President Barack Obama offered his congratulations Tuesday to the new presumptive president of the Philippines who has attracted controversy over his iron-fisted approach to law and order. The White House said Obama and Rodrigo Duterte spoke by phone in their first conversation since Duterte declared victory in the May 9 vote. Obama noted high voter […]
Philippine fishing authorities said on Tuesday they had detained 25 Chinese crew of two seized fishing boats on suspicion of poaching, a move that could further strain ties between two countries at odds over maritime sovereignty. A joint team from the Philippine coastguard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) captured the Chinese […]
Filipino health workers training in Japan under an intergovernmental program are increasingly taking up the opportunity to learn about Japanese health care and practice their profession in the country. “I believe that if I’ll be able to work in Japan, I will learn even more and grow professionally,” Filipino nurse Angelito Custodio told Kyodo News. […]
A memorial ceremony for former Philippine Ambassador to Japan Domingo Siazon has been held at the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo.Siazon is known as a career diplomat who had a deep knowledge of Japan and a wide range of personal relationships with Japanese people. He contributed greatly to the development of good relations between the 2 […]
Police are set to arrest several men, including a 42-year-old restaurant manager in Yamanashi Prefecture, on suspicion of killing a Japanese man in Manila in 2014, investigative sources said Wednesday. A traveler’s insurance policy of 100 million yen ($920,000) had been taken out for Shinsuke Toba, 32, who was shot dead by a motorcyclist on […]
A Duterte presidency will not lead to a loss of investments or economic ruin as some critics have warned, according to a professor of Economics at the University of Santo Tomas. Professor Emmanuel Lopez, who has a doctorate in economics and is chair of the economics department at UST’s Faculty of Arts and Letters, said […]
Japan and the Philippines have agreed that Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force will lease up to 5 training aircraft to the Philippine military.The agreement came during telephone talks on Monday between Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin.Regarding China’s increasing maritime activities in the South China Sea, Nakatani stressed the need to […]
People in the Philippines have one week to go before choosing the successor to outgoing President Benigno Aquino on May 9th.Four major contenders are seeking the office. Former interior secretary Manuel Roxas is backed by Aquino.Vice President Jejomar Binay once belonged to an opposition party. Grace Poe is an independent senator.And Mayor of Davao Rodrigo […]
Villagers in the southern Philippines found a headless body on Wednesday, an army spokesman said, two days after the execution of a Canadian captive by Islamist militants, condemned as a “cold-blooded murder” by Canada’s prime minister. Security is precarious in the southern Philippines, despite a 2014 peace pact between the government and the largest Muslim […]
Islamist militants in the Philippines have killed a Canadian man they had been holding hostage for months.The man has been identified by the Canadian government as John Ridsdel. Ridsdel was seized from a resort island off the city of Davao on Mindanao along with 2 other foreigners and a Filipino woman by the Abu Sayyaf […]
