The Philippines will benefit from $9 billion in initiatives that would be launched by Washington in response to China's continued aggression and in deterrence to Indo-Pacific threats, a US senator visiting Manila disclosed on Thursday, August 3. Speaking before select Philippine reporters in Makati...
Australia does not believe its strengthened military alliance with the Philippines will necessarily create tension in the South China Sea. Australian Ambassador to the Philippines HK Yu said that Canberra's enhanced military partnership with the Philippines, which includes more joint maritime...
The United States urged China to follow international law and stop its "routine harassment" of foreign personnel patrolling the vast South China Sea as Washington's commemorated on Wednesday, July 12, the 7th anniversary of the 2016 Arbitral Award on the contested water. US State Department...
SAN JOSE, Batangas – A foreign kidnap victim turned up in Barangay Aguilar here on Sunday, July 9. Police said the victim arrived in a gasoline station convenience store and talked to an employee in the Chinese language. The employee sought the help of the barangay. Barangay Councilor...
Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos on Sunday, July 9, called on the government to equally monitor the entry of American aircraft and Chinese vessels into Philippine territory in order to assuage the already tense situation in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait. ...
Germany and France have expressed support for the Philippines after another incident of harassment involving China's Coast Guard against its Filipino counterpart right in the country's waters. German Ambassador to the Philippines Anke Reiffenstuel said an "aggressive behavior," particularly when...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Tuesday, July 4 slammed the recent reported aggression of the Chinese Coast Guard against Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels that were in a resupply mission last June 30 and which was reported by the United States Air Force. "The protection of our national...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, July 4 called on the Senate to prioritize deliberations on Senate Resolution No. 659 that seeks to get the Philippine government to sponsor a resolution before the UN General Assembly to call on China to stop its harassment of Filipino vessels in the West...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Luzon arrested a foreigner and seized 105 grams of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay 7, Zone 2, Pasay City on Friday, June 30. The suspect was identified as 26-year-old Chinese Lu Liquiang, alias...
DAVAO CITY – Former President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian told him that the Philippines will not be spared if it allows the United States to utilize its military installations in the country to launch an aggressive action against China. During his program Gikan sa...
Chinese Ambassador to Manila Huang Xilian reported that there were 75,000 Chinese tourists who visited the Philippines in the first five months of 2023 as the country’s tourism department aims to target two million by end of this year. Chinese tourists in the Philippines (Photo courtesy of the...
BEIJING, China -- China's foreign ministry on Wednesday slammed comments by US President Joe Biden equating Chinese leader Xi Jinping with "dictators" as an "open political provocation". Speaking at a fundraiser in California on Tuesday, Biden said Xi had been angered over an incident in February...
