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Phl urged to prepare for worst-case scenario between US, China
The mounting tension between the United States and China over freedom of navigation in the disputed Spratlys archipelago calls for the Philippine government to start preparing for a worst-case scenario, former National ...
- October 11, 2015
China demands US act to improve military ties
China yesterday criticized the United States for flying B-52 bombers in the vicinity of the South China Sea, and demanded that the US take steps to improve military relations amid heightened tensions between the two ...
- September 28, 2018
China on Ayungin incident: Phl boats trespassed
Beijing has defended its coast guard’s driving away with water cannons two Filipino vessels on a resupply mission to a garrison at the Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, saying the boats had trespassed in Chinese waters. “On ...
- November 20, 2021
Friends in deed?
If the Philippines decided to set up an environmental monitoring station on Panatag or Scarborough Shoal, to preserve endangered giant clams and sharks from poachers, how would Beijing react? The United Nations-backed ...
- March 20, 2017
US defense chief visits carrier in disputed sea
In a symbolic swipe at China's muscular moves in the South China Sea, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited an American aircraft carrier in the disputed waterway. Carter, who was in Malaysia for two days of talks with ...
- November 6, 2015
China begins daily civil flights to SCS outpost
China has begun daily civilian charter flights to Woody Island in the disputed South China Sea after having approved the airport there for civil operations, state news agency Xinhua said yesterday. China claims almost all ...
- December 23, 2016
Foreigners barred from Phl Rise, unless with Pinoys
Just after the Chinese had completed their “scientific research” in Benham Rise or Philippine Rise, President Duterte ordered similar foreign endeavors in the area stopped and for new ones to secure permit from the national ...
- February 7, 2018
'China has shown great restraint in south china sea'
China has shown “great restraint” in the South China Sea by not seizing islands occupied by other countries even though it could have, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday ahead of two regional summits where the ...
- November 18, 2015
Conflict in South China Sea again?
The pandemic is at the center of public attention because it is the most relevant among current threats to the Philippines. There are, however, other issues that will ultimately become a serious threat if our leaders do ...
- July 16, 2020
Possibility of war in SCS 'totally remote' - Locsin
President Duterte may have repeatedly warned that raising the arbitral ruling favoring the Philippine claim in the South China Sea may lead to a war with China. But for Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., the ...
- September 30, 2019