The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) accused the China Coast Guard (CCG) of assaulting a Philippine Navy (PN) sailor during an encounter near BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal on Monday, July 20, calling the latest incident another escalation in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)....
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. defended the government 's transparency initiative in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), saying efforts to discredit it only serve China 's interests. Teodoro issued the statement on Monday, July 20, after some lawmakers...
House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan stressed on Sunday, July 19 that Filipinos weren 't propaganda tools for China. Such was Libanan 's reaction to a recent China Daily artificial intelligence (AI)-generated opinion video, which portrayed Filipinos as...
Cabinet Secretary Benhur Abalos said Filipinos deserve to be treated with dignity and respect as he joined the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in condemning China Daily 's publication of AI-generated videos and editorial cartoons depicting Filipinos in a racist and dehumanizing manner. In...
Navotas lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco can 't help but notice the "disturbing timing" of China Daily 's racist attack against Filipinos in the form of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video wherein his countrymen were portrayed as monkeys. Tiangco says the video goes beyond...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, July 17 urged Malacañang to summon the Chinese ambassador following the publication of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video by China Daily depicting Filipinos as monkeys in connection with the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award. In a statement,...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea (WPS) Rear Admiral Jay Tarriela traded barbs on social media over the controversy surrounding an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video by China Daily depicting Filipinos as monkeys and...
Former House quad-committee (quad-comm) overall chairman Robert Ace Barbers had told his countrymen to rise above the Chinese state media 's racist and offensive portrayal of Filipinos as "monkeys". Speaking in a press conference at the House of Representatives on Friday, July 17, Barbers...
House Deputy Minority Leader ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio highlighted on Friday, 17 the hypocrisy of the Chinese government in connection with its state media 's "racist" depiction of Filipinos as monkeys. In an artifical intelligence (AI)-animated video released by China Daily,...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has formally protested China Daily’s publication of videos and editorial cartoons depicting Filipinos in a racist manner, demanding the immediate removal of the materials and calling the content inconsistent with the mutual respect expected between states....
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. said that an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video released by a Chinese state-run media organization portraying Filipinos as “stupid monkeys” clad in a Barong Tagalog justified the Philippines’ policy of avoiding...
Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima says that China Daily 's racist depiction of Filipinos reeks of China 's "insecurity" toward the Philippines, which refuses to get bullied over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue. "The racist depiction by China Daily, a Chinese...
