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Duterte’s ‘red lines’ in the West Philippine Sea
In a remarkable twist of events, the Rodrigo Duterte administration has, for the first time, sought to draw the line in the sands of the West Philippine Sea. This is a welcome development, though action speaks louder than ...
- June 5, 2018
Carpio warns of China's looming encroachment on Scarborough
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has warned that China may impose an air defense zone and control the whole South China Sea if the Philippines will not stop its plan to build a radar station in the disputed Scarborough ...
- March 19, 2017
China respects PH rights: Survey mulled on Benham Rise to check on resources – Lorenzana
China said it fully respects the Philippines’ rights over the continental shelf in the Benham Rise located northeast of Luzon and vowed not to challenge those rights. This statement was issued after the Philippines sought ...
- March 16, 2017
PH boats fishing outside Panatag, US think tank claims
Filipino fishermen have been fishing just outside, not inside, the lagoon of Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, a Washington, D.C. think tank claims, citing recent satellite images. On its website, the Asia Maritime Transparency ...
- November 3, 2016
US warships likely to ignore Chinese lighthouses
US warships are unlikely to engage with a pair of lighthouses that China has lit up on two reefs in the West Philippine Sea next time they sail by Beijing’s artificial islands in the heavily disputed waters. Chinese officials ...
- October 19, 2015
Bill creating Phl Rise dev’t authority pushed
Sen. Sonny Angara yesterday pushed for approval of a bill creating the Philippine Rise Development Authority (PRDA), which will boost research efforts in the potentially resource-rich undersea territory off the coast of ...
- March 17, 2018
Lorenzana: Phl to protest China airbase on Kagitingan
The Philippines will file a diplomatic protest against China for the latter’s reneging on its promise not to militarize artificial islands in the West Philippine Sea and South China Sea, defense chief Delfin Lorenzana said ...
- January 10, 2018
Security execs: China 'in position,' not 'in possession'
Is it “possession” or “position?” President Duterte’s pronouncement on the West Philippine Sea issue in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday may have been lost in translation – or pronunciation. In his fourth ...
- July 24, 2019
US warship sails through China-held isle
The US Navy said one of its destroyers had sailed close to the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Friday, asserting international freedom of navigation rights in the contested waters. The USS Wayne ...
- September 15, 2019
It's up to PH to heal rift over South China Sea - China
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the Philippines' case against China at an arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea had strained relations between Beijing and Manila, and that it was up to the ...
- November 12, 2015