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China must first stop its “predatory activities” in the West Philippine Sea before the Department of National Defense (DND) will restore the military-to-military dialogue between Manila and Beijing, Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro Jr. said Wednesday.
A business delegation from northeastern China has visited a Russian-controlled, Japanese-claimed island off Hokkaido to explore joint economic projects, a move that has prompted protests from Tokyo. Officials and business leaders from Heilongjiang province, which borders Russia’s far east, travelled to Etorofu – known to Russians as Iturup – to survey potential investment opportunities, according to the Sakhalin Oblast government, which oversees the island. Etorofu is the largest island in a...
A lawyer tells Rappler what the defense 'bombshells' might be, when the impeachment trial resumes on November 9
Judge says no special circumstances to allow ex-PM's application.
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday defended her lead defense counsel, Sheila Sison, against accusations of bullying from a private prosecutor in her impeachment trial, saying the lawyer was being unfairly vilified for doing her job.
A long-awaited code of conduct (COC) for the South China Sea risks becoming a toothless agreement, analysts have warned, as Beijing and Southeast Asian nations scramble to hammer out a deal by the end of 2026. More than three decades since it was mooted, the proposed pact has remained gridlocked over how to balance competing territorial claims among China and four rival claimant states – Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and the Philippines. Maritime experts speaking at a conference in Kuala Lumpur this...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is preparing to distribute free water filtration devices as a part of the government"s response to the El Niño phenomenon, promising to teach communities how to use them.
Until now, Sara Duterte has said little about her specific plans or vision for the country, as well as economic reforms and policies she might put in place in case she wins
Senator Loren Legarda has filed for an extended medical leave for October 12 and 13, 2026, Senate Secretary Renato Bantug said Wednesday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that Africa’s resources should not be used as a tool for geopolitical rivalry, as the United States steps up efforts to secure critical minerals on a continent where Chinese companies have major mining interests. “Africa’s resources belong to Africa,” Xi told Botswanan President Duma Boko in Beijing on Tuesday, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. He said it was a “historical injustice” that an unfair international division of labour had left the...
Senator Loren Legarda left the country with her son, Batangas 1st District Representative Leandro Leviste, on August 2
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