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VFA up for renegotiation; Rody gags officials on WPS
The Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the US is up for renegotiation, President Duterte said, as he maintained that his administration has veered away from a proWest foreign policy to avoid “trouble.” At a meeting of ...
- May 19, 2021
Phl, US defense chiefs to meet on sea dispute
As US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Regan began its journey to Asian waters amid China’s power flexing in the region, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin would try to hear directly from his US counterpart how far America is ...
- May 27, 2015
Arbitral ruling a piece of paper to be thrown away'
The arbitral decision on the South China Sea row that favored the Philippines is just a piece of paper that can be thrown in the wastebasket, President Duterte said on Wednesday, insisting that he did what he could to ...
- May 7, 2021
Phl sending Coast Guard, BFRA ships to reef
To avoid being accused of provocation by Beijing, the military will not send naval ships to the Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) now being swarmed by Chinese vessels and instead just let Philippine Coast ...
- March 30, 2021
China ships still guard shoal as Pinoys return
Chinese Coast Guard ships are still guarding Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, although they have allowed Filipinos to fish “unmolested” for the first time in years, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and National Security ...
- October 31, 2016
Carpio to Senate: Act now on fish deal
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio is calling on the Senate to review the agreement forged by President Duterte with Chinese President Xi Jinping that allows Chinese fishermen to trawl inside the country’s exclusive ...
- July 24, 2019
Phl bans foreign marine survey ships
As reports of alleged presence of Chinese survey ships in Philippine waters sparked security concerns among the public and the military, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said he will ”universalize” the ban on ...
- August 13, 2019
Report: China's artificial islands now weaponized
China's artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea are now heavily fortified, according to Washington-based think tank Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI). The Department of National Defense (DND), raising ...
- December 16, 2016
287 Chinese militia ships still in WPS
Despite increased patrols and the filing of multiple diplomatic protests, some 287 Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels remain scattered all over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and the South China Sea, both within and ...
- May 13, 2021
Phl seeks substantive US support on sea row
The United States wants to deploy advanced air and naval equipment to the Philippines, which is seeking “substantive support” from its long-time ally amid China’s massive reclamation activities in the West Philippine Sea. ...
- April 16, 2015