The Philippines and Taiwan on Monday agreed on a cooperative investigation into the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino Coast Guards, which had led to fresh cross-channel tensions and harassment of Filipino workers in Taiwan.
Hotels and resorts on Boracay Island have been reeling from the cancellation of bookings of Taiwanese tourists amid the diplomatic row following the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards, according to travel operators.
Patronage politics is not necessarily an offshoot of Filipino culture and it is common in other Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, according to an American professor visiting the Philippines to study patronage politics during the elections.
The Philippines is waiting for tempers in Taiwan to cool before settling the dispute over a shot Taiwanese fisherman, the head of an office in charge of relations said Sunday.
Manila is now preparing for “contingencies” after Taiwan imposed a second wave of sanctions against the Philippines over last week’s killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine Coast Guard personnel in waters off northern Luzon.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is not keen on a joint investigation between the Philippines and Taiwan in connection with the shooting incident that led to the death of a Taiwanese fisherman at the Bashi Strait in northern Philippines.
The Philippine envoy to Taiwan is advising thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets as emotions run high on the island over the shooting death of a fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard.
The number of Catholic priests and believers in the world is on the rise, a Vatican report showed on Monday, with gains in Africa and Asia offsetting a slump in Europe and the Americas.
The leader of a team of international election observers on Monday questioned why classroom desk chairs marked “Donated by Gov. Nanay Baby Pineda” were being used in a polling precinct at the Rizal Elementary School in Barangay (village) Concepcion here.
The United Nations (UN) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday welcomed Sunday’s release of four Filipino peacekeepers who were abducted in the Golan Heights, after the Philippine government assessed the proposed pullout of the country’s troops from the conflict area.
Taiwan Sunday dispatched four coastguard and naval vessels to beef up patrols in waters near the Philippines following public outrage over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coastguards.
President Ma Ying-jeou said on Saturday Taiwan will consider sanctions against the Philippines amid widespread public outrage at Manila over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman.
