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Constitution reserves Phl EEZ to Filipinos
During the 2019 SONA, President Duterte acknowledged our United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) victory against China, and that “[o]ur ownership of the West Philippine Sea is internationally recognized.” ...
- July 24, 2019
No word on Panatag fishermen
It was supposed to be a centerpiece of his mission: President Duterte had said he wanted China to stop preventing Filipinos from fishing in Panatag or Scarborough Shoal. But Duterte and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ...
- October 21, 2016
‘Philippines not giving up territory to China’
The Philippines will not lose even a “single inch” of territory to China if ever it proceeds with its joint exploration deal with the Asian giant, which is claiming almost the entire South China Sea. Foreign Affairs Secretary ...
- July 27, 2017
Lorenzana on SCS survey: No islands to retake from China
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana rejected yesterday insinuations and allegations that President Duterte is guilty of inaction on the issue of the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Reacting to a survey that said nine out of 10 ...
- July 24, 2018
Doublespeak blurs our position on SCS
Was President Duterte informing the United Nations merely for the record, or to lay the basis for an action plan, on the 2016 arbitral award in favor of the Philippines vs China affirming his country’s sovereign rights in ...
- September 29, 2020
Pinoys want China to pay for Phl boat sinking
The Philippine government should take action against the Chinese vessel that sank the boat of Filipino fishermen off the coast of Recto Bank, 34 percent of respondents said in a recent Pulse Asia survey. The latest Ulat ...
- July 27, 2019
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
Phl files 2 more protests vs China over WPS
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has filed two more diplomatic protests against China over its vessels’ continued illegal presence in the West Philippine Sea. “The DFA lodged on April 21 two new diplomatic notes in ...
- April 24, 2021
Cayetano: Duterte’s handling of dispute with China ‘beneficial’
The current diplomatic handling of the territorial dispute with China has benefited the Philippines, unlike the “loud” and “aggressive” approach taken by the previous Aquino administration, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan ...
- June 16, 2018
Phi won't recognize China air restrictions
The Philippines will not recognize restrictions on air and sea travel set by China in the West Philippine Sea, President Aquino said yesterday. “We will still fly the routes that we fly based on international law and the ...
- May 25, 2015