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PH has sovereign rights over Benham Rise: Justice Carpio
While Benham Rise is not part of Philippine national territory, “we have sovereign rights over it because we have exclusive right to explore and exploit the oil, gas and other mineral resources in the area,” Supreme Court ...
- March 15, 2017
Duterte asking China to explain construction on Scarborough Shoal
President Duterte is seeking an explanation from China on it's reported construction activities on Scarborough Shoal despite an Arbitral Court ruling against China's territorial claims. Scarborough is well within the ...
- September 5, 2016
Rody to ask China for Scarborough fishing access
Days before leaving for a state visit to China, President Duterte yesterday said he would set aside the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal issue for now but vowed to ask the Chinese government to allow Filipinos to fish in the ...
- October 11, 2016
PH to press UN case on disputed sea despite China rejection
The arbitration proceedings that the Philippines has initiated before the United Nations (UN) against China to nullify the latter's "excessive" claims in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) will not stop despite ...
- February 21, 2013
Carpio tells youth: Defend sovereignty
Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio has challenged the youth to join other Filipinos in doing their “solemn civic duty to preserve, protect and defend” Philippine territory and sovereignty. “We must always be on guard and ...
- June 25, 2018
'PCG presence in WPS needed to protect Filipino fishermen'
Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Isagani Zarate called on the Duterte administration yesterday to send Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel to accompany and protect Filipino fishermen in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) or ...
- June 11, 2018
US toughens stand on sea row
It is even “more critical” now for the United States to show support for the Philippines in its dispute with China over the South China Sea region, according to former US Ambassador to the Philippines John Negroponte. ...
- February 5, 2015
Sea credits spark opposition row
While the ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) seems to be falling apart, yet another political turmoil is also crumbling the opposition. The reason? An ongoing feud that cracked the delegation ...
- July 13, 2021
Phl seen backtracking on sea Code of Conduct
The Philippines is slinking from passing an ASEAN-China Code of Conduct in the disputed seas between them. This, when Manila is supposed to lead ASEAN as chair on its 50th year this 2017, an international maritime law ...
- August 23, 2017
China disregarded ASEAN agreement to ease sea tensions, says Aquino
Which administration secured the landmark ruling from an international arbitral court recognizing the Philippines’ sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea? Former President Benigno Aquino III on Monday raised this ...
- June 5, 2018