President Marcos vowed to protect Filipinos amid China’s recent policy to detain those who will trespass into the South China Sea, saying such a policy is unacceptable. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Ryan Baldemor/PPA Pool) Marcos said this after the Chinese government ordered its...
Amid increasing maritime tensions in the West Philippine Sea, President Marcos vowed that the Philippines will “vigirously defend what is ours” while being a responsible member of a community of nations. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this during...
China has reportedly allowed its Coast Guard to detain starting mid-June those who will illegally enter the waters under its jurisdiction for up to 60 days without trial following the issuance of new regulations for its maritime troops. According to a report from the South China...
Diplomats from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China agreed to observe self-restraint in the South China Sea as they met in Thailand for another set of talks in the face of increasing tension in the contested waterway. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) criticized China for its move to release to the media information about an unverifiable phone call supposedly between a Philippine military official and a Chinese diplomat concerning a “new model” for deployment of vessels in the West Philippine Sea. The...
The Philippine military had supposedly entered early this year into an agreement with China over the South China Sea, the Chinese embassy in Manila claimed Saturday, May 4. The embassy said that Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command agreed to a "new model" on the management of...
Defense chiefs of the Philippines, the United States, Japan and Australia have slammed China's aggressive actions in the South China Sea, prompting them to line up recent more quadrilateral maritime actions to assert rules-based order in the waters. Department of National Defense (DND)...
The Philippines has rejected China’s claim that it is being used as “pawn” by the United States and is not letting Beijing’s actions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) go unchallenged. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo on Friday, May 8, said in a speech...
China’s embassy in Manila on Thursday, May 2, shrugged off several countries’ expression of concern over the Chinese aggression on the Philippine vessels by saying they do not represent the international community and are just only taking side. The embassy also blamed President Marcos’...
Defense chiefs of the Philippines, the United States, Japan and Australia will meet again in the first week of May for security talks that come shortly after troops from four nations held maritime drills in the West Philippine Sea. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gibo Teodoro will...
China said Friday, April 26, it would not allow anyone to sow chaos in the South China Sea as it said it is closely monitoring the joint maritime exercises between Filipino and American troops. As the Philippines and the United States started their annual war games in the West Philippine Sea, among...
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...
