Is a South China Sea War Coming Soon?
The Philippines and China have been feuding over a fleet of more than two hundred Chinese ships parked in the South China Sea. The Philippines’ government has asked China to withdraw the ships, which it says are “encroaching upon its territorial waters in the South China Sea.” The Philippines government says the ships, while they appear to be fishing boats, are actually operated by China s maritime militia
The Philippines and China have been feuding over a fleet of more than two hundred Chinese ships parked in the South China Sea. The Philippines’ government has asked China to withdraw the ships, which it says are “encroaching upon its territorial waters in the South China Sea.” The Philippines government says the ships, while they appear to be fishing boats, are actually operated by China s maritime militia.
By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published April 1, 2021 4:05pm Boxing champ turned politician Senator Manny Pacquiao has a message to those involved in the recent attacks against Asians in the United States: Fight me instead. Pacquiao on Thursday tweeted four photos with the message: Stop attacking Asians who can t defend themselves. Fight me instead. The message was written in English as well as in three Asian languages: Filipino, Chinese, and Korean. We have one color in our Blood! Stop discriminating. LOVE AND PEACE TO EVERYONE!! #StopAsianHate, Pacquiao also said in his tweet. Pacquiao issued the message following the shootings in three different spas in Georgia, United States, where eight people, six of whom were Asian women, were killed.
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Malacañang said that the Philippines already did everything in its power to secure Pfizer coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines and all the country can do now is to sit and wait.
Philippine envoy confident VFA is here to stay By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News
Published March 5, 2021 2:29pm Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez expressed confidence Friday that the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between Manila and Washington will remain with the latter committing to aid the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ modernization program. Romualdez made the response when asked about the VFA’s future given that President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the US to pay the Philippines if they want the agreement to continue. “Every year, pinag-uusapan ang VFA, iyong Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT). Ang interpretation namin sa sinabi ni Presidente ay dahil imo-modernize ang ating Armed Forces,” Romualdez said during the Laging Handa briefing.