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Philippines, China both assert claims over South China Sea
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin has asserted claims over the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea and asked the Philippines to “stop actions complicating the situation and escalating disputes.” Wenbin ...
- April 29, 2021
AFP chief pushes Pinoy structures in West PH Sea
The military’s highest-ranking official on Thursday proposed that the country also start building structures in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) considering China’s apparent disregard for the status quo agreement among states ...
- April 23, 2021
Fishing boat capsizes off WPS; 31 rescued
Thirty-one fishermen have been rescued after their boat capsized in the waters off the Nares Bank in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine Navy confirmed yesterday. “All those aboard the FB Pauline 2 are in good ...
- May 25, 2021
What China fears is democracy
Last Tuesday, Social Weather Stations released the following findings of its new survey of Filipino public opinion about China (SWS July 3-6, 2020 National Mobile Phone Survey—Report No. 3: “Stratbase ADR Institute sponsors ...
- July 18, 2020
Locsin cursing China impolite, but justified
Foreign Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. was not running out of paper for diplomatic protests, but must have been losing patience, when he hurled Monday a curse-laced message at China over its occupation and claim of sovereignty ...
- May 6, 2021
Roque: Time for 'private' diplomacy on Sino vessels
While his defense and foreign secretaries openly fire off strong statements against the incursions by Chinese vessels into the West Philippine Sea, President Duterte will try to iron out the latest diplomatic kink between ...
- April 16, 2021
Indonesia beefs up sea patrols amid China spat
Indonesia is stepping up sea and aerial patrols of islands near the disputed South China Sea, an official said Saturday, following a diplomatic spat over "trespassing" Chinese vessels. Military aircraft and three warships ...
- January 5, 2020
China denies SCS ruling anew: Envoy: ‘Consensus’ reached by Xi, Duterte is to ‘put aside’ arbitral decision
China has underlined its non-recognition of the 2016 international arbitral ruling favoring the Philippines and nullifying Beijing’s nine-dash line claim over nearly all of the South China Sea, only days after President ...
- September 27, 2020
PEZA calls for agro-industrial, aquamarine ecozones on gov't land
The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said 12 million hectares of government land needs to be tapped for agro-industrial and aquamarine economic zones (ecozones), to address the looming food crisis. PEZA Director-General ...
- June 24, 2022
Signature drive asks Rody to retract WPS statements
Retired Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio has started a signature campaign demanding that President Duterte retract his statements deemed detrimental to the country’s sovereignty and sovereign rights in the West Philippine ...
- May 15, 2021