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US, Chinese jets in close encounter over SCS
A Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously within 20 feet (six meters) of a much larger US air force surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea, the US military said Thursday. In the December 21 incident, a Chinese Navy ...
- December 31, 2022
Our rights are assured in oil exploration agreement
Acting Chief Justice Antonio T. Carpio has long been vocal in his opposition to the Duterte administration’s inaction on the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague rejecting China’s claim ...
- November 28, 2018
Malacañang accuses China of violating int'l laws
The Philippine government has accused China of violating international laws with its reported establishment of more airstrips on artificial islands in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Presidential ...
- January 18, 2016
US forcing China to accelerate South China Sea Deployments
China’s top newspaper, decrying Washington as a trouble-maker, said on Monday U.S. moves in the South China Sea like last week’s freedom of navigation operation will only cause China to strengthen its deployments in the ...
- January 23, 2018
House leaders rally behind ‘gentleman’s agreement’ on West Philippine Sea
House leaders rallied behind the proposed “gentleman’s agreement” between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) yesterday to ensure a stable and peaceful West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Eastern ...
- May 22, 2017
South China Sea arms race (1)
If there's anybody to blame for a militarily aggressive Japan, it is nobody else but China.
For the last 70 years, Japan had remained focused on protecting itself. When China unilaterally claimed the entire South China ...
- September 25, 2015
PH, China in best level of friendship
The Philippines has reached “the best of friendship” with China but would still not surrender its territorial claim in the disputed South China Sea, President Duterte declared the other day. The President has pledged to ...
- March 31, 2017
China keeps building islands on disputed sea – report
Tensions over China’s island-building in the South China Sea may have eased in the past year, but Beijing has kept busy. New satellite imagery shows China has built infrastructure covering 72 acres (28 hectares) in the ...
- December 16, 2017
We won't give up claim in West PH Sea - Malacañang
Malacañang reiterated that the government will not give up even a single inch of the country’s territory, including its claims in the disputed portions of the South China Sea. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made the ...
- August 25, 2020
US, PH to hold war games near Spratlys
Philippine and US sailors and Marines will hold bilateral military exercises near the Spratlys Islands amid tensions over territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). The United States will send its ...
- June 19, 2015