Metal debris bearing Chinese markings was found by a fisherman in the open sea water in Morong, Bataan, the Philippine Coast Guard confirmed on Friday, June 9. Fisherman Alvin Menez found the huge metal object floating approximately 10 miles off Napot Point in Brgy. Nagbalayong last June 5 while he...
A Chinese naval training ship will dock in Manila next week for a goodwill port visit. Chinese ship Qi Jiguang will arrive in the Philippines on June 14 and will be welcomed at the Manila South Harbor with a ceremony. Before the Philippines, the China-built large naval training ship already paid the...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gibo Teodoro Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, a consistent critic of China’s "bullying" in Philippine territorial waters, hopes that the Philippines can "walk the talk" under newly-installed Department of National Defense (DND)...
(Pixabay) If China is willing to leave Vietnam's territorial waters then it should also do the same to the Philippines. Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez had this to say as he once again prodded China to order its navy, coast guard and/or militia vessels to leave the Philippines’...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said that the Philippines will depend "more than ever" on its relationship with China as he vowed to exert more effort in bolstering the two countries' ties. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. shares a conversation with Chinese Ambassador to the...
It is not true that the Philippines has shifted away from China amid differences, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) The country, Marcos said, did not make such a policy, and instead continues to work with its long-standing...
BEIJING, China - Millions of Chinese students sat for notoriously tough college entrance exams on Wednesday, the first since the country lifted zero-Covid rules that forced classes online for months on end. China's education ministry says nearly 13 million students, a record, are registered this...
Countries should adhere to the primacy of the rule of law and engage in peaceful dialogues and multilateralism to resolve various disputes in the Asia-Pacific region. Department of National Defense OIC Senior Undersecretary Carlito Galvez Jr. speaks at the *20th International Institute for...
The Philippines has gotten a “good deal” from China through the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief Arsenio Balisacan said. (From left) NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan talks to Chief Presidential Legal Counsel...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) refused to confirm reports that the China Coast Guard (CCG) shadowed ships from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Japan Coast Guard (JCG) while en route to Manila for the “Kaagapay” trilateral maritime exercise. *Officials from the Philippine Coast Guard,...
Two of the 10 navigational buoys that were installed by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) could not be detected by the authorities, it was revealed on Saturday, June 3. *The Philippine Cost Guard installs a navigational buoy near Kota (Loaita) Island in the Kalayaan...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Bohol is looking forward to a more vibrant trade and economic ties with China. This after Consul General Zhang Zhen of China in Cebu paid a courtesy visit to Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado at the Bohol Provincial Capitol in Tagbilaran City on Monday, May 29....
