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China sets war games in disputed sea
A joint statement of the Asean-Australia Special Summit signed by member heads of state aired the strongest position against aggressive acts in the South China Sea.
The group reaffirmed “the importance of maintaining and ...
- March 24, 2018
'China mulls granting Phl access to disputed shoal'
China is considering a “wholesale” deal that will grant Philippine fishing vessels access to disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal waters in the South China Sea, an influential Chinese academic and government adviser said ...
- November 26, 2016
Oceana sues gov't over vessel monitoring system
Oceana Philippines is set to sue the government for failure to install vessel monitoring for all commercial fishing vessels. The company said it would proceed with its plan to file a continuing mandamus against the Department ...
- October 21, 2018
Philippines warns it could seek us help amid feud with China
The Philippines could seek the help of the United States, with which it has a mutual defense treaty, to protect its interests in the South China Sea, Manila’s defense department said Thursday, April 8, in a veiled threat ...
- April 11, 2021
Heed the world-wide call vs plastic pollution
The Philippines joined a worldwide call to end plastic pollution as it marked this April the first anniversary of its accession to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The country became the 138th state party to the Paris ...
- May 13, 2018
Locsin recommends ending contracts with Chinese firms involved in South China Sea
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin, Jr. will recommend the cancellation of local contracts with Chinese firms found to be behind incursions in the South China Sea. Locsin said in an ...
- August 29, 2020
Panelo on China deal: I'm echoing the President position
Regardless of the opinion of others on the maritime dispute in the West Philippine Sea, including Cabinet members, the Duterte administration has only one stand, and that is the stand of President Dterte, Chief Presidential ...
- July 5, 2019
Philippines leads the way in ‘9-dash-line’ dispute vs China
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is set to forge ahead with finishing the Code of Conduct with China over the South China Sea (SCS) by 2021. Vietnam’s goal for ASEAN to arrive at an agreement with China ...
- May 20, 2020
China goes unconventional in escalating South China Sea face-off
In early December, a flotilla of two dozen Chinese fishing boats and escort warships sailed to here the disputed Filipino-occupied reef of Thitu. By the end of the month, Beijing had almost 100 vessels in and around the ...
- April 15, 2019
DOST backs devt program from PH fishery sector
The Department of Science and Technology and the National Academy of Science and Technology Philippines have teamed up in adopting Sustainable Development Goals to provide the much-needed enhancement programs for the ...
- May 28, 2017