China - Philippines Tensions

China - Philippines Tensions

National flags are placed outside a room where Philippine Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez and China's Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng address reporters after their meeting in Beijing, China, January 23, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/File photo

Philippines urges China to keep tone 'calm' as rhetoric heats up

The Department of Foreign Affairs' newly appointed maritime affairs spokesperson, Rogelio Villanueva, said that responses should be delivered in a "calm" and "professional"...

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Manila says Indonesia arrests fugitive ex-mayor from Philippines

An aerial view shows the BRP Sierra Madre on the contested Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin, in the South China Sea, March 9, 2023 Photo: Reuters/File Photo

China's actions in South China Sea patently illegal: Philippine Defence Min