Story Archive
2024-05-31
The Philippine president urged China and the United States to manage their rivalry responsibly.
2024-05-31
Analysts said first in-person talks between Lloyd Austin and Dong Jun would yield little but break the ice.
2024-05-29
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. calls Beijing’s new policy allowing coast guard to detain foreign boats, crews “worrisome.”
2024-05-28
Meanwhile, a new Chinese order threatening arrest of trespassers into its waters takes effect on June 15.
2024-05-24
Marawi families affected by the five-month siege in 2017 appeal for adequate funds from Philippine government to rebuild their homes.
2024-05-23
The government hopes to finally end one of Asia's longest-running armed conflicts.
2024-05-22
The Asian superpower has made such agreements before, but its latest claims may be a divide-and-conquer tactic, analysts say.
2024-05-21
Manila accuses Beijing of damaging the environment and illegally harvesting giant clams and other species from South China Sea shoal.
2024-05-21
Earlier this month, President Marcos announced the creation of a so-called “super body” to promote human rights.
2024-05-20
A BenarNews correspondent recounts his experience sailing aboard a Filipino civilian convoy to waters near disputed shoal.
2024-05-17
A Philippine lawmaker urges Manila to take Beijing again to an international court over its new policy.
2024-05-16
“No one knows where she came from,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told reporters on Thursday.
2024-05-16
Activists defied a Chinese blockade to deliver food, fuel to Filipino fishermen in the South China Sea.
2024-05-15
Beijing warns Manila against violating its “sovereignty” over the disputed South China Sea territory.
2024-05-14
The new cooperation between Manila, Washington came amid heightened South China Sea tensions.