Manila and Beijing have traded accusations about the other party being at fault for the latest incident, which caused damage to two Philippine vessels but no reported injuries. A Philippine …
An expansion of the agreement was “certainly an interesting idea” if Beijing and other claimants to the disputed areas of the South China Sea were willing to cooperate, Foreign Secretary …
Teodoro said the voyages carrying supplies for Filipino troops stationed aboard a rickety warship that serves as a military outpost in the Second Thomas Shoal would continue without revealing their …
Manila and Beijing have been locked in a months-long territorial row in the South China Sea, with the latest skirmish on Monday between the Philippine navy and the Chinese coastguard …
Manila and the United States are bound by the long-standing 1951 Mutual Defence Treaty (MDT) that calls on both sides to help each other in times of aggression by an …
“The findings by Reuters deserve to be investigated and heard by the appropriate authorities of the involved countries,” Albert Domingo, assistant secretary at the Department of Health, told reporters on …
Last week, The Philippine Star reported on coordinated efforts by anonymous Chinese social media accounts that shared a November statement by Pantaleon Alvarez, a representative from Davao del Norte, calling …
However, resorting to diplomacy was a close second to military action in the survey, according to Ranjit Rye, the president of Octa Research. Chinese coastguard vessels fire water cannons towards …
Backchannel efforts are under way between Manila and Beijing to find a way to resolve the territorial dispute in the South China Sea, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has said …
In a statement on Monday, the Department of Foreign Affairs called on China to “cease and desist from the conduct of illegal actions that violate the Philippines’ sovereignty, sovereign rights, …