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Fisheries to acquire 100 new patrol boats
The Philippines is buying nearly 100 new patrol boats to protect its fisheries, an official said Monday, in a substantial expansion from its current fleet of 20 as it responds to poaching by Chinese and Taiwanese vessels. ...
- June 23, 2015
Xi jilts Duterte on sea claim: Won't accept PH win in The Hague
Beijing told visiting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte that its position on the South China Sea was not up for negotiation, a spokesman for the leader said Friday. China claims most of the contested sea, including ...
- August 31, 2019
‘Bring China to court’: Carpio prods Philippines to protest Sino bullying of Pinoy fishermen
Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio on Friday said the Philippines could use video of the Chinese Coast Guard apparently raiding Filipino fishermen’s catch in Scarborough Shoal, inside the country’s exclusive economic zone, ...
- June 9, 2018
China ships free to enter Panatag if...
To avoid further escalating tensions in the region, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said Manila would allow Beijing to conduct innocent passage within the disputed Scarborough Shoal after the Chinese assured him that ...
- March 24, 2017
Incoming AFP chief well-versed in Chinese incursions in WPS
President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen Army commander Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana as the next chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to succeed General Gilbert Gapay, Malacanang said. “We are confident that General ...
- January 28, 2021
PH, China score each other's sea claims tack
Speaking at separate venues, Chinese Ambassador to Manila Zhao Jianhua and Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario presented contrasting positions on the long-standing territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Late ...
- October 1, 2014
Manila told to improve sea security
An Australian delegate said on Wednesday that the Philippines and other claimants to the West Philippine Sea or South China Sea against China should strengthen their maritime capabilities because the dispute could possibly ...
- October 4, 2012
Vietnam activists thank Philippines
Activists in Vietnam held a brief rally outside the Philippine Embassy in Hanoi Sunday, holding up a banner that said “Thank you Philippines. You have a brave government.” The group was part of demonstrations in the ...
- July 18, 2016
US, China warships in near clash
A not so prominently played up news item was a near clash between Chinese and American warships in the South China Sea last Monday. First reported by the New Times and confirmed by the Chinese foreign ministry was an ...
- May 30, 2018
PH verifying ‘harassment’ in WPS
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday ordered the military to validate a report of Kalayaan Mayor Roberto del Mundo who claimed that Filipino fishermen were being harassed by the Chinese in a sandbar near Pag-asa ...
- March 7, 2019