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Owing to our religiosity, sunny disposition and resilient nature, most of us are predisposed to welcome 2024 with much optimism. The poll results from Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations (SWS) show that a majority does not fear the coming New Year. Never mind that most respondents surveyed by Pulse Asia anticipated a less prosperous Christmas 2023. An earlier SWS survey disclosed that the quality of life worsened for 30 percent of Filipinos in the past 12 months.
During the second visit to Manila of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on February 2, Filipino and U.S. security officials announced that additional Philippine military facilities would host U.S. forces under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA).
MANILA, Philippines — Contrary to its pronouncements, China is averse to dialogue as it continues its harassment of Filipinos in the West Philippine Sea, Sen. JV Ejercito said yesterday as he clapped back at the Chinese embassy for accusing him of “poisoning” Manila-Beijing ties with his stinging criticism of China’s maritime bullying.
By now, everyone knows how determined the President is in protecting our maritime territory and sovereign rights as clearly articulated in his latest statement – posted on his social media accounts for the whole world to see – that “No one but the Philippines has a legitimate right or legal basis to operate anywhere in the West Philippine Sea.”
BEIJING, China — China's leader Xi Jinping said Chinese modernization will benefit US firms, state media reported Friday, in a letter sent to mark the 50th anniversary of a committee on China-US trade.
HANOI, Vietnam — China's President Xi Jinping will visit Vietnam for the first time in six years on Tuesday seeking to counter the United States' growing influence with the communist nation.
BEIJING, China — Deflation in China accelerated in November, official data showed Saturday, underlining the difficulties the world's second-largest economy faces in reviving slowing demand.
TikTok went global in 2018. At once, security experts suspected it of being a Chinese cyber-espionage tool. Reasons against the micro-vlogging and e-commerce platform: