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Calm heads required as latest face-off in South China Sea dispute raises fears confrontation may escalate.
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The Israel-Hamas war has claimed at least 2,600 lives on both sides, including some Southeast Asian workers, with 21 Thais, and at least 2 Filipinos killed.
TikTok Shop’s debacle in Indonesia poses a challenge on how the ByteDance-owned app operator’s e-commerce model could move forward in a highly competitive industry.
The Kalayaan group of islands is located more than 450km (280 miles) west of Palawan, a province facing the South China Sea.
Other offline retailers in Southeast Asia whose interests are affected by social commerce platforms are expected to complain to their governments and lobby for a ban on TikTok Shop.
He also said if he were Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he would ‘pulverise Gaza and make it the biggest cemetery in the world’.
The Philippines’ confirmation comes after it previously said it had no security presence in the Scarborough Shoal, amid deepening tensions over the waterway.
The Chinese coastguard says its actions were ‘professional, standard and legitimate’ following the latest incident in the South China Sea.
Gen Z Filipino American Shaina Renee Manlangit was so taken by her first visit to the Philippines she is working with the Philippine Department of Tourism to attract more young Filipino American visitors.
Super Typhoon Rai smashed into the Philippines’ Mactan island in 2021, destroying coral and damaging property. But now the reefs have some new inhabitants for divers to enjoy.
MeHeal, a new counselling service set up by a Hong Kong charity, provides free mental health support for domestic workers who fear losing their jobs if employers see them as vulnerable.
Philippine politicians are questioning whether President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and Vice-President Sara Duterte are united on Manila’s approach towards China.
The tussle between China and the Philippines has strangled Filipino fishermen’s access to the fishing grounds which have sustained their community for generations.
The country’s civil aviation authority said the warning claimed bombs could go off on flights heading to Cebu, Bicol, Davao and Palawan.
Manila’s National Security Council declares successful delivery of provisions to its forces at the Second Thomas Shoal.
Manila said a ‘significant number’ of Chinese vessels tried to stop the latest mission delivering provisions to troops stationed at a crumbling warship.
The incident occurred about 160km from Scarborough Shoal on Monday, the Philippine coastguard said on Wednesday. 11 crew members survived the sinking.
Apart from the ‘Christmas civilian supply mission’, there will also be a concert in honour of fishing communities living near the resource-rich waterway.
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The Philippines’ Gilberto Teodoro Jnr has compared Beijing’s recent actions in the South China Sea to that of a schoolyard bully.
Officials said the illegal drugs were hidden in multiple packages and boxes placed under the suspects’ trolley and duffel bags.
Senior defence official Asia Lindsey Ford commended Manila’s action and reaffirmed Washington’s security commitments to its ally.
Chinese coastguard spokesman insists it ‘took the initiative to retrieve the blocking facilities and resume normal control on September 23’.
Beijing backed down last month over the Second Thomas Shoal but won’t do so this time, analyst says.
The move comes after Manila removed a floating barrier that Beijing installed at the entrance to the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.
At Scarborough Shoal, some 900km away from the nearest major Chinese land mass, China’s coastguard ships regularly chase Filipinos away from a fishing ground that’s fewer than 240km west of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon.
The Philippines will “take control again” of a contested shoal occupied by China and step up coordination across agencies.
