needs of the present time. “Matagal na iong Mutual...
SEOUL, South Korea -- Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Beijing was willing to work with Pyongyang for world peace, North Korean state media said Saturday. The message from Xi came days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in one of its...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario-Braid During the two-day visit of Kamala Harris, the US 49th vice president, and its first female VP, she reaffirmed her country’s “unwavering commitment to the mutual defense pact” by stating that “we stand with you in defense of international rules and...
A Puerto Princesa mayor-turned-congresman wants all low-tide elevations, high-tide features, and an area of three nautical miles around the Kalayaan Island Group and Scarborough Shoal declared as a marine protected area. (Wikipedia) For the purpose, Palawan 3rd district Rep. Edward Hagedorn filed...
BEIJING, China -- China has ordered six million people into lockdown in a city where violent protests broke out at an iPhone factory over Covid isolation policies and working conditions. Hundreds of workers took to the streets around the vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou on Wednesday, confronting...
There are at least two to three rounds of negotiations expected to happen next year for the crafting of the Code of Conduct (COC) on the South China Sea, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said Thursday. This development came as talks on the future COC stalled due to...
The Philippines is seeking an explanation from China why its coast guard allegedly forcefully took from the Philippine Navy a rocket wreckage it retrieved on the waters off the Pag-asa Island. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said Thursday the country sent China a note...
