China Banking Corporation (Chinabank) was named as The Big Shift Champion of the Year during the Excellence in Customer Engagement Awards 2023 at the recent ENGAGE 2023 conference of Backbase, the global leader in engagement banking platform. In a statement, the bank said it was distinguished for...
President Marcos said he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Summit to discuss what can be done to reduce tensions in the disputed portions of the West Philippine Sea (WPS). President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte encouraged China and other nations asserting claims over the West Philippine Sea to reach a diplomatic agreement through the United Nations (UN) instead of engaging in conflict. FORMER President Duterte (Screenshot from Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa...
The Philippines and Japan confirmed to work closely on issues in the East and South China Seas and other areas of common concern. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Enrique Manalo and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Kamikawa Yoko (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...
The Philippine government maintained that it will not seek permission from China to conduct a resupply mission to a grounded ship in the Ayungin Shoal despite Beijing’s protest that such missions infringed into its territory, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday, Nov. 16. BRP...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS) Commodore Jay Tarriela (File photo) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) managed to make its closest approach to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal during the latest rotation and resupply (RoRe) mission there last Nov. 10 since Chinese...
​Despite its incursive activities in the West Philippine Sea, China said it has no plans of taking "any inch" of another country's territory as it demanded the United States not to meddle into Beijing's dispute with other countries. Mao Ning, spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry, issued...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has branded the China Coast Guard's (CCG) state of activities in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as a "serious escalation of the illegal activities...
Clarita Carlos (Facebook) Former national security adviser (NSA) Professor Clarita Carlos has clapped back at the sectors that have arbitrarily branded her as "pro-China". In a Facebook post over the weekend, the former President Marcos appointee...
China Coast Guard ship "5203" fires a water cannon to drive away Philippine supply boats during a resupply mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Ayungin Shoal on Nov. 10, 2023. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Coast guard ships equipped with a water cannon should not use it to...
PCG Commandant Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan (File photo) The persistent harassment and aggression displayed by China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels against Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is a symptom of a systematic and consistent behavior that does not align with the universally accepted...
China has repeated its position over its West Philippine Sea claim as it justified anew its dangerous actions against a Philippine resupply boat off Ayungin Shoal on Friday, seemingly disregarding the hundreds of diplomatic protests already filed against Beijing by Manila. In a statement,...
