Marcos warned that “heads will roll” a day after he ordered Guo’s Philippine passport cancelled following her escape which was confirmed based on foreign immigration records. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday his government was investigating how Alice Guo, a former town mayor accused of ties with Chinese criminal syndicates, managed to flee […]
Read MoreThe Southeast Asian country of the Philippines has reported its first case of empox since December last year. However, it is not yet known which type of empox this patient is suffering from. On Monday (August 19), the country’s health ministry said it is awaiting test results to confirm. The Philippine Department of Health (DoH) […]
Read MoreChinese and Philippine ships have clashed in disputed waters in the South China Sea. The clash happened around 3:24 am (local time) on Monday, Qatar-based media Al Jazeera reported. However, both countries blamed each other for this incident. China’s coast guard has alleged that a Philippine ship deliberately collided with a Chinese ship in disputed […]
Read MoreThe Philippine coast guard said a private company is transferring the cargo, an operation the government earlier indicated could take one week to complete The Philippines said Wednesday it began retrieving 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil from a sunken tanker off Manila Bay that for weeks has threatened to cause an environmental disaster. […]
Read MoreThe Philippine military strongly condemned “dangerous and provocative actions” by China’s air force, while the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said it acted in a professional and legal manner. The Philippines and China traded accusations on Saturday following an encounter between their aircraft over a contested area of the South China Sea. The Philippine military […]
Read MoreGerman Defence Minister Boris Pistorius met with his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro in Manila to enhance cooperation between the countries, which are celebrating 70 years of diplomatic relations. The Philippines and Germany have committed to concluding a broader defence cooperation arrangement, their defence ministers said in a joint statement on Sunday. German Defence Minister Boris […]
Read MoreA magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The earthquake hit Mindanao in the southern part of the country on Saturday. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake struck at a depth of 17 kilometers, about 20 kilometers from the village of Barcelona, east of Mindanao Island. […]
Read MoreAt least 11 people have died after a massive fire broke out in a five-storey residential and commercial building in the Philippines’ Chinatown province. A local community official said that the fire broke out on Friday (August 2) night. Firefighters said the fire was brought under control about three hours after it broke out. The […]
Read MoreThere is a lot of tension between China and the Philippines. And this tension seems to have been further fueled by the United States. The country announced $500 million to the Philippines as part of its military aid. Al Jazeera reported that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited the […]
Read MorePhilippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr told US cabinet secretaries Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin on Tuesday that regular engagements between Manila and Washington were needed to ensure “agile” responses to his country’s maritime tensions with China. Ties between Washington and its treaty ally Manila have dramatically improved since Marcos replaced Rodrigo Duterte, who was openly […]
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