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Phl, China convene steering committee on joint exploration
The Philippines and China have officially convened an intergovernmental steering committee that will supervise projects under the two nations’ joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea. The Department of ...
- October 31, 2019
How much will China fish under Duterte deal, Carpio
President Duterte allowed the Chinese to fish in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. A “verbal agreement” with President Xi Jinping was made in 2016. Duterte disclosed it only in 2019. That was after a Chinese ...
- April 30, 2021
Phl, China to hold direct talks on SCS
The Philippines and China will hold direct talks on their maritime dispute in May, Filipino officials said yesterday, as President Duterte seeks stronger economic ties with Beijing. China has invited officials of the ...
- March 30, 2017
Duterte won't withdraw Phl ships from WPS
President Duterte has rejected a call from China to withdraw ships from waters around Pag-asa Island, saying Philippine vessels will “not move an inch backward” even at the cost of his life or his friendship with Beijing. ...
- May 15, 2021
Roque says some Duterte language on WPS 'not accurate'
President Duterte may have used “inaccurate” language in discussing the country’s maritime row with China, but his views on the issue have been consistent, his spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said yesterday. Roque said when the ...
- May 18, 2021
SC's Carpio insists protests vs China incursions must continue
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has renewed his call for the Duterte administration to file new protests against China for its incursions in waters within Philippine territory. Carpio argued that filing of protests ...
- December 12, 2018
China unfazed by US bomber trip over S. China Sea
No military ship or aircraft can scare China away from its resolve to protect its territory, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday after two U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers were reported to have flown near disputed islands ...
- June 7, 2018
US to China: stop provocative acts in SCS
On the sixth anniversary of the arbitral ruling invalidating China’s massive claim in the South China Sea on Tuesday, July 12, the United States called on Beijing to stop its provocative acts in the region and reaffirmed ...
- July 13, 2022
Phl slams China unilateral fishing ban in SCS
The Philippines denounced China’s unilateral fishing moratorium in the South China Sea under China’s new Coast Guard Law that can curtail and put at risk the legitimate rights of Filipino fishermen to fish in Philippine ...
- May 20, 2021
DND: MDT can't force China out of WPS
The Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Philippines and the US cannot be used to drive away or force Chinese vessels out of the West Philippine Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana clarified yesterday. Lorenzana ...
- April 22, 2021