President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is expected to discuss the country's concerns on the South China Sea situation during his talk with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on his first ever state visit. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said Friday that aside...
Following what it called a "changing regional dynamic in the Indo-Pacific region," the United States has expressed its commitment to assist the Philippine armed forces, public vessels as well as aircraft in the South China Sea as part of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT). The assurance came after US...
Discussions among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China over the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea are not yet over. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary for ASEAN Affairs Daniel Espiritu gave the update on Thursday as he said matters...
The Philippines is committed to address concerns related to the South China Sea ​with​ its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) neighbors and other countries from outside the bloc as it asserted again its position over the disputed waters. During the 55th ASEAN Foreign...
The Philippines and the US will probably have more joint military activities in the coming years under the Marcos administration. Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez on Monday, August 8, raised this possibility, which could include joint maritime patrols, as he said the US...
The United States has expressed concern over the presence of Chinese militia in the West Philippine Sea, which State Secretary Antony Blinken described as a "direct threat" to the people and to the environment. During his visit to the Philippines on Saturday, Blinken urged all concerned parties to...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called out Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian for supposedly imposing a foreign policy that the country should pursue in light of the recent diplomatic tension involving the United States (US), China, and Taiwan. In a statement on Friday, Aug. 5,...
The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines has accused the United States of smearing China before members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) following the US Navy secretary's recent trip to the Philippines. In a recent statement, the embassy said it "strongly deplores and firmly...
The Philippines, its fellow Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and China have begun to tackle several details regarding the future Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday, July 28. DFA-ASEAN Affairs Asec. Daniel...
While China continues to reject the South China Sea arbitral ruling, the Philippines has conducted a workshop with other Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries on how to peacefully settle maritime disputes. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the Philippines hosted a...
Amid disputes concerning sovereignty over the South China Sea, the leaderships of the Philippines and China, who recently met, seem to have not yet settled both countries' positions on the disputed water. Instead, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed...
China's envoy to the Philippines on Thursday, July 14, alleged that "some outsiders" who are not from Asia are trying to sow discord between the two countries to serve their own geopolitical interests. Huang Xilian, Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, said in a statement that "in Asian culture,...
