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MANILA: The Philippine foreign ministry on Thursday accused China of intruding into its waters after an incident at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea earlier this week. China's military had said on Monday that a Philippine military ship "illegally entered" waters near Scarborough Shoal. "It is China that is intruding into Philippine waters," the Philippine foreign affairs department said in a statement.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines does not need to seek approval from another country to operate in its territorial sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Thursday.
MANILA, Philippines — The water supply in Metro Manila and nearby provinces will not be affected by the 61-day rehabilitation of the Angat hydroelectric power plant starting on Nov. 6, an official of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — Former Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio yesterday urged the Philippine government to challenge China to submit to arbitration its territorial dispute over Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal to finally settle which country has sovereignty.
CAIRO, Egypt — Scores of foreign passport holders started leaving war-torn Gaza Wednesday after Egypt opened the Rafah crossing for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7, AFP correspondents said.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) expressed concern over the plight of ten Filipinos in the Gaza Strip who have remained out of contact since Friday when phone and internet networks went down during the Israeli military's offensive in the area.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Hundreds of wounded Gaza residents and foreigners gathered at the Egypt border Wednesday, poised to flee the shattered territory that is still reeling from a deadly Israeli strike on a refugee camp.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — More than 40 Chinese warplanes were detected around Taiwan in a day, the self-ruled island's defense ministry said on Wednesday.