Five people, including a child, were killed following a massive firecracker depot blast in the Philippines on Saturday, according to emergency officials. Another 38 people were injured in the incident, with eight of them in critical condition, officials added. The blast reportedly happened around 4pm local time, creating a 20m-long crater in the ground and […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Top defense and foreign affairs officials of Japan and the Philippines will meet in Manila next month to strengthen strategic ties and discuss regional concerns, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday at a time of escalating concerns over China’s actions in the disputed South China Sea. Details of the […]
By Neil Jerome Morales and Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday his country needed to “do more” than protest the “illegal action” taken by China against his country’s navy during last week’s routine resupply mission in the South China Sea. “We have filed over a hundred protests, we have […]
Pictured in 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte (center) walks with his children (left to right) Sebastian, Veronica, Sara, and Paolo, in Manila. Credit – Malacañang Palace Elections in the Philippines may be a year away, but the politicking has already begun, with one particular family keen to take up as many posts as possible. When Rodrigo […]
(Bloomberg) — The Philippines said last week’s encounter with China in the disputed South China Sea where a Filipino soldier lost a finger was a “deliberate act” by Beijing. Most Read from Bloomberg Manila has “come to a conclusion that it was not a misunderstanding or an accident,” Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro told a briefing […]
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines will continue with resupply missions to troops on an atoll in a disputed part of the South China Sea despite Chinese coast guard vessels deliberately disrupting a mission last week, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Monday. “It was not a misunderstanding or an accident,” Teodoro told a press conference […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The president of the Philippines said Sunday his country would not yield to “any foreign power” after Chinese forces injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged at least two military boats with machetes, axes and hammers in a clash in the disputed South China Sea, but added the Philippines would never instigate […]
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Sunday his country is not in the business of instigating wars and will always aim to settle disputes peacefully, amid escalating maritime confrontations with China. “In defending the nation, we stay true to our Filipino nature that we would like to settle all […]
BATANGAS, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines is engaged in a major buildout of natural gas power at a time when scientists say the world needs to urgently phase out fossil fuel use because of climate change. Analysts say Filipinos will likely pay more for their electricity and that additional future needs could have been met […]
Beijing has hit back at Manila’s accusations of aggression in a stand-off in the South China Sea this week, saying Philippine vessels deliberately rammed Chinese boats, carried weapons and attacked Chinese personnel near a disputed shoal. Chinese boats intercepted a Philippine vessel heading to the Second Thomas Shoal on Monday on what Manila described as […]
The Philippines has accused China’s Coast Guard of launching a “brutal assault” with bladed weapons during a South China Sea clash earlier this week, a major escalation in a festering dispute that threatens to drag the United States into another global conflict. Footage released by the Philippine military on Thursday showed Chinese coast guard officers […]
(Bloomberg) — The Philippines called on China to respect its sovereignty after a Filipino Navy personnel was severely hurt in one of the most serious encounters between the two nations in the South China Sea. Most Read from Bloomberg “The DFA denounces the illegal and aggressive actions of Chinese authorities that resulted in personnel injury […]