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Defense: No sighting of China ship in WPS
There has been no sighting of any Chinese research vessel near the Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Friday. “Contrary to some published reports regarding ...
- August 14, 2021
China ready to talk with Marcos on oil, gas exploration in WPS
China said it is prepared to revive stalled negotiations on joint oil exploration and development with the Philippines under the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “China stands ready to work ...
- June 26, 2022
Lipstick on a pig
Chinese officials may spout off about cooperation and friendship, but as long as Beijing refuses to recognize our legitimate claims over the West Philippine Sea, Filipinos will continue to regard them with suspicion—and ...
- July 17, 2020
Duterte lauded for sea stand: Allies, critics call it a victory for invoking PH arbitral award before UN
Critics and allies alike of President Rodrigo Duterte praised him Wednesday for invoking before the United Nations General Assembly a 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that struck down China’s excessive ...
- September 24, 2020
China marks all over SCS': Online news service bares Chinese massive claims on disputed areas
China has registered trademarks over hundreds of land features scattered throughout the South China Sea, a move opposed by other claimants to the disputed waters, BenarNews, a Washington-based online news service, reported ...
- April 16, 2021
Fisherfolk take offense over Rody's 'campaign joke'
If President Rodrigo Duterte was just joking about riding a jet ski to islands in the West Philippine Sea to claim it for the country, then he is a joke, a fisherman who asked the would-be Chief Executive about that during ...
- May 13, 2021
PH drops oil, gas talks with China—DFA
The Philippines has abandoned joint oil exploration talks with China amid tensions in the West Philippine Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said. Locsin, in his speech during the 124th anniversary of the ...
- June 24, 2022
Navy defense ship now ready for deployment
The Philippine Navy’s offshore patrol vessel BRP Andres Bonifacio (PS-17) is now ready to perform its territorial defense functions while assigned to the Puerto Princesa, Palawan-based Western Command (Wescom). “She is ...
- July 8, 2022
China says WPS traditional fishing area of Chinese
The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines on Monday said the West Philippine Sea is a “traditional fishing ground” for Chinese fishermen. The embassy made the statement in response to the diplomatic protest filed by the ...
- June 14, 2022
'Rody's remarks at UN meet official policy on WPS row'
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday said President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement at the 75th UN General Assembly on the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award stands “as the supreme expression of foreign policy on the ...
- May 8, 2021