Photo from TNC Predator All-Filipino powerhouse TNC Predator pulled off a reverse sweep against classic rival Fnatic, 2-1, in the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC) Season 2-Southeast Asia Upper Division on Wednesday night, May 19. to secure its first Major appearance this year. 11K MMR carry Kim "Gabbi"...
President Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday held a telephone summit to discuss among others the impending release of the JY20 billion (roughly P9 billion) Post-Disaster Standby Loan to the Philippines, the status of the subway and railway projects in Metro Manila and...
"We cannot afford conflicts between neighbors." President Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga This was what President Duterte told Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga as they discussed maritime security and safety in the Asia-Pacific region during their phone conversation on...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. underscored Wednesday, May 19, the importance of utilizing advancements in science and technology (S&T) such as the satellite technology to preserve the country's maritime domain. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. attends the...
China’s unilateral imposition of a fishing moratorium in the South China Sea under its new coastguard law can curtail and put at risk the legitimate rights of Filipino fishermen to fish in Philippine territorial waters and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the Philippines does not recognize such...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has rejected claims thrown by former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile against him over his role in the 2012 standoff at Scarborough Shoal, saying the former president apparently chose him to hold backdoor negotiations because he found him "trustworthy." “Why...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, May 18, that he does not see any real tension in the maritime issues in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), adding that critics of the administration are making up the issue. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Philippine Navy (PN) is seeking to strengthen its maritime force in Palawan to protect the country's interests in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a ranking military official bared Tuesday, May 18. Philippine Navy's Philippine Fleet commander Rear Admiral Alberto Carlos speaks at a virtual...
A fisherfolk group on Tuesday, May 18, said the “submissive and mendicant" foreign policies of the Duterte administration have encouraged China to be more aggressive on its intrusion of the country’s marine territories. Photo of Chinese vessels spotted at the Julian Felipe Reef on March 27,...
The Philippines has taken "a little bit stronger" stance in dealing with China over the West Philippine Sea but will never start a war, President Duterte said Monday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In a televised address Monday, May 17, the President told China that any...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, May 18 called President Duterte’s move to resurrect an old issue and blame the past Aquino administration for losing the West Philippine Sea to China as a mere “malevolent diversionary scheme.” “ a malevolent diversionary scheme. Duterte’s...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday urged the Duterte government to move on from the issue surrounding former senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s back door negotiations during the time of the Aquino administration and not divert the issue about the West Philippine Sea. Gatchalian, in an interview on...
