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EU opposes unilateral action in S. China Sea
The European Union (EU) on Saturday opposed any unilateral actions in the South China Sea (SCS) as it cited the recent swarming of Chinese vessels at the Julian Felipe Reef, an area located within the Philippine exclusive ...
- April 25, 2021
Asean urged: Stand up to China
Beijing is moving toward "de facto control" of the South China Sea, the Philippines warned on Sunday as it called on fellow Southeast Asian countries to stand up to their massive neighbor. China's unabated reclamation in ...
- April 27, 2015
Back to the 'boro'
The “boro,” as Filipino fishermen call it, is back. And hundreds of them have happily returned to their old, rich fishing grounds, coming home with their outrigger boats groaning with the weight of their bountiful catch. ...
- November 1, 2016
Carpio pushes for tripartite pact on Scarborough
Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio said Friday that the Philippines, China, and Vietnam could reach an agreement over what to do about the rich fishing grounds in Scarborough Shoal, noting that a UN tribunal had ruled the ...
- June 16, 2018
Isolate- China bid gains steam
The Philippines will urge all claimant countries to isolate China by declaring their own claims in the South China Sea as protected areas to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, an official said Friday. ...
- August 13, 2016
DFA confronts China envoy
The Department of Foreign Affairs has summoned Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian to protest the presence of Chinese vessels at the Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef in the West Philippines Sea. Acting Foreign Affairs Undersecretary ...
- April 14, 2021
Locsin nixes SCS push with UN: Says PH could lose gains of sea award by raising issue with world body
The Philippines could lose the gains it achieved in the international arbitral ruling on the South China Sea should it push raising the issue before the United Nations General Assembly next month, Foreign Secretary Teodoro ...
- August 30, 2020
China warships no longer straying into Sibutu-AFP
Beijing may have ordered its navy not to stay into Philippines waters after the recent string of sightings of Chinese warships passing unannounced through the Sibutu Strait triggered a series of protests from Manila, a ...
- August 26, 2019
Japan-PH air ‘serious concern’ over South China Sea conflict
Japan and the Philippines agreed to boost security ties in their first foreign and defense ministerial meeting on Saturday, amid worries over China’s increasingly assertive maritime activities. It was the first so-called ...
- April 10, 2022
Captain frets over Rody's quip
The captain of the Philippine fishing boat that was rammed and sunk by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank said Tuesday he was saddened by President Rodrigo Duterte’s description of the incident as “a little maritime accident.” ...
- June 19, 2019