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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean coastguard vessels have, for the first time, fired machine guns against Chinese boats illegally fishing in Korean waters, an official said Wednesday. There were no casualties reported from the incident on Tuesday, which was the first of its kind since the coastguard announced last month that it would pursue a “more aggressive” firearms policy with Chinese trawlers. Disputes over illegal fishing have dogged relations between South Korea and […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted the resignation of former President Fidel V. Ramos as special envoy to China, even as Malacanang said the former President would still continue to play a vital role in China-Philippine relations. “I’d like to thank him for helping me and for being of the service of the nation even at his age,” Duterte said late Tuesday evening in Davao City. Presidential communications chief Martin Andanar earlier […]
MANILA, Philippines AFP | — Chinese vessels have left the contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, a Philippine official said Saturday, less than a week after President Rodrigo Duterte visited Beijing pledging closer ties. The firebrand leader used the trip to vaunt his move away from traditional ally the United States in favour of Beijing — which was previously at loggerheads with Manila over the maritime dispute. China took control of the […]
(Reuters) — China said on Friday (October 28) it was communicating with the Philippines over fishing industry cooperation in the disputed South China Sea after President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit in Beijing. China will consider giving Filipino fishermen conditional access to disputed waters in the South China Sea after the presidents from the two countries meet in Beijing this week, said two Chinese sources with ties to the leadership when Duterte was visiting in China […]
BEIJING, China | AFP | — A Chinese state-owned company said to have been involved in Beijing’s island-building in the South China Sea signed a deal to construct islands for rival claimant the Philippines as its President Rodrigo Duterte visited last week, reports said. CCCC Dredging will create four artificial islands totalling 208 hectares of reclaimed land in Davao, the port city on the southern island of Mindanao where Duterte was mayor, the Beijing […]
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte sought to assure Japan on Wednesday (October 26) his high-profile visit to China last week was about economics, not security, and vowed to work closely with Japan on issues of common concern in the region, including the South China Sea. “The Philippines will continue to work closely with Japan on issues of common concern in the region and uphold the shared values of democracy, adherence to the rule of law, and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – China will donate a total of P90 million for victims of supertyphoon “Lawin” (international name Haima). China initially committed Php 35 million (or RMB 5 million) for the Philippines’ anti-disaster efforts, according to the Chinese embassy. An additional Php 50 million was also sent to the Philippine government to aid farmers and fishermen in the affected areas. On the other hand, the Chinese Red Cross Society promised to donate $100, 000-worth […]
THE United States is confident it can “work through” bumps in its relationship with the Philippines after US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to his Philippine counterpart over the weekend, emphasizing strong and stable ties between the allies. This was according to the spokesman of the US State department John Kirby. Kirby said Kerry spoke with Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr.,over the weekend after the comments of President Rodrigo Duterte that he […]
BEIJING, China | AFP | — China has slammed the US for sailing a warship near disputed territory in the South China Sea, saying the move was a “serious illegal act” and “deliberately provocative”. In a statement on its website late Friday night, the country’s defence ministry said two Chinese naval vessels warned off a US ship after it entered “Chinese territorial waters” near the Paracel Islands, known as Xisha in Chinese. China controls […]
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine officials sought on Friday to play down comments by President Rodrigo Duterte who announced his “separation” from the United States a day earlier, saying their country will maintain U.S. trade and economic ties. Duterte made his comments in Beijing, where he was paving the way for what he calls a new commercial alliance as relations with long-time ally Washington deteriorate. He told Chinese and Philippine business people at a forum […]
DAVAO, Philippines | AFP | — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Saturday he would not sever his nation’s alliance with the United States, as he clarified his announcement that he planned to “separate”. “It’s not severance of ties. Severance is to cut diplomatic relations. I can not do that. Why? It’s in the best interests of my country that I don’t do that,” Duterte told reporters in his hometown of Davao after returning from […]
EXPECT the return of brisk Chinese tourist arrivals in the country, after China lifted all travel advisories to the Philippines which previously discouraged its citizens from coming the country. The announcement on the lifting of the travel advisories was made by Chinese president Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, amid the four-day state visit of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to China which saw the two leaders cementing their brotherly […]
