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'Multilateral approach needed vs China tactics'
The government should now consider a “multilateral approach” to dealing with China’s “bullying” at sea, underlined on Sunday by the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel, which hurriedly sailed away without ...
- June 14, 2019
Asean airs concern on new China sea law
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has expressed concern over recent developments in the South China Sea, after China imposed a controversial new fisheries law requiring all foreign vessels to obtain approval ...
- January 20, 2014
Phl seeks gentleman's agreement on sea code
With no legally binding mechanism to enforce any deal on the South China Sea dispute, China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) may, in the meantime, settle for a “gentleman’s agreement” to prevent war ...
- May 20, 2017
DFA denies dropping Phl claim to Sabah
The Philippines has never offered to drop its Sabah claim in exchange for Malaysia’s support for Manila’s arbitration case against China over the West Philippine Sea issue, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said ...
- March 31, 2015
Situation in South China Sea stable, says Beijing
With China’s massive and nearly completed reclamation and infrastructure development activities in the South China Sea, Beijing on Friday said the situation in the disputed territory is “stable.” Chinese Foreign Ministry ...
- February 1, 2015
Phl turns up heat on China over boats in WPS
The Philippines filed another diplomatic protest against Beijing – its second in two weeks – over the continued swarming of Chinese ships around Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef, and vowed to file more “for every day of delay” ...
- April 6, 2021
Phl free to rescind oil deal with China
The Philippines is free to walk out of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on joint oil and gas development with China if the contents of the document would be found to be against national interests, Malacañang said ...
- November 23, 2018
Lorenzana: China encroaching on Phl waters
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana countered China’s latest claims of sovereignty over islands and features in the West Philippine Sea yesterday, emphasizing that it is the Chinese who are encroaching on Philippine waters. ...
- April 29, 2021
AFP chief 'alarmed' at a new China coast guard law
Newly installed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said he finds “very alarming” the new Chinese law allowing its coast guard to fire at perceived intruders in what China considers its ...
- February 10, 2021
US vows continued presence in South China Sea
The US will continue to operate in the South China Sea (SCS) to ensure prosperity for all nations in the region, the United States Indo-Pacific Command said. Admiral John Aquilino, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, ...
- August 9, 2021