Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 79
Duterte not so lovin' China?
President Duterte yesterday said China should "temper its behavior" on the South China Sea/ West Philippine Sea area. Duterte, during the launch of Go Negosyo's "Pilipinas Angat Lahat," said "one of these days, before my ...
- August 15, 2018
Boracay placed under state of calamity
President Duterte yesterday placed all three barangays in Boracay Island under a under a state of calamity and said the closure of the island-resort, which started yesterday, will be up to October 25 this year. The declaration ...
- April 27, 2018
Panelo tells Chinese ships to go away
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo yesterday said Chinese vessels have no business staying around Philippine-occupied islands in the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea and should leave. "If they continue to ...
- April 11, 2019
Leni: Fight attempts to give up claims in S. China sea
Vice President Leni Robredo yesterday said any attempt from the government to give up the country's ownership and claims in the South China Sea should be strongly opposed. Robredo issued the statement in reaction to President ...
- November 19, 2018
Gov't to purchase research vessels for use in PH rise
The country will purchase maritime research vessels so it can better assess the resources which can be explored in the undisputed Philippine Rise. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said this was the consensus reached by ...
- March 7, 2018
No territorial nego with China: Duterte
President Duterte yesterday assured the United States that the Philippines would neither negotiate nor trade its territorial rights with China. Connecticut Senator Christopher Murphy, in his Twitter account (@ChrisMurphyCT), ...
- July 20, 2016
Boracay full rehab complete by Dec. 2019
The world-famous Boracay Island would be completely rehabilitated by December next year according to Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT). Addressing senators during the agency's budget ...
- September 14, 2018
Spurning Paris accord risks South China Sea support: De Lima
Sen. Leila de Lima yesterday warned that President Duterte's refusal to honor the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that the Philippines signed during the Aquino administration could turn off supporters in its territorial ...
- July 21, 2016
PH, China to discuss joint exploration next month
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano yesterday told critics of President Duterte's move to allow China to explore the Philippine Rise and let the militarization of Fiery Cross Reef pass to take a look at the larger ...
- January 16, 2018
Lorenzana: China a bully: 'Nothing new in China's peace remark'
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday backed survey findings that showed China is the country least trusted by a majority of Filipinos, noting China has been "bullying" the Philippines. China, the Philippines, ...
- July 31, 2019