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China pushes sea aggression, uses virus aids as camouflage
China is using its aid to other countries in the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent pushback in its continuing aggression in the disputed South China Sea, a maritime law expert said Monday. Beijing is also using other claimant ...
- April 28, 2020
'While pushing for peace in WPS, PH wont't drop sovereignty over it'
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on Tuesday declared that the Philippines wants peace in the South China Sea but rejected any claims that undermine the 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) that ...
- July 12, 2022
Duterte dares, Carpio accepts challenge to debate on WPS
Retired Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday accepted the challenge of President Duterte for a debate on the West Philippine Sea issue, saying he is ready to face the President anytime of the day. “On ...
- May 7, 2021
14 missing in sea collision off Occ. Mindoro
Rescuers were searching Monday for 14 people missing after a local fishing boat collided with a Chinese cargo ship about 15 miles from Paluan town in Occidental Mindoro, authorities said. The boats crashed early Sunday, ...
- June 30, 2020
DOE allows work to resume in WPS; China joint dev't up
Private firms with service contracts in the West Philippine Sea received “resume-to-work” notices from the Department of Energy on Monday, after President Rodrigo Duterte lifted a moratorium on oil and gas exploration in ...
- October 20, 2020
Sino poachers target giant clams in Palawan waters
Chinese poachers are illegally harvesting giant clams in the waters of Pag-asa Islands, recent patrols by the Philippine Coast Guard discovered. The poachers immediately left the area when approached by the Coast Guard, ...
- April 15, 2021
Australia weights in on Chinese boats' intrusion
Australia on Wednesday joined the United States and Japan in expressing concern over Chinese incursions in the West Philippine Sea after Manila protested the presence of more than 200 Chinese vessels moored near the Julian ...
- March 25, 2021
China defends Coast Guard law
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Monday said China's new law authorizing its Coast Guard to shoot foreign vessels sailing through its claimed areas in the disputed South China Sea conforms with international law. The embassy ...
- February 2, 2021
Senators denounce China: File resolution criticizing Chinese incursions, chamber approval up
Eleven senators crossed party lines Monday to file a strongly-worded resolution denouncing the illegal activities of China in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EZZ) and other parts of the West Philippine Sea. In filing ...
- April 27, 2021
DOE vows to safeguard oil and gas resources in WPS
The Department of Energy said Wednesday it is prepared to take steps to protect the rights of service contract holders and preserve the country’s resources in the West Philippine Sea. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said the ...
- April 22, 2021