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US plan for 'highest level' Taiwan visit in decades angers China

Amber Wang and Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 05:21 AM

The United States announced Wednesday its highest-level visit to Taiwan since it switched diplomatic recognition to China in 1979, a move Beijing blasted as a threat to "peace and stability". Read more »

Mga naka-home quarantine na COVID-19 patients, pupuntahan ng mga pulis

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 08:32 PM

Magpapatupad ng mas mahigpit na home quarantine standards ang pamahalaan para sa mga nagpositibo sa COVID-19, ayon kay Interior Secretary Eduardo Año ngayong Martes.  Read more »

Duterte may pakiusap sa mga sundalo, pulis matapos ang pamamaril sa Sulu

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 06:51 PM

Maging mahinahon at huwag maghiganti. Iyan ang pakiusap ni Pangulong Duterte sa pulisya at militar kasunod ng insidente ng pamamaril sa 4 sundalo sa Sulu.  Read more »

India's Modi makes surprise China border visit after clash

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 03 03:41 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise visit to India's northern frontier region with China on Friday in his first trip to the area since a deadly border clash last month. Read more »

Coronavirus task force allows visits to cemeteries

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 01:34 PM

The government's inter-agency task force (IATF) on pandemic response has allowed visits to cemeteries, Malacañang said Friday. Read more »

Philippine officials visit disputed South China Sea island

Reuters
Posted at Jun 10 07:03 PM

Delfin Lorenzana was on Thitu island on Tuesday to launch a beaching ramp for construction of much-needed infrastructure on the Philippines' most strategically important South China Sea island. Read more »

Batang nag-birthday nagsuot ng plastik para mayakap ang amang pulis na COVID-19 frontliner

Nico Delfin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 22 07:03 PM

Di hadlang ang pandemic para kay Police Chief Master Sgt. Raphael Palacios na hangad ay makapiling saglit ang kaniyang pamilya sa lungsod ng La Carlota, Negros Occidental. Read more »

Theater productions cancelled, postponed, while some forge on amid coronavirus fears

Totel V. de Jesus
Updated as of Mar 12 05:56 PM

Like disappointed music and sports fans, theater followers would now have to wait for a couple of days or months to see the recently cancelled and postponed productions due to the COVID-19 outbreak.  Read more »

Japan says state visit by China's Xi postponed over virus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 05:55 PM

A state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping has been postponed as preventing the outbreak of the new coronavirus is "the biggest challenge" facing both countries, Japan's top government spokesman said Thursday. Read more »

Filipinos with non-tourist visas can still travel to Saudi Arabia: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 05 07:41 AM

MANILA - Filipinos with non-tourist visas to Saudi Arabia are still allowed to travel to the Middle Eastern country amid imposition of a temporary travel ban due to the spreading the new coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more »

Chinese envoy briefs Sara, Baste Duterte on China's fight vs 2019-nCoV

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 02:02 AM

According to the Chinese embassy, Ambassador Huang Xilian briefed the top officials of Davao on China's fight against the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, which started in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Read more »

Wide range of topics on the table, as Japanese foreign minister to visit PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 06:40 AM

Minister Motegi Toshimitsu’s official visit on January 8 and 9 will include a courtesy call to Duterte and a bilateral meeting with his counterpart, Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr. Read more »

Duterte to decline Trump's invitation to visit White House

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 02:25 PM

Trump first invited Duterte to visit Washington in 2016 over a phone call.  Read more »

Brunei’s Sultan Bolkiah joins Duterte at SEA Games opening

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 30 09:08 PM

Brunei’s Sultan and Prime Minister Hassanal Bolkiah arrived in Manila, Saturday morning for a 2-day official visit, which coincides with the opening of the 30th Southeast Asian Games where some of his scions will be attending as part of the sultanate's national sports delegation. Read more »

South Korea’s navy chief visits the Philippines, ‘reaffirming’ bilateral ties

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 05:15 PM

The Philippine Navy said Admiral Sim Seung-Seob's visit was a "reaffirmation" of the "already strong ties" between Manila and South Korea. Read more »

Pope urges fresh efforts for Fukushima victims

Catherine Marciano and Richard Carter, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 10:51 AM

The 82-year-old pontiff paid tribute to those who rushed to the assistance of the victims "with outpourings of prayers and material and financial aid." Read more »

Pope meets Thai Buddhist patriarch on visit promoting religious peace

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 21 03:30 PM

Pope Francis met with Thailand's supreme Buddhist patriarch on Thursday in a gilded Bangkok temple on the first full day of his Asia tour aimed at promoting religious harmony. Read more »

Small in numbers, Thai Catholics preserve centuries-old traditions

Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 08:01 PM

In overwhelmingly Buddhist Thailand, Catholics number just a little more than 380,000 in a country of more than 65 million. Read more »

Duterte nasa Thailand na para sa 35th ASEAN Summit

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 02 02:05 AM

Nakarating na sa Bangkok, Thailand si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte para dumalo sa 35th ASEAN Summit. Read more »

Visitors brave flooded cemeteries on All Saints' Day in Pampanga

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 01 11:50 PM

Some residents of Pampanga province took no notice of some flooded cemeteries in the province just to visit their deceased loved ones on All Saints' Day. Read more »