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Frenemies
Critics of President Duterte’s China policy ask him to copy Vietnam, probably imagining that country is constantly screeching and whining and confronting the regional superpower. It is true that Vietnam and China have come ...
- July 27, 2019
SC to nat'l gov't: Protect WPS marine environment
Supreme Court (SC) has granted a petition of fishermen and a group of lawyers for the issuance of a Writ of Kalikasan directing the government to actively protect the West Philippine Sea and stop the degradation of itd ...
- May 4, 2019
Losing hearts and minds
As countries scramble to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, some governments are still finding time for other pursuits. Last week, the Philippine government ...
- April 30, 2020
Phl fishing boat was rammed - Navy chief
What made a Chinese vessel come into contact with a Filipino fishing boat and cause it to sink at midnight on Sunday in Recto Bank was no accident but a deliberate maneuver to ram the smaller craft, Philippine Navy chief ...
- June 15, 2019
DFA launches information campaign on West Phi Sea
The government has launched the second part of a documentary on the West Philippine Sea dispute aimed at further raising local and international awareness of the issue. The documentary is also intended to help rekindle ...
- June 24, 2015
Rody plans to visit Benham Rise next week
President Duterte is planning to go to the Philippine Rise next week to assert the country’s ownership of the maritime area. Duterte, who has been accused of selling out the Philippines’ maritime interests in exchange for ...
- April 28, 2018
Duterte, Xi to plug holes in fishing deal?
Before the Duterte-Xi “verbal” fishing deal gets the Philippine president into trouble with the Constitution, he will have a chance to plug the loopholes in the agreement when he meets China’s paramount leader in Beijing ...
- August 8, 2019
China wants naval drills with Southeast Asia in S. China Sea
China’s defense minister said on Friday that he is willing to hold joint drills in the disputed South China Sea with Southeast Asian countries, covering accidental encounters and search and rescue, striking a conciliatory ...
- October 17, 2015
Constitution reserves Phl EEZ to Filipinos
During the 2019 SONA, President Duterte acknowledged our United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) victory against China, and that “[o]ur ownership of the West Philippine Sea is internationally recognized.” ...
- July 24, 2019
No word on Panatag fishermen
It was supposed to be a centerpiece of his mission: President Duterte had said he wanted China to stop preventing Filipinos from fishing in Panatag or Scarborough Shoal. But Duterte and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ...
- October 21, 2016