Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said the Philippines and Southeast Asian nations cannot afford escalation in the region as tensions simmer between the United States and China over the recent trip of Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.
Southeast Asian foreign ministers urged restraint Thursday as China launched massive military drills off Taiwan, warning the situation risked spiralling into “open conflicts”.
Southeast Asian nations should avoid becoming “chess pieces”, China’s foreign minister said Monday, as he revealed proposing a set of “rules” to promote positive interactions between Beijing and Washington at a recent meeting.
The government did not spend funds for the construction of the P50 million cauldron that was used during the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.
Malacañang on Thursday thanked Japan for its warning of a possible terror attack in some Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines.
MANILA – The Philippines is only days apart from its Southeast Asian neighbors in kicking off its rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, Malacañang said Thursday.
Senate Minority Leader Frank Drilon on Wednesday lamented that the Philippines was lagging behind several countries in its Covid-19 vaccination plans, noting that six out of 10 countries in Southeast Asia have already begun their vaccination programs while the Philippines is still scrambling to secure supplies.
Millions of Indonesian children are being vaccinated this week as the country responds to a widespread diphtheria outbreak that has killed dozens, officials said Monday.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte asked Congress on Monday to extend martial law across the southern third of the country until the end of next year to combat Islamist militants and communist rebels.
The widow of a slain Islamist militant leader will be charged for allegedly using social media to recruit Islamic State sympathisers to join a five-month siege of a southern city, Philippine authorities said Friday.