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Sea row tackled at Duterte, Xi meet
While China has continued to downplay the 2016 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) ruling favoring the Philippines’ territorial rights, tension between the two countries have subsided following the ...
- April 27, 2019
Palace leaving increased SCS presence to security agencies
Malacañang is leaving it to security agencies to deal with the reported “massive” presence of Chinese ships in South China Sea areas that are being claimed by the Philippines. A recent article by American think tank Asia ...
- January 15, 2019
FONOPS to counter China in WPS has failed - experts
The United States’ Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPS) in the hotly-disputed West Philippine Sea is a failure, as the approach specifically aimed at countering China’s octopus-like creeping aggression has not altered ...
- October 6, 2019
Lorenzana refutes Carpio's claims on Sandy Cay
The Philippines is still in control of Sandy Cay, contrary to claims by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that it has been taken over by the Chinese, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said yesterday. ...
- July 26, 2019
Panelo tells Chinese ships to go away
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo yesterday said Chinese vessels have no business staying around Philippine-occupied islands in the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea and should leave. "If they continue to ...
- April 11, 2019
Chinese envoy appeals for patience over SCS issues
Amid the territorial dispute in the South China Sea, Beijing's top envoy in Manila stressed China's commitment to peace and stability saying China will not "take the first shot" as it adheres firmly to the policy of a ...
- July 31, 2019
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
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
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
Gov't not neglecting duties in West PHL Sea - Palace
Malacañang on Saturday stressed that the government has not been lax in protecting the maritime environment in areas being claimed by China. "We stress that the essence of such writ of kalikasan, which is the protection ...
- May 6, 2019