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    • Allies condemn Ayungin incident, stand behind PH 

      Santos, Tina G.; Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 7, 2023, on page A1-A6)
      The United States and other countries on Sunday said they stand with the Philippines in the face of the China Coast Guard's (CCG) “dangerous actions” when it fired water cannons at a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) supply ...
    • Allow Pinoy fishermen in disputed seas, Rody asks Beijing 

      Mendez, Christina; Romero, Alexis; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, August 24, 2016, on page 3)
      President Duterte yesterday asked Beijing to allow Filipino fishermen to fish in disputed waters in the West Philippine Sea in a bid to warm bilateral relations. Duterte made the appeal as he expressed hope that bilateral ...
    • Amid China’s build, build, build, Rody non-combative 

      Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, July 1, 2017, on page 1-10)
      Faced with China’s version of “build, build, build” in the South China Sea, President Duterte is keeping his “non-combative” stance in dealing with Beijing,“We need to reiterate the fact that the President has said – his ...
    • Amid Chinese presence, Navy wants to stay in Sangley Point 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 7, 2020, on page A2)
      The Philippine Navy is opposing a plan by the Cavite provincial government to boot the military service command out of Sangley Point in Cavite as part of a P500-billion airport project that is expected to ease congestion ...
    • Amid sea row, Japan insists on rule of law 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne (Manila Standard, October 26, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Rear Admiral Hidetoshi Iwasaki of Japan called for the rule of law in solving the dispute in the South China Sea and assured the Philippines that its maritime security ties with it will continue. The Philippines and other ...
    • Amid threat of China encroachment on Scarborough : Carpio, Pangilinan urge Rody to retract ‘walang magagawa’ quip 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, March 23, 2017, on page 7)
      President Rodrigo Duterte should “reconsider” his previous statement that the Philippines cannot stop China from building structures on Scarborough Shoal, said Sen. Francis Pangilinan. The senator said he also supports ...
    • Another collision 

      (The Philippine Star, July 10, 2020, on page 10)
      Rescue teams have said there are no signs of life in the area where a fishing vessel sank after it collided with a Hong Kong-registered ship on the night of June 27 in waters off Mamburao in Occidental Mindoro. After days ...
    • Another harassment incident recorded in Ayungin Shoal 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 29, 2022, on page A4)
      A China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel blocked a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ship on its way to BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea in late June, according to ...
    • Another US sail-by, another China protest 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 16, 2019, on page 8)
      Two United States guided-missile destroyers – the USS Spruance and the USS Preble — sailed into the South China Sea last Monday, close to the Spratly island group near Palawan. The sail-bys were, as expected, immediately ...
    • Anti-China alliance coalescing in South China Sea 

      Heydarian, Richard Javad (DailyGuardian, May 11, 2021, on page 4-5)
      Major powers are wading deeper into the South China Sea in a series of moves that promise to rile China while answering US calls for like-minded nations to counter jointly Beijing's rising assertiveness in the crucial and ...
    • Aquino 3rd arbitration suit induced Chinese moves on Ayungin Shoal 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, November 22, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      It is the unexpected ruling in 2016 on the Aquino 3rd regime's arbitration suit against China that continues to encourage the Chinese to block Philippine boats from sending supplies to military personnel in Ayungin Shoal, ...
    • Aquino blamed for China militarization in SCS 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, June 26, 2018, on page A2)
      Malacañang on Monday continued to blame the “militarization” of the South China Sea on former President Benigno Aquino III as it defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to be friendly with China to resolve the dispute ...
    • Aquino mismanaged PH sea dispute with china, says defense chief 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 12, 2018, on page A6)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday insisted that President Rodrigo Duterte was handling the Philippines’ maritime row with China in the South China Sea very well compared with the Aquino administration, which he ...
    • Aquino slams Cayetano's handling of WPS dispute 

      Reysio-Cruz, Matthew (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 3, 2018, on page A4)
      Former President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday belittled Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano’s conduct with China, telling the country’s top diplomat that his politics should be as “transparent as his hairstyle.” ...
    • Aquino's tack with China made sea dispute worse: Palace 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, July 23, 2018, on page B3)
      The Duterte government prefers to deal with China on a conciliatory and friendly manner with regards to the territorial dispute in the South China Sea because of the Aquino administration's confrontational approach resulted ...
    • Aquino, Vietnam PM may tackle dispute with China 

      Ruiz, JC Bello (Manila Bulletin, May 18, 2014, on page 1-18)
      Territorial disputes with China may be on top of the agenda when President Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung meet in Manila this week, Malacañang said yesterday. The meeting between the two leaders comes in the wake of the ...
    • Aquino-del Rosario offered Sabah to Malaysia for its support in arbitration case vs. China 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, September 18, 2019, on page A1-A5)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) under President Benigno Aquino 3rd's watch, then headed by Albert del Rosario, practically offered to drop our decades-old claim over Sabah against Malaysia in exchange for Kula ...
    • Aquino: Scarborough still part of PH territory 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, May 27, 2016, on page B6)
      President Aquino yesterday said the Scarborough Shoal is within the Philippine's 200 mile exclusive economic zone which means that it is very much part of the country. Aquino talked about the geographical location of ...
    • Aquino: World should fear China’s actions in South China Sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, April 15, 2015, on page 1-19)
      The contested claims have for decades made the sea one of Asia’s flashpoints, and tensions have risen in recent years as China has moved to assert its authority over the areas. Following a tense standoff between Chinese ...
    • Arbitral court member has advice to PH, China 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 24, 2021, on page A3-A5)
      A member of the five-man Permanent Court of Arbitration that handed down the decision in favor of the Philippines against China’s sweeping claims to the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea has urged countries in ...