Exclusive | Japan overtakes Hong Kong as Cebu Pacific’s top destination

Exclusive | Japan overtakes Hong Kong as Cebu Pacific’s top destination

Japan has overtaken Hong Kong’s long-standing status as the most-travelled destination on Cebu Pacific, the Philippines’ largest airline, even though it carried a record number of Filipino visitors to the city last year, the carrier’s president has told the Post. In an interview, the budget airline’s president and chief commercial officer Alexander Lao forecast robust…

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Philippines launches comic book to counter China’s 'disinformation' in the disputed South China Sea

Philippines launches comic book to counter China’s ‘disinformation’ in the disputed South China Sea

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Beijing and Manila promise further South China Sea talks despite row over ‘monster ship’

Beijing and Manila promise further South China Sea talks despite row over ‘monster ship’

Beijing and Manila have agreed to continue talks on settling their territorial differences despite Philippine protests about the presence of a Chinese “monster ship” near the contested Scarborough Shoal. China said both sides had “agreed to strengthen dialogue and contact on maritime issues and properly handle maritime disputes”, following a meeting between Chen Xiaodong, the…

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Chinese coastguard expels Philippine aircraft from Scarborough Shoal airspace

Chinese coastguard expels Philippine aircraft from Scarborough Shoal airspace

China expelled a Philippine plane that “illegally intruded” into the airspace over a contested South China Sea shoal on Thursday, according to the China Coast Guard. “A C-208 plane illegally invaded the airspace of China’s Huangyan Island on Thursday,” coastguard spokesman Liu Dejun said on Friday, using the Chinese name for Scarborough Shoal. “The Chinese…

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Chinese coastguard takes aim again at Philippines over South China Sea shoal clashes

Chinese coastguard takes aim again at Philippines over South China Sea shoal clashes

“Despite repeated dissuasion and warnings from China, the Philippines insisted on sending four coastguard ships, six official ships, and several unidentified ships to intrude into China’s Huangyan Island territorial waters and nearby waters such as Xianbin Reef in the Nansha Islands,” China Coast Guard spokesman Liu Dejun said on Thursday, using the Chinese terms for…

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