Philippine government

MANILA – The Philippine government, as the country coordinator for the Asean-China Dialogue, is pushing for the early conclusion of negotiations on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea. During the 27th Asean Regional Forum (ARF) held…

MANILA – The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), remains hopeful that justice would be served six years since the downing of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.

Malacañang on Saturday (June 6) shrugged off the findings of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the alleged violations under the Duterte administration, saying it was based on “faulty…

The United States on Thursday voiced concern over the Philippine government-ordered shutdown of the country's top broadcaster ABS-CBN, which has been targeted by President Rodrigo Duterte.

The decision to deport a Filipino caregiver in Taiwan who allegedly criticized the Philippine government’s response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis is with the Taiwanese government, Malacañang said Wednesday.

The Philippine government's response on the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis could last until “September or December,” the country's chief implementer of the national plan against Covid-19 said.

The Russian Embassy in Manila thanked the Philippine government for helping a Russian captain who was ill, amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) scare.

The Philippine government raised trust issues with China after one of its coast guard ships sank a Vietnamese fishing vessel in the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign affairs (DFA), on Saturday, denounced the recent missile strikes launched against Saudi Arabia.

The Philippine government is studying all options to minimize the impact of the coronavirus outbreak (Covid-19) on the economy, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said.

The United States (US) has been reaching out to the Philippine government after he ordered the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), President Rodrigo Duterte said.

The Philippine government is closely coordinating with Saudi Arabia following reports that some overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for the Middle Eastern country have been barred from entering due to the new coronavirus disease…

A Malaysian company is offering the Philippine government a high-tech way of screening visitors from China for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19),

The country cannot continue putting the fate of critical treaties such as the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which termination has far-reaching consequences, in the hands of "one man."

Like the scrapping of the Visiting Forces Agreement, the Philippine government's travel ban on Taiwan - supposedly in the wake of the COVID-19 threat - may not necessarily be the the right call, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Friday.

The United Kingdom has asked the Philippine government have a transfer of sentenced persons agreement (TSPA) with it, Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said on Tuesday (Feb. 4).

United States Senator Dick Durbin is stepping up the pressure on the Philippine government to release Senator Leila De Lima by making an appeal to what he called the "Duterte regime" before the US Senate.

The welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), particularly their safety and security in their places of work, is "a paramount" concern for the Philippine government.

Senator Joel Villanueva has called on the Philippine government to seek justice for the murder of another Filipina household worker in Kuwait.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra stressed the Philippine government will not bow down to foreign pressure to free detained Senator Leila De Lima.

The United States Senate foreign relations committee has approved a resolution condemning the Philippine government over Senator Leila De Lima's continued detention and calling for the charges against her to be dropped.

Water concessionaires Manila Water Company and Maynilad Water Services have waived its respective arbitral victories in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) against the Philippine government after it ordered to pay losses stemming from…

The Philippine government has voiced its continuing commitment to the fight against corruption.