
WATCH | ‘Hindi ako Mariton’: Migz Zubiri clears fake news on PH blacklist by China
“Hindi ako Mariton, at hindi ako nagbibigay ng fake news,” clarifies Senate President Migz Zubiri.
“Hindi ako Mariton, at hindi ako nagbibigay ng fake news,” clarifies Senate President Migz Zubiri.
Senate President and wannabe Chinese Embassy spokesperson Juan Miguel Zubiri downplayed Tuesday (October 11) his apparently misleading claim that the Philippines has been blacklisted as a tourist destination by China, saying the remark made by Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian to him must’ve been “lost in translation.”
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Friday night criticized the United States-based firm Simularity for “discrediting” Beijing over its report that called on Chinese ships to stop dumping human waste in the Spratlys.
While he did not sign the Senate resolution asking China to cease its activities in the West Philippine Sea, Senator Manny Pacquiao said he had personally written the Chinese embassy “asking for their immediate withdrawal in the area.”
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte has received 1,000 electronic tablets from the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines.
Philippine soldiers will be required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the military said Thursday, as the country prepares to receive its first doses and begin inoculations.
Philippine soldiers will be required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the military said Thursday, as the country prepares to receive its first doses and begin inoculations.
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday reiterated her call to have the Chinese government pay reparations for the value of the wealth and marine life stolen in the West Philippine Sea due to Beijing’s “adventurism” in the disputed waters.
China said on Thursday it lodged an official protest with the United States after President Donald Trump signed a defence budget that opens the possibility for US warships to visit self-ruled Taiwan.
The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines confirmed that President Xi Jinping will not be attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Meetings in November and will instead be represented by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.