VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte napagkamalan ang Taiwan na China
Ang Taiwan -- hindi China – ay opisyal na tinatawag na Republic of China (ROC).
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte mistakes Taiwan for China
Taiwan, not China, is officially called the Republic of China (ROC).
Fisheries agreement upgrades PH, Taiwan political relations
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS REMEMBER the Balintang Channel incident two years ago that briefly strained relations between the Philippines and Taiwan? It was triggered by the shooting by members of the Philippine Coast Guard of a Taiwanese fishing vessel in the overlapping maritime borders between the Philippines and Taiwan in the Balintang
Taiwan’s take on PH suit vs China
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE Republic of China (ROC) or Taiwan has its issue with mainland China (PROC-People’s Republic of China) but in matters of ownership of almost the whole of South China Sea, they have the same line. In the statement released by Taiwan Tuesday, it asserted that Nansha islands also known as
More tourists and excellent dimsum from Taiwan to Manila
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS AT the reunion of Filipinos who have been to Taiwan upon the invitation of Taiwan government last week, Dr. Gary Song-Huann Lin, head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Manila, announced a number of good things that would strengthen relations between the Philippines and the Republic of China.
Taiwan’s Christmas offering: Watch a movie, win a mountain bike
By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS DO you want to win a mountain bike, a laptop, a 42-inch TV, and a cellphone? Watch a short film titled “Together We Can” and you may get any one of those items for free. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in the Philippines is inviting everyone to Taipei Economic
Key to normalization of PH-Taiwan relations: release of probe report
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS IS President Aquino going to announce at his fourth State of the Nation address what he is going to do with the investigation report of the National Bureau of Investigation on the May 9, 2013 incident in Balintang Channel where a member of the Philippine Coast Guard shot and killed a
Take Taiwan for what it is
BY LAURO BAJA JR. IT is difficult to develop a pattern of action for the incident in Balintang Chanel which happened a month ago. We know what Taiwan wants but we are still at sea on how we have responded and/ or how we will further respond. Taiwan is a province (read: surrogate) of
Chinese, Taiwanese nationals with computer gadgets held
By LEILANIE ADRIANO LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte– At least 40 Chinese and 12 Taiwanese nationals who were found with several electronic and computer gadgets and accessories in a resort in Vigan were rounded up and detained for questioning, police said on Tuesday. They said they were investigating the foreign nationals, including 14 women, and the
Filipino workers paying the price for Malacañang’s bungling
By ELLEN TORDESILLAS. IT took a week for President Aquino to realize that the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by a member of the Philippine Coast Guard team in the disputed waters of South China Sea could lead to serious repercussions for the country. On the seventh day of the incident, President Aquino last
