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(Eagle News) – A 6.1 magnitude quake rocked northeast Japan, particularly 144 kilometers northeast of Miyako in Iwate Prefecture on Honshu island, on Thursday, April 11, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake had a depth of 12.2 kilometers, and was 133 kilometers from Kuji, Iwate, Japan, the USGS said. There were so far no reports of damage or casualties. The quake struck 8:18 a.m. UTC time or 4:18 p.m. Philippine time.
by Ron Lopez Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A US warship laden with hi-tech fighter planes took center stage at key war games in the Philippines Thursday, brandishing military might as fresh tensions bubble in the contentious South China Sea. The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, with at least 10 F-35B stealth jets on deck, stood guard as amphibious tanks rolled onto a Philippine beach located a short sail from islands also […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, April 10, rebuked China after newspaper reports said there were Chinese vessels near islands occupied by the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea. “If they continue to be present in our territory then it is an assault on our sovereignty,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said following reports on the presence of the vessels near Kota Island. These were apart from the vessels near Pag-asa Island. According to Panelo, the Department […]
(Eagle News)—Most Filipinos disagree that the Chinese government has good intentions for Filipinos, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. According to the Fourth Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey done from December 16-19, 2018, 44 percent of Filipino adults disagree with the statement, “Most of what the Chinese government wants to happen in the Philippines is good for the Filipinos.” The survey found only 27% agree with the statement, and 29% are undecided about the matter. […]
(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 Philippines, through the Department of Foreign Affairs, called on the Chinese government to adhere to an earlier consensus on the exercise of self-restraint in deploying its vessels on Philippine territory as it called the recent swarming of Chinese vessels in the Pag-asa islands as “illegal.” In a statement issued on Thursday, April 4, the DFA categorially stated that “the Pag-asa Islands are part of the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), […]
(Eagle News)—A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Occidental Mindoro on Thursday, April 4. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 34 kilometers southwest of Paluan at 6:36 a.m. The depth of focus of the earthquake, which was tectonic in origin, was 86 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The European Union said Saturday it would investigate allegations that its aid funds were being funnelled to Philippine communist guerrillas waging a decades-old insurgency that has killed thousands. The Philippine government demanded the probe, alleging that aid supplied to a local non-profit by the EU was being diverted to the Communist Party of the Philippines and its New People’s Army (NPA), the bloc’s office in Manila said. “Should the allegations […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines co-sponsored the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution combatting the financing of terrorism. The Department of Foreign Affairs announced this on Saturday, March 30, as it highlighted Philippine efforts in fighting terrorism in its co-sponsorship of UNSC Resolution No. 2462. “Money is the lifeblood of terrorism,” said Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., in his speech before the UN Security Council on Thursday, March 28, as he cited the country’s […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Saturday, March 23, said that while it was the right of former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales to file it, the filing of a communication against China’s Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court may be a “futile exercise.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said this was because in the first place, China was not a member of the ICC and as […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte thanked Filipino-Chinese businessmen for supporting the administration’s fight against illegal drugs, criminality, and corruption, and for helping in socio-civic projects of the government. In his speech during the opening of the 32nd Biennial Convention of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. (FFCCCII) on Thursday, the President called on the Filipino-Chinese businessmen to continue their cooperation in building a more progressive Philippines. “Let me take […]
(Eagle News) – The rise of China as a new world power is good for developing countries as this would “create a world where the lesser have a chance,” according to Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., after his bilateral meeting with his counterpart Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in China. In his statement at a joint press briefing with the Chinese foreign minister on Wednesday, March 20, Locsin said he and […]
