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PH asserts sovereignty over Benham Rise
The Philippine government has expressed concern over the intrusion of a Chinese ship into Benham Rise and pledged to continue to assert the country's ownership over the area. The DFA is currently studying and consulting ...
- March 11, 2017
They're back to Scarborough
Malacanang said China appears to have stopped blocking Filipino fishermen from approaching the disputed Scarborough Shoal off Zambales province, handing a potential victory to President Duterte following his visit to Beijing ...
- October 30, 2016
Another US sail-by, another China protest
Two United States guided-missile destroyers – the USS Spruance and the USS Preble — sailed into the South China Sea last Monday, close to the Spratly island group near Palawan. The sail-bys were, as expected, immediately ...
- February 16, 2019
Plan to protect Benham Rise urged
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is calling on the Duterte administration to come up with a comprehensive strategy to protect Benham Rise from foreign incursion. Recto was reacting to reports of a Chinese survey ...
- March 13, 2017
8 of 10 Pinoys for asserting rights in West Philippine Sea
Eight of 10 Filipinos still think that the government should continue asserting its rights in the disputed West Philippine Sea, the latest. Pulse Asia survey showed Friday, even with President Duterte warming up the country’s ...
- January 28, 2017
UN favors peaceful settlement of PH-China Sea territorial row
The Philippines found an ally in no less than the United Nations (UN) in its quest to find a "peaceful and amicable" resolution to the ongoing maritime spat between the Philippines and China over the West Philippine Sea ...
- February 22, 2013
House assures passage of law on archipelagic sea lanes
The House of Representatives has assured approval on final reading of the measure establishing the country’s archipelagic sea lanes in the wake of continued failure of diplomatic negotiations to resolve the territorial ...
- March 30, 2015
PH exclusive economic zone open to Chinses fishermen - Duterte
The Philippine government is inclined to “tolerate” the fishing of Chinese vessels in the country’s territorial waters and does not consider such gesture as treason. President Duterte has invoked the country’s friendly ...
- June 26, 2019
Locsin: PH won't be a 'subject' of China
Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. has given an assurance that the Philippines will not be a subject of China despite the ongoing tension in the West Philippine Sea. Locsin made the statement after former US Secretary of ...
- April 18, 2021
2 Chinese ships spotted doing 'surveillance' on Recto Bank - PH Navy
Two Chinese ships have been conducting surveillance operations on Recto (Reed) Bank in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) for at least a week now without prior coordination from the government, the Philippine Navy (PN) confirmed. ...
- August 12, 2020