DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 December) — Days after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. inspected the ₱3.1-billion Bucana Bridge project, allies of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte in the City Council honored the detained Philippine leader and the Chinese government
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 April) – A group of environmentalists filed a Writ of Kalikasan before the Supreme Court in Manila on Monday in a bid to stop the “unlawful” construction of the Chinese-funded P23 billion Samal Island-Davao City
(MindaNews / 21 April) – The story goes like this. My ancestor, Yu Sing Co, left China to find his fortunes in the Philippines. He arrived by boat in the early 20th century as American colonizers were settling in. He
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 20 February) – On August 10, 2022, Xinhua, China’s official state news agency, reported that the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China published
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 18 Feb) — Is the world getting smaller for Taiwan (nee Formosa), the island south of Fujian Province that China considers a renegade territory, the annexation of which, by force, if necessary, has long been its
JOLO, SULU (MindaNews / 03 February) – Three Navy vessels belonging to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) sailed through the waters of Sulu Sea, the Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) said on Monday. The Chinese vessels were first spotted entering
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 Oct) – The volume of fresh durian exported from this city to China has drastically increased to 10,000 metric tons (MT) from January to October 2024 , an official of the City Agriculturist Office (CAO)
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 27 August) – It’s almost impossible to look into the Philippine Offshore Gambling Operators (POGO) without delving into the role of former President Rodrigo Duterte and Guo Hua Ping, aka Alice Guo. Duterte approved online
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 20 Aug)—The Senate investigation visibly unmasked the persona of Alice Guo with certainty that she was a Chinese deep penetration agent named Guo Hua Ping, who uncannily became a local government executive as mayor of
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 17 July) – It now appears that the Chinese aggressive maritime incursion in the West Philippines Sea is but a diversionary tactic to lure us away from their insidious inland invasion of the country. Again,
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 13 May) – A ranking Chinese official on Tuesday presented a recorded phone conversation purportedly between an embassy diplomat and Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos, chief of the Western Command (Wescom), who said the entire chain
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 7 May)—The Duterte legacy of surrendering the West Philippine Sea (WPS), our exclusive economic zone (EEZ), to China continues to hurt us to this day. The Chinese have become more aggressive and violent not only
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 06 May) – Senator Imee Marcos has reiterated her call for the revival of the Self-Reliant Defense Posture (SRDP), a program initiated in 1974 by her father, the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., that
MINDAVIEWS MELBOURNE, Australia (MindaNews / 22 April)—As a democratic nation, we consciously endeavor to establish meaningful relations with other states. Our Constitution mandates adherence “to the policy of peace, equality, justice, freedom, cooperation, and amity with all nations.” But it
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 21 March)—The Chinese Coast Guards (CCG) and maritime militia vessels move around our maritime territory as if they own it. The aggression is repetitive, and the harassment they have subjected our supply ships and fishing
A YouTube post showing the fake presence of a United States warship in Mindanao is still up on the video sharing website eight months after it was uploaded, and even if it was already fact-checked by various news agencies. The
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 23 January) – President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. (PBBM) was called out recently by Beijing for congratulating Lai Ching, the newly elected President of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The People’s Republic of China (PRC) was
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 January) – The Sustainable Davao Movement has called on the Senate to investigate the implementation of the Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) project due to the ties of the government’s winning contractor, China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC),
Two Facebook posts claiming that members of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) manned the Chinese vessel that conducted dredging activities in the Bangsamoro region are unfounded. They altered the content of the source news items apparently to mislead readers. Facebook
Blogger Sass Sasot’s claim that Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI), developer of the controversial Tampakan project, the largest undeveloped copper and gold minefield in Southeast Asia, has started exporting to China is false. In a video circulating in various Facebook pages,
On December 22, Jun Abines posted on his Facebook page, where he describes himself as a writer, an item from quora.com containing a reply to the question “Do you believe the Philippines should give up its claims to China?” The
AI-generated images Two parties with opposing narratives are calling each other traitors as tensions rise in the disputed Ayungin Shoal and other parts of the West Philippine Sea (WPS). They are calling each other ‘Makapili,’ referring to Filipinos who were
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 October) — The resumption of direct flights on Sunday between Davao City and Quanzhou in China’s Fujian Province brings a “multitude of benefits” to the tourism industry of the Davao region, Tourism regional director Tanya
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 26 October)—A month earlier China announced the expansion of its territorial waters by adding another line to its 9-line map. The countries bordering the South China Sea were aghast by the provocative move, which is
MATALAM, North Cotabato (MindaNews / 22 October) – China has told the U.S. many times to find a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. The U.S., finally, is trying to find a solution save that it is quite too late. After the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 Oct)—After almost four years, Xiamen Air will resume direct flights between Davao City and Quanzhou, China beginning October 29. Arturo Milan, co-chair of the Regional Development Council-Davao, said that the resumption of the direct connectivity
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 25 September) – During a patrol in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) noticed massive destruction of corals, particularly in the seabed of Rozul Reefs and Escoda Shoal, marine features within
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 11 September) – Whether nine- or ten-dash lines, it amounts to the same thing: it is China’s provocative pronouncement of the extent of its territory, which visibly includes Taiwan in the latest dash. Already, the
There is no official record to prove that the Philippine government has promised to remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal, contrary to a statement issued on August 7 by China’s Foreign Ministry. China has insisted that Ayungin
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 1 August) – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (PBBM) should not give a thought but dismiss outright the Chinese proposal for a joint military exercise. To welcome it is to sleep with the enemy, our
This is the temporary facility of the of the China Road and Bridge Corporation in Samal Island as seen from the shores of Sasa, Davao City on Wednesday (19 July 2023). CRBC is the contractor of the bridge project that will link Samal Island and Davao City. MindaNews photo
Photo from Chinese Embassy Manila Facebook page CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 18 July) — Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Monday, over a year after his
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 11 July) — If only for their consistency, the Left-leaning groups deserve appreciation for always brandishing their placards against US military presence in the country. They are right in pointing out that those American troops are
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 11 July) – The Chinese incursions and aggressive activities within our exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which by international law is our sovereign territory, have become more pronounced and intense over time. (It should be known
President Rodrigo Duterte (L) receives a warm welcome from People’s Republic of China President Xi Jinping prior to the start of the Leaders’ Roundtable Discussion of the 2nd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Yanqi Lake International Convention Center on April 27, 2019. Simeon Celi Jr. / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / file
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 June) – Former President Rodrigo Duterte has warned that the Philippines could become a “battleground” if the brewing tension between the United States and China progresses to war. This after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. allowed
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 3 May) — The latest joint military exercise (Balikatan) between American and Philippine troops under the auspices of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (Edca) has riled China, and, critics said, made the country a pawn in
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 27 April)—With the development of the new EDCA sites and the Balikatan in motion, it becomes apparent that PBBM has ceased rowing his boat in two rivers, stopped cozying with China, and has finally stood
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 January) – The Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ)-Davao has been directed to implement a heightened surveillance of all passengers with travel history to China at the Davao International Airport. During Kapehan sa Dabaw on Monday, BOQ-Davao
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 29 Nov) – The efficacy of the foreign policy stance of “a friend to all and an enemy to none” of President Bongbong Marcos was tried when he met China’s President Xi Jinping at the
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 9 Aug) – Defense and political experts here expressed deep concern about the escalating tension in the Taiwan Strait as China continues with its live-fire military exercises that were supposed to end on Sunday, August
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 June) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) cannot start the construction of the multi-billion 3.98-kilometer Davao City-Samal Island Bridge without the loan agreement from China, Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Emil K.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) – Was President Duterte joking when, during a debate in the 2016 presidential election, he said he would ride a jet ski to the West Philippine Sea and drive away the Chinese who have
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 03 April) – Davao City received a total of 1,715 electronic tablets in support of its “Student Siblings Tablet Sharing Project” for indigent junior and senior high school students, the bulk of donation coming from the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 01 March) – Frontline health workers of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) here will be injected starting Friday, March 5, with the Chinese-made CoronaVac, a vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) developed by Beijing-based pharmaceutical
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 Jan) – The relationship of Davao City with two sister Chinese cities proved useful not only during economic boom but also in the time of health crisis as these provided support to the local government
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 9 Dec) – As mayor of Davao City, Rodrigo Roa Duterte acknowledged the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) as a political organization born of endemic poverty and oppression and admitted a modus
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 14 September) — In the month of August to September this year, we witness spine-chilling events across the planet that managed to snatch for some moments our daily attention from the scary coronavirus pandemic. We
(Official transcript of President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘Talk to the People’ on COVID-19 on 17 August 2020 at the Matina Enclaves in Davao City, released by the Presidential Communications Operations Office) Presidential Communications Operations Office Presidential News Desk TALK TO THE
