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Ex-DFA chief: Phl should present SCS ruling before UN
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly next week will be an excellent opportunity for the country to seek the help of the international community in compelling China to comply with the 2016 ruling of an arbitral ...
- September 18, 2019
DFA chief wants gov't to ‘put aside’ claim on West PH Sea
The Philippines is willing to “put aside” its sovereign rights over the West Philippine Sea as it eyes a possible “60-40” joint development with China along the disputed waters, Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said ...
- August 9, 2018
PH blasts China's law on SCS
The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China over its law authorizing its coast guard to shoot foreign vessels in areas it claims in the disputed South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin ...
- January 28, 2021
Carpio: China’s naming of sea features doesn’t mean sovereignty
China’s naming of features in the South China Sea, including islands in the Philippine-held Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), does not matter since names of the geologic features do not determine sovereignty, retired Supreme ...
- May 8, 2020
Joint naval patrols by PH, neighbors urged
The Philippines should take a bold step in defending its sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea by encouraging neighboring states to conduct with it joint freedom of navigation patrols in the hotly contested South China ...
- August 6, 2018
US to keep confronting Beijing in S. China Sea - Mattis
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed Tuesday that the US would keep confronting China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where Beijing has established a significant military presence on contested islands. ...
- May 31, 2018
US defense chief to cruise near disputed areas
US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and his Malaysian counterpart will cruise on the USS Theodore Roosevelt today, a US defense official said, for a voyage likely to highlight tension over rival claims in the South China ...
- November 5, 2015
China: Keep ‘Balikatan’ drills off our ‘interests’ in SCS
As the largest-ever military exercises between the Philippines and the United States got under way, China on Wednesday said these activities should not interfere in its “interests” in the South China Sea (SCS), over which ...
- April 13, 2023
US warship cruises near Sino outpost in West PH Sea
A United States Navy guided-missile destroyer cruised near a Chinese man-made military outpost in the West Philippine Sea on Monday, drawing condemnation from China, which described the warship’s entry into the waters as ...
- April 11, 2023
House panel OK's bill protecting areas of 'West Philippine Sea'
A Philippine House of Representatives committee on Wednesday approved a bill that seeks to declare parts of the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea protected zones. The House committee on natural ...
- January 26, 2023