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Del Rosario disputes Palace stand on WPS row
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said the Palace statement that bringing the country's maritime disputes with China before the United Nations is a futile exercise. Del Rosario made the statement in ...
- September 21, 2019
Du30: Intrusive foreign ships face 'unfriendly' PH response
President Duterte has warned of "unfriendly" treatment for foreign vessels traveling in Philippine territorial waters without permission, in a rare swipe at China's use of warships in the country's southern waters without ...
- August 21, 2019
Strategy to enforce the Arbitral Ruling
There is an overwhelming majority of Filipinos who are unwavering in their desire to see the administration assert our country’s rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), despite some confusing statements from the office ...
- May 18, 2021
Landmark ruling upholds Unclos as charter of oceans
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday lauded the landmark decision rendered by an international tribunal at The Hague that invalidated China’s massive claims on the South China Sea, including the ...
- July 13, 2016
CBCP seeks divine help to protect PH in sea row
Filipino bishops called on the nation Monday to storm the heavens with prayers for the protection of the Philippines and a peaceful resolution of the country’s territorial dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea. The ...
- July 14, 2015
PH urges more focus on Spratlys
The Philippine government called on the US government to urgently give more focus to recent developments in the South China Sea and provide substance to its Asia re-balance policy. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del ...
- May 15, 2015
PCA arbitral ruling consigned to limbo
The Philippines and China effectively consigned to limbo on Thursday the UNCLOS-based arbitral ruling in 2016 on their maritime disputes, and moved to explore instead a wider Code of Conduct for resolving conflicts in the ...
- September 1, 2019
Manila, Beijing soft pedal on Sino vessels in WP Sea
Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jinhua and Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday downplayed the supposed presence of Chinese vessels in the West Philippines Sea as disclosed by Magdalo Party-List Rep. Gary ...
- October 6, 2017
The Hague tribunal: ramifications of ruling
Last week’s ruling of an UNCLOS tribunal on the South China Sea dispute has two distinct but related ramifications. The first deals with the rights to the resources of the South China Sea among the coastal states, and the ...
- July 21, 2016
US defies China's warning on WPS dispute
There’s no stopping the United States from conducting freedom of navigation operations in the disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea. US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim said the US is concerned over China’s ...
- May 4, 2018