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PH pushing for completion of SCS Code of Conduct at ASEAN summit
The Philippines is pushing for the completion of the framework for a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (SCS) to ease the tension over clashing claims in the area during its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast ...
- January 6, 2017
Filipinos need not seek China fish permit-palace
Malacañang yesterday said Filipino fishermen need not ask permission from Chinese regional authorities to fish in the high seas and most especially within the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ). Deputy presidential ...
- January 12, 2014
China, PH discuss joint South China Sea projects
Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was in Beijing on Wednesday for talks on possible joint development projects in the South China Sea amid signs of an easing of tensions in the disputed waterway. Cayetano was scheduled ...
- March 22, 2018
Thwart use of force in South China Sea
With regional prosperity supposedly under threat, President Aquino has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to thwart China or any nation from using force or threat to assert its claim in the disputed ...
- November 22, 2015
China won't occupy Spratlys
China on Thursday, Dec. 22, said it will not occupy nor reclaim uninhabited islands and reefs of the Spratly Islands as it maintained it “always abides” by a declaration it agreed on with Southeast Asian countries. Mao ...
- December 23, 2022
Filipinos can freely fish in ‘Panatag’ – Chinese envoy
Filipinos are still allowed to freely fish in Panatag Shoal based on a friendly arrangement between the Philippines and China, a Chinese diplomat said Tuesday. Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua made the ...
- June 13, 2018
ASEAN to focus on members' sea dispute with China
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN) will intensify efforts towards achieving the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea ( DOC) and work vigorously ...
- January 30, 2015
Reclamation on Mabini reef
The DFA said China was reclaiming land on the disputed reef and appeared to be building an airstrip. The DFA spokesman told Reuters that China has been moving earth and materials to Mabini Reef in the Spratlys and reclaiming ...
- May 16, 2014
DFA won't protest China's coast guard law
The Philippines will not raise the issue of China’s controversial new Coast Guard law before The Hague or any international tribunal, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said, adding that the arbitral award in 2016 ...
- February 14, 2021
Gov't denies 'inaction' on China sea dispute
The Duterte administration is not guilty of inaction in addressing the country's West Philippine Sea, Malacañang insisted on Monday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque assured the public that the government continues ...
- July 17, 2018