Surprisingly, Sen. Risa Hontiveros approached the Department of National Defense to investigate a proposition to build the military’s oceanic powers. In view of he shared that in the midst of Beijing’s proceeded with attacks in the West Philippine Sea notwithstanding Manila’s various strategic fights and the resumption of respective discussions between the two. Related PostsA Better Security For Benham Rise …

China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) inaugurated their Year of Sustainable Development Cooperation in Beijing on Friday. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory letter to the event, saying that he hoped both sides could strengthen ties in environmental protection and disaster relief, and address such pressing issues as climate change and poverty alleviation. Zhao Yingmin, the …

The intensity continues as President Rodrigo Duterte’s explanation that China is in control of the West Philippine Sea is becoming more erroneous as the former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario utterly share it on public. Talking at a virtual discussion coordinated by the Rotary Club of Makati, the previous top representative said the president’s comments could be taken as …

The Previous international concerns secretary Albert del Rosario on Thursday reacted to President Rodrigo Duterte’s case that the past organization lost the West Philippine Sea to China, saying it was the president who ignored the arbitral win in 2016 in return for billions in speculations. President Rodrigo Duterte, in a recorded message and took punches at Del Rosario and ex-Supreme …

It was not easy to deal with the coastal issues in the country but days after a diplomatic complaint against China’s new coast guard legislation was lodged by the Philippines, Beijing insisted that its implementation specifically target any certain country. In Manila, the Chinese Embassy pointed out that the current law authorizing Chinese coast guards to fire on foreign ships …

In reaction at the Beijing-sanctioned ousting of four peers, fifteen lawmakers were expected to leave the house, making the assembly a subdued group of government loyalists. Since Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law this year, the resignations come with the city’s beleaguered pro-democracy movement and avenues of protest still under concerted pressure. Tecently, half of the party had made …

China ramped up its rhetoric about Taiwan, labeling any support for its independence as “doomed to fail,” and threatened retribution against US diplomatic visits to the island.  After the conclusion of a civil war in 1949, Taiwan has been administered independently from China, but Beijing considers the island part of its territories pending reunification. The island is Washington’s flashpoint, pledging …

Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo stated that President Rodrigo Duterte’s ban on Cabinet members traveling to the United States includes personal and family trips. Panelo said Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. is being exempted from the ban. One day after Duterte imposed the ban on travel to the US, Panelo revealed the specifics of the embargo. Duterte confirmed that …