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DFA chief spews profanity at China over sea row
The Philippines’ top diplomat on Monday demanded in an expletive-laced message on Twitter that China’s vessels get out of the West Philippine Sea, marking the latest exchange in a war of words with Beijing over its activities ...
- May 4, 2021
Abandon friendly China stance, Duterte told
President Rodrigo R. Duterte should abandon his friendly stance toward China because the tide has turned, political analysts said at the weekend. “We miss the point if we just try to look at Duterte’s tortured language and ...
- May 3, 2021
China warns PH against patrolling Panatag Shoal
China has warned the Philippines against “interfering” with its patrols at Bajo de Masinloc, saying the shoal and its waters are part of Chinese territory. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) earlier reported that a China ...
- March 30, 2022
Philippines fires off protest after Chinese ships swarm waterway
The Philippines on Wednesday fired off another diplomatic protest against China after authorities spotted a swarm of Chinese vessels, including six war ships within its waters in the South China Sea. Two Houbei class missile ...
- April 15, 2021
‘Illegal provocations on disputed areas coming from China’
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday maintained that illegal provocations on the disputed areas in the South China Sea were coming from China and not from the Philippines.
- August 24, 2020
Stop your incursion, recall boats from WPS, Lorenzana boldly tells China
Stop Chinese incursion and recall your boats in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). This was the bold reaction of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday night, March 22, after learning about verified reports that around ...
- March 23, 2021
Manila files protest over Scarborough incident
Manila has filed a diplomatic protest over incidents of "close distance maneuvering" by Chinese coast guard ships in waters off Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal, the National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea said ...
- March 30, 2022
PN Chief: US Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group at S. China Sea a 'welcome development'
The entry of the United States Navy’s Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) in the South China Sea came as a ‘welcome development’ in the exercise of freedom of navigation operations (FONOPS) in the tension-filled ...
- April 8, 2021
US Nuclear submarine slammed into underwaer mountain, severely damaged
A US Navy nuclear submarine that was severely damaged in an accident while submerged in the disputed South China Sea last month struck an uncharted underwater mountain, the Navy said Monday. The US Navy regularly conducts ...
- November 3, 2021
Chinese ships moored at Julian Felipe Reef since November 2020
The presence of Chinese vessels at a reef within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which had aroused the concern of President Rodrigo Duterte, was detected by a US-based research company as early as November ...
- March 27, 2021