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    • Duterte sends off patrol ship to South China Sea 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere (BusinessWorld, June 13, 2022, on page S1/12)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Sunday led the commissioning of a Coast Guard ship that is set to patrol Philippine-claimed territories in the South China Sea, years after foreign policy experts started criticizing him for ...

    • Duterte set to maintain geopolitical balance in disputed sea 

      Lim, Frinston (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 11, 2017, on page A6)
      President Duterte on Monday said his order to the military to reinforce islands in the South China Sea controlled by the Philippines was to maintain the geopolitical balance, and assured China that no “offensive weapons” ...

    • Duterte sets PH Rise visit 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, May 9, 2018, on page B2)
      President Duterte will visit the Philippine Rise on October 15 to 16 to mark the anniversary of the renaming of the intercontinental shelf and lead the send-off rites for an all-Filipino scientific team what would conduct ...

    • 'Duterte should listen to Pinoys, not to Chinese envoy' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Katigbak, Jose (The Philippine Star, July 26, 2018, on page 6)
      President Duterte and his officials should “cast aside their fear of displeasing China” and listen to Filipinos and not to the Chinese ambassador, former foreign affairs chief Albert del Rosario said on Tuesday. “We need ...

    • Duterte slams China's aggression vs PHL vessels 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, November 23, 2021, on page S1/12)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte denounced last week’s aggression by Chinese Coast Guard vessels against two Philippine-flagged boats during a leaders’ summit on Monday of China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian ...

    • Duterte softens tone on United States before South China Sea talks 

      Bloomberg (BusinessWorld, April 11, 2017, on page S1/5)
      The Philippines appears to be softening its tone toward the U.S. before holding talks with Beijing on the South China Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte let the insults fly last year, telling former leader Barack Obama to “go ...

    • Duterte spokesman of China in WPS tiff 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, May 9, 2021, on page 6)
      China may not need a fulltime ambassador in Manila to speak for it and look after the interests of its nationals on issues involving the West Philippine Sea. It already has no less than the President of the Philippines to ...

    • Duterte spokesman talks tough vs China 

      Balinbin, Arjay L. (BusinessWorld, August 14, 2018, on page S1/10)
      The Philippine government said on Monday that the Philippines will continue to assert its sovereign rights over the disputed territories in the South China Sea despite the latest incident where a Filipino pilot was threatened ...

    • Duterte stand on sea row needs review-Carpio 

      Ramos, Marlon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 16, 2018, on page A2)
      The recent Social Weather Stations poll showing that four of five Filipinos rebuffed the government’s approach to the territorial dispute with China proved that President Rodrigo Duterte’s policy was contrary to the public’s ...

    • Duterte tells China: stop fishing in shoal 

      Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, October 24, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      In separate remarks before typhoon victims in Cagayan and Isabela, Duterte said he couldn’t let Chinese fishermen prowl at Panatag Shoal, citing the July 12 ruling of a United Nations-backed arbitration tribunal that the ...

    • Duterte tells China: Temper behavior in disputed sea 

      Reuters; Associated Press (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 16, 2018, on page A2)
      President Duterte said in a rare rebuke to Beijing on Tuesday that China's claim to airspace above newly built islands and surrounding waters in the disputed South China Sea was wrong and the Chinese should not tell others ...

    • Duterte tells Palawan: Avoid another Boracay 

      Regalado, Edith; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, November 12, 2018, on page 1-8)
      Boracay was "overloaded" with tourists and Palawan must not go the same way, according to President Duterte. The President told local government officials in Palawan to be cautious in accepting massive numbers of tourists ...

    • Duterte tells troops to stake a claim in PHL sea 

      Cigaral, Ian Nicolas P. (BusinessWorld, April 7, 2017, on page S1/11)
      PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte has ordered the military to occupy and build facilities on maritime features in the South China Sea that is within the Philippine territory. His remarks also came on the heels of a US think ...

    • Duterte to assert PH win in sea row 

      Barcelo, Vito; Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, May 6, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte said he would assert the Philippines’ victory in an international court before his term ends in 2020 to get back the territory now occupied by China, as he blamed former President Benigno Aquino ...

    • Duterte to China envoy: Arbitral ruling stands in PH favor 

      Barcelo, Vito; Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, March 26, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has asserted the international court’s 2016 arbitral ruling favoring the Philippines against China’s massive claims in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS) during his meeting with Chinese ...

    • Duterte to China: Let Filipinos fish in peace 

      Kabiling, Genalyn (Manila Bulletin, May 5, 2021, on page 6)
      Fish, not war. With no plan to go to war over the West Philippine Sea dispute, President Duterte has appealed to China to just allow Filipinos to “fish in peace.” The President maintained that there was “no reason for ...

    • Duterte to China: Relax, no weapon in PH-occupied areas 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Reyes, Victor (Malaya, April 11, 2017, on page B1-B6)
      President Duterte yesterday urged China to “relax” as he said he meant no harm when he ordered the military to start occupying islands within the countries’ territory in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). He said ...

    • Duterte to China: Resolve sea row based on int'l law 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 13, 2020, on page A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte told a senior Chinese official that disputes in the South China Sea must be resolved in accordance with international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), Malacañang ...

    • Duterte to declare Panatag a marine Sanctuary 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 22, 2016, on page A15)
      President Duterte plans to issue an executive order unilaterally declaring the lagoon of the disputed Panatag Shoal a marine sanctuary, where neither Filipinos nor Chinese may be allowed to fish. Mr. Duterte told Chinese ...

    • Duterte to discuss arbitral ruling with China 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Nonato, Vince; Reyes, Victor (Malaya, August 7, 2019, on page B1-B5)
      President Duterte yesterday said he would visit China later this month to discuss with Chinese President Xi Jinping the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration that favored the Philippines and voided China's claim ...