The Philippine Coast Guard says it monitors the dumping of dead and crushed corals on the sandbars of Escoda Shoal, 75 nautical miles from the coastline of Palawan, which resembles island-building activities attributed to China. (Photo courtesy of PCG) The country's territorial row with China in...
The Philippine Coast Guard says it monitors the dumping of dead and crushed corals on the sandbars of Escoda Shoal, 75 nautical miles from the coastline of Palawan, which resembles island-building activities attributed to China. (Photo courtesy of PCG) BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV 9701), the biggest...
Retired United States Air Force (USAF) General Herbert "Hawk" Carlisle (Photo by Martin A. Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) VIRGINIA, United States – Despite the aggressive and coercive actions being done by China in the West Philippine Sea, it is unlikely that a full-blown war will erupt anytime...
Senators expressed support for President Marcos' pronouncement that the Philippines has no plan to put any kind of cannon on its ships. Sen. Francis Tolentino said it's a "pragmatic" and "responsible" decision made by the President to consider the prevailing situation calculated to maintain the...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro has reiterated the need for Filipinos to know the full details of the alleged secret deal between China and the previous Duterte government...
National Security Adviser Eduardo Año has called on Philippine media to push back against "corrosive narratives" on issues in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). National Security Adviser Eduardo Año (Noel B. Pabalate) During a seminar on WPS with the Malacañang Press Corps on Monday, April 29, Año...
Philippine Consul General in New York Senen T. Mangalile answers queries from the media at the Philippine Center in New York on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Martin A. Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) NEW YORK CITY – The increasing tension between the Philippines and China in the West Philippine Sea...
Philippine Ambassador to United States Jose Manuel Romualdez speaks to visiting Filipino reporters in Washington, D.C., USA on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) WASHINGTON D.C., United States – The Philippines and United States have agreed to work together to counter...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa said that the government should think one step ahead and investigate the reported increase in the number of Chinese students who have enrolled in Cagayan. "Dapat advance yung pag-iisip natin. Dapat tayo'y magdududa talaga. Dapat one step ahead tayo (We should think...
President Marcos and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Thursday, April 18, discussed developments within the South China Sea and other issues in the region, including those across Taiwan Strait, in the Middle East, and between Ukraine and Russia. During their bilateral talk in Manila,...
Senator Francis Tolentino has weighed in on the alleged cutting of "payaw" or fish aggregating device by the Chinese, and says that it warrants a diplomatic protest from the Philippines. It was the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) that helped install the payaw to help out...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday, April 18, confirmed that a “significant number” of Chinese nationals are enrolled in a private Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Cagayan province. (CHED file photo) In a statement, CHED Chairman J. Prospero De Vera III issued a...
