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Island defense buildup targets no one-China
China said Wednesday that the defense facilities it has built on the disputed Kagitingan Reef in the West Philippine Sea are not directed at any country. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lu Kang made this ...
- January 11, 2018
PH turn Scarborough into a 'no- fishing zone'
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will soon issue an executive order making the lagoon portion of Scarborough Shoal a “marine sanctuary and no-fishing zone,” which is now being guarded by Chinese Coast Guard ships, officials said ...
- November 22, 2016
India, Iran looking to resolve issue on oil tanker 'pollution'
New Delhi and Tehran were Saturday working to resolve a dispute over the detention of an Indian oil tanker by Iranian naval guards for allegedly polluting sea waters in the Persian Gulf. The Indian government-owned MT Desh ...
- August 18, 2013
China warns vs cradle of war
China warned its rivals Wednesday against turning the South China Sea into a "cradle of war" and threatened to establish an air defense zone there, after its claims to the strategically vital waters were declared invalid. ...
- July 14, 2016
DFA protests return of over 100 Chinese vessels in WPS
Manila lodged a fresh diplomatic protest against Beijing over the swarming of over 100 Chinese vessels in Julian Felipe Reef. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the unauthorized presence of Chinese vessels in the Julian ...
- June 10, 2022
'China fired flares at PH sea patrols in June'
China has fired flares to repel Philippine patrol ships in the West Philippine Sea on at least five instances in June, the military’s Western Mindanao Command said Friday. WestMinCom’s Lt. Col. Bill Pasia, in an online ...
- August 21, 2021
Rody backs China buildup in WP Sea
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday suggested in jest that China make the Philippines a province as he defended China’s construction of military structures on the contested Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef in the South China ...
- February 20, 2018
Probes shooting of Filipino boat
China has said it will look into reports that Filipino fishermen have been driven away allegedly by the Chinese Coast Guard from Union Bank in the South China Sea, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday. ”I ...
- April 23, 2017
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
Waste-dumping in WPS not true, says Lorenzana
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday the dumping of waste in the West Philippine Sea as reported by an American think tank is untrue. “The reported dumping of waste in the WPS is not true. That photo is from the ...
- July 14, 2021