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Sea row sparks renewed talks between govt, Reds
The “common ground” that the government and the Philippine Left stand on regarding the country’s territorial rights over disputed islands in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) is a promising sign that peace talks ...
- July 13, 2015
Palace: We'll get back SCS islands
Saying only the Philippines can legally build on territories in the disputed South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), Malacañang said China will have to return someday what belongs to the country. In an interview aired on ...
- February 9, 2018
AFP completes resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal
The Western Command (Wescom) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Sunday said that they were able to complete another resupply mission to the troops manning the BRP Sierra Madre grounded in the Ayungin Shoal, ...
- December 19, 2022
Managing complicated relationship with China
To say that bilateral relations with China is complicated would be an understatement, given the escalating tension in the West Philippine Sea. But as we have said before, we should not demonize China. Our relationship with ...
- April 18, 2021
Drop the humbug, focus on national and strategic interest
The nation will find a resolution of the Recto (Reed) Bank incident faster if it drops much of the posturing and humbug that some of our countrymen are spewing nonstop, and focus its attention instead on national and ...
- June 24, 2019
Chinese maritime militia invasion a hoax; Duterte should fire Lorenzana and Locsin
A month after the hysterics, sadly participated in by our own Defense and Foreign Affairs secretaries, the so-called “intrusion” by 200 Chinese “maritime militia in our territory” is turning out to be a hoax. It is a hoax ...
- April 23, 2021
Arbitration ruling opened us to Chinese or Vietnamese military aggression in South China Sea
It is sickening for the previous Yellow regime, especially its Foreign secretary Albert del Rosario, and just recently President Rodrigo Duterte’s present Defense and Foreign Affairs secretaries to be flag-waving in claiming ...
- July 20, 2020
China damaged reefs in disputed sea - US official
The United States will work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and other countries with claims to the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) to address the colossal destruction perpetuated by China on ...
- March 30, 2016
Obama warns China: Don't 'throw elbows'
US President Barack Obama on Monday weighed in on territorial disputes in the South China Sea, urging regional powers, particularly China, to respect the law and stop "throwing elbows." As several Asian regional powers ...
- June 3, 2015
Overcoming orchestrated conflicts in South China Sea
The Whitsun Reef, known in the Philippines as the Julian Felipe Reef, is part of the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. In Manila, the reef narrative has been promoted, particularly by that part of local ...
- April 12, 2021