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(Eagle News) – More than 50 officials and employees of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have been placed on “floating status” and are set to be fired by President Rodrigo Duterte for alleged corruption, Malacanang said on Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that these officials and employees “have pending administrative and criminal charges.” Panelo said that he still has no information as to who these officials were, but confirmed that they were […]
(Eagle News) – ASEAN Secretary General Lê Lương Minh said that the regional bloc’s foreign ministers are pushing for a legally binding Code of Conduct on the South China Sea. In an interview with CNN Philippines, Minh said that only a legally binding Code of Conduct will be effective in preventing and managing tensions in the South China Sea where various countries have competing claims. Minh cited that the previous Declaration on the Conduct […]
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday said that China is willing to work with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to fully implement the declaration on the conduct (DOC) of parties in the South China Sea. In his regular press conference, Geng Shuang said that China is also willing to deepen maritime practical cooperation to arrive at a code of conduct or COC “based on consensus at an early date.” On the occasion […]
SENIOR officials from China and ASEAN countries had an in-depth discussion on the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and agreed to continue to push forward consultation over the ‘South China Sea Code of Conduct (COC)’ during a meeting on Tuesday. The 13th Senior Officials’ Meeting on DOC opened at the Shangri-La Hotel in Manzhouli, a city in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Chinese […]
