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Phl, China back on ‘right track’ on sea row
A year after an international tribunal ruled in favor of the Philippines in its case against China’s massive maritime claims, the two countries are now back on the “right track” in peacefully resolving their dispute. On ...
- July 14, 2017
Japan not joining US patrols in disputed seas
Japan is not joining the United States’ “freedom of navigation” operations in the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea but supports the superpower’s endeavor to achieve peace and security in the region, Japanese ...
- November 18, 2015
G7 urges compliance with UN ruling on sea row
Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations have issued a joint communiqué calling for the implementation of a ruling by a UN-backed arbitral court invalidating China’s expansive claims in the South ...
- April 20, 2017
China-claimed reef rises from obscurity
Zamora (Subi) Reef, once recognizable from a distance with only a small bunker and a lighthouse, is now highly visible from the Philippines’ Pag-Asa island as China begins building large structures on what is now an ...
- June 18, 2015
Palace hits 'hardline' critics on WPS
Malacañang yesterday accused retired Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio and former foreign secretary Albert del Rosario of pushing for “hardline all-or-nothing” policies on the West Philippine Sea that are “dangerous and ...
- May 3, 2021
220 Chinese vessels swarm Phl reef in WPS
About 220 Chinese maritime militia vessels were spotted within the West Philippine Sea earlier this month, according to the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), prompting the Philippines to file a ...
- March 22, 2021
Chinese ship fires flares at PAF plane over Kalayaan
A Chinese frigate fired illumination rounds or flares at a Philippine Air Force (PAF) plane on reconnaissance patrol over the country’s Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the disputed Spratlys last Sunday. Top defense and ...
- April 24, 2015
Phl protects 'illegal' presence of Chinese ships around Pag-asa
With hundreds of Chinese vessels swarming around Pag-asa Island, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is calling China’s attention to their “illegal” presence and “clear violation” of Philippine sovereignty. “The presence ...
- April 5, 2019
Palace : Rody has made stand on SCS ruling
President Duterte has made clear his stand that the 2016 Philippine victory in the arbitral ruling against China cannot be undermined by any other government, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque ...
- July 15, 2021
China out to occupy other WPS features - DND chief
China’s maritime militia vessels lingering in Julian Felipe Reef and the claim that the territory forms part of its Nansha Islands show Chinese intent to occupy the area in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Defense Secretary ...
- April 5, 2021