A United States congressional delegation (Codel) will be visiting Manila to discuss defense and investment ties between the Philippines and the US, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday.
Akbayan Representative Walden Bello on Thursday said that he was confident the proposed measure for overseas voting would be passed before the midterm elections next year.
China’s embassy in the Philippines warned Tuesday that plans by five Filipino lawmakers to visit the disputed Spratly archipelago in the West Philippine Sea could damage bilateral ties.
The House of Representatives has passed a resolution calling on the United States to return three church bells and a cannon taken by its forces as war booty from Balangiga, Samar, during the Philippine-American War 109 years ago. Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teddy Casiño, author of House Resolution 112, said the measure was approved in [...]
The House of Representatives has expressed support for the Department of Foreign Affairs call for a rules-based regime in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), saying no nation should “bully” other nations in the region.
