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China’s top diplomat extends Pres. Xi’s greetings to PBBM (Eagle News) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi paid a courtesy call on Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., on Wednesday, July 6, extending to him the message of congratulations of Chinese president Xi Jinping. China’s top diplomat wore a barong Tagalog when he visited Malacanang for his courtesy call on President Marcos Jr. President Marcos said that they discussed several matters including the commitment to […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines and China “will agree to disagree” on the 2016 arbitral ruling that invalidated the Asian giant’s claims in some parts of the West Philippine Sea in favor of the Southeast Asian country. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement on Tuesday, July 14, a day after China called the ruling “invalid and illegal.” “Unang una po, talagang hindi tayo nagkakasundo sa bansang Tsina tungkol sa arbitral award na yan… Pero […]
(Eagle News)–These pictures from the Palace show President Rodrigo Duterte speaking on the phone. The President, the Palace said, was speaking with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday night. During the 38-minute conversation, the Palace said Xi gave the assurance the Philippines would be given priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine the Asian giant was developing. The Chinese embassy had said the two leaders also commended each other for their efforts to fight the pandemic. […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to visit China this August. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the dates, however, have not yet been finalized. He said the President would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. Senator Bong Go said the chief executive might also watch the Gilas Pilipinas play in the 2019 Fiba Basketball World Cup in China. This is scheduled from August 31 to September 15. This would have been Duterte’s fifth visit to China. […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, April 4, said he would not allow the Chinese to seize Pag-asa Island, but reiterated the Philippines was not ready to go to war. “Let us be friends but do not touch Pag-asa Island otherwise things would be different,” Duterte said. But Duterte clarified China “would never do that..” ” I assure you unless China wants a war with us, eh di ako papayag kung pati yung Pag-asa i-occupy […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace hit back at Vice President Leni Robredo and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, calling their remarks about the memorandum of agreement on oil development inked between the Philippines and China “premature, baseless and unfair.” According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, Robredo and Morales may not have read the MOU itself, noting that “they anchor their comments merely on media reports, and not on the actual document itself, which the Palace […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted Chinese President Xi Jinping’s invitation for him to visit China in April 2019. According to a joint statement issued by the Philippines and China after Xi’s two-state visit, the invitation was specifically for President Duterte to attend the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation to be held in Beijing. President Duterte attended the first Belt and Road forum last year. “President Xi Jinping appreciated the warm […]
I “stand ready to work with you” to “carry forward sustained” ties, Xi tells Philippine chief executive (Eagle News) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended his greetings to President Rodrigo Duterte, who will celebrate his 73rd birthday on March 28. In his letter, Xi also emphasized what he said was the “turnaround” in China-Philippines relations. “Our bilateral relations have enjoyed ongoing betterment and improvement and reaped productive outcomes, which brought tangible benefits to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing sending soldiers to China so they could be trained. Duterte made the pronouncement in a speech before Filipino-Chinese businessmen at the Manila Hotel on Monday. “(I)’m sure there is an academy there to train good professional Chinese soldiers. Maybe China can accommodate them also and let them not really to fight the Americans but terrorism,” Duterte said. Relations between the Philippines and China have warmed since Duterte assumed […]
(Eagle News)– The Palace on Monday belied a maritime expert’s claim the Philippines was giving “too much, too early, too soon” to China. “On the contrary, we have upheld our national interest and produced tangible benefits for our people in pursuing friendly and mutually-beneficial ties with China,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, for instance, “our people have been able to resume their right to fish in Scarborough and there is peace in […]
The Philippines on Wednesday reassured Southeast Asian neighbors about its proposal to partner with Beijing in oil exploration in the disputed South China Sea, promising to consult them on any plans. President Rodrigo Duterte has softened his predecessor’s policy opposing China’s claims — which expand to nearly the entire sea — causing alarm among some neighboring Southeast Asian countries, which also hold partial claims. On Monday, Duterte said his government was in talks with China over joint drilling for […]
(Eagle News Service) — Two former high-ranking government officials said on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte was employing the right tact in dealing with China and the territorial issues in the South China Sea. Former president and now 2nd District Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said in a press conference that “as far as (she was) concerned, President Duterte knows what he’s doing.” “…I have no specific recommendation to make. I have a general recommendation to make which I made during the […]
