Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left), flag of the United States (Facebook, Unsplash) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda favors the heightened military partnership between the Philippines and the United States (US). "I support the strengthening of military ties between our countries, and I...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (left) and the flag of China (Malacañang photo, Unsplash) The Philippines should talk to everybody, not just the United States (US). Thus, said House Deputy Speaker and Batangas City 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto on Wednesday, July 19, as he defended former...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) House Deputy Speaker and Batangas City 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto says there's nothing wrong with former president Rodrigo Duterte's recent visit to China. Specifically, Recto said Duterte "did not breach protocol" when he met Chinese premier...
While the visit of former president Rodrigo Duterte to China has no official blessing from Malacañang, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is hopeful that the meeting would bring “progress” to the Philippines-China relations. (From left) Former president Rodrigo Duterte with Chinese...
China's claim that the United States is the "mastermind" behind the increasing number of countries recognizing the Philippines’ sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea is an "insult" to Manila, a US government official said. Reacting to Beijing's recent remark during the seventh anniversary of...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte met Chinese President Xi Jinping in China on Monday, July 17, as his successor, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., started building closer relations with the United States, China’s main economic rival. China’s state news agency Xinhua bared the...
LANZHOU, China -- Eight people died and six were seriously injured following a pileup involving five cars and three trucks on an expressway in northwest China's Gansu Province on Monday, local authorities said. The rear-end crashes occurred at about 11:15 a.m. on a section of an expressway in...
   BEIJING, China -- China's Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration on Monday issued the maximum red alert for mountain torrents in south China.    The red alert covers four county-level areas in southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which are...
An international think tank has condemned the recent "blatant disregard of the ruling and persistent violation of international law" on claims related to the West Philippine Sea. Dindo Manhit, president of Stratbase ADR Institute, made the statement after Beijing kept insisting that the 2016...
Seventy-five (75) percent of Filipinos are in favor of strengthening the military ties between the Philippines and the United States amid the security tension in the West Philippine Sea. Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (Senate PRIB Photo) ...
Philippine map (Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is optimistic that joint maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) between the Philippines and its ally countries would happen "sooner than latter". This, as the House leader noted the growing international...
Top diplomats of the Philippines, the United States (US), and Japan have met in person for the first time since the three countries rolled out a trilateral maritime exercise to bolster their troops' joint naval capabilities amid China's aggression in the South China Sea. *Photo courtesy of DFA...
