Israeli soldier of PHL descent dies in January 22 Hamas attack
A YOUNG Israeli army reservist of Filipino descent was among the 21 soldiers killed in the latest missile attack by the Hamas militants on Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza Strip.
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A YOUNG Israeli army reservist of Filipino descent was among the 21 soldiers killed in the latest missile attack by the Hamas militants on Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza Strip.
THE importance of negotiation permeates various aspects of daily life, encompassing personal interactions with friends and family, professional environments, and even geopolitical diplomacy.
A member of the House Committee on Flagship Programs and Projects sees the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as a promising alternative funding source for the ambitious Mindanao Railways Project (MRP) following the Philippines’s decision to withdraw from loan negotiations with China.
For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic. Then, it was Russia’s war in Ukraine. Throughout it all, the perils of climate change, poverty and inequality have steadily, increasingly thrummed through each convening of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly.
Woody Allen said, “eighty percent of success is showing up.” US President Joe Biden’s absence at the Asean Summit is a big demerit on his watch. Somebody should have reminded him that the bloc, with a gross domestic product of more than $2.9 trillion and a population of 647 million people, is collectively the fourth-largest trading partner of the US.
IN the aftermath of the August 5 Ayungin Shoal incident in the West Philippines Sea (WPS) which highlighted Chinese efforts anew to prevent the resupply of a detachment sheltering in the BRP Sierra Madre (LST-57), the question that struck the minds of most Filipinos is whether the US, its long-time ally, will commit itself to the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) should matters go from bad to worse.
IT was 8:15 on a Monday morning, August 6, 1945. World War II was raging in Japan.
The country’s holding of joint military exercises with China or even Vietnam is not impossible as such exercises could be considered as acts of diplomacy and part of efforts to prevent war with the country’s neighbors or any other countries, according to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Beijing on Monday.
BEIJING, China—When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visited Beijing in January, it was a cold, bitter winter’s day, and the Covid-19 Omicron variant was on a rampage.
VARIOUS parties on Tuesday marked the seventh anniversary of the Award of the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague in the case lodged by Manila against Beijing for the latter’s “excessive claims” in the South China Sea, with the European Union stressing its usefulness as basis for resolving continuing disputes involving claimants and freedom of navigation impairment.
South Korea is eyeing to further boost its “strategic partnership” with the Philippines during the upcoming visit of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and other Korean officials in the country in the coming months, the Office of the President said on Monday.
SINGAPORE—As the United States and China vie to establish new partnerships and expand influence with Asia-Pacific nations, the top defense officials from both nations are preparing to try to win support this weekend from their regional counterparts, diplomats and leaders at a security forum in Singapore.
Maybe it’s good-cop, bad-cop diplomacy.
DAVAO City—Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the Philippines received nearly P1 trillion in official development assistance (ODA) in only the first seven months of the term of President Duterte.
President Duterte’s upcoming official visit to Kuala Lumpur is expected to further deepen the ties between the Philippines and Malaysia, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday.
Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and Vietnam share a commitment to rule of law in the disputed South China Sea.
PRESIDENT Duterte on Tuesday ruled out forging a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with Japan, even as he is set to meet with top Japanese officials in Tokyo to firm up “maritime security” arrangements with Japan, likely to cover contested areas in the West Philippine Sea.
While President Duterte’s foreign- policy statements favoring Beijing over Washington gained the backing of two former chief executives, top businessmen in the country came short of telling Malacañang to be more circumspect in announcing any recalibration in diplomatic alignments, particularly if it would affect relations with longtime ally the United States.
Japanese officials are wary ahead of the arrival of outspoken President Duterte. It’s not just his foreign policy toward the United States, but also his informal style: Will he chew gum in front of the emperor?
Taking offense at the European Union’s (EU) comments on the excesses of his war on drugs, especially as these are seen as human-rights violations, our President has bad-mouthed the EU, daring it to withdraw its aid to the country and suggesting the EU go to purgatory (hell, it seems, is reserved for the US President).
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