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US Navy presence meant to stop China
China has asked the United States to withdraw out of the South China Sea even as the warship USS Lassen, a guided-missile destroyer, plows the sea near the disputed Spratly archipelago. The ship is on a mission to cruise ...
- October 29, 2015
US: China most flagrant UNCLOS violator
A United States official has accused China of being the most “flagrant” violator of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), with an “intensifying” bullying pattern evident in the South China Sea and ...
- September 7, 2020
New AFP chief mum on West PH Sea Dispute
The newly installed Armed Forces chief, Lieutenant General Hernando Iriberri, refused to speak up on the territorial dispute over the West Philippine Sea. Iriberri said he prefers not to talk about the issue since the ...
- July 13, 2015
US to keep confronting Beijing in SCS
The United States will continue to confront China’s militarization of man-made islands in the South China Sea, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday, arguing that Beijing hasn’t abided by its promise not to put weapons ...
- May 31, 2018
Kalayaan mayor urges PH fishers to defy China.
The mayor of Kalayaan town, in the Spratlys, on Friday said he would encourage Filipino fishermen to ignore China’s new rules that require foreign fishermen to seek permission from Chinese regional authorities before ...
- January 11, 2014
Duterte condemns Ayungin incident
We abhor the recent event in the Ayungin Shoal and view with grave concern other similar developments. This does not speak well of the relations between our nations and ours partnership. President Duterte stressed this as ...
- November 23, 2021
No need to be nasty, Rody tells Chinese patrols
With the Philippines and China supposedly friends, the Chinese military does not have to be “nasty” by threatening Filipinos conducting maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea especially around the Spratlys where the ...
- August 19, 2018
Duterte seeks to affirm Asean code of conduct
Despite Beijing’s plans to build monitoring stations in the South China Sea, President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday vowed to finish within the Philippine chairmanship the final crafting of a framework for a legally binding ...
- March 22, 2017
Expect more joint SCS patrols, US says ahead of summits
More joint patrols can be expected in the South China Sea after drills by the United States, Australia, the Philippines and Japan last weekend, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday, ahead of U.S. ...
- April 11, 2024
Taiwan warns of Chinese bases near its South China Sea holding
Taiwan's foreign minister said on Wednesday that China has built "enormous" military bases on three islands surrounding Taiwan's main holding in the South China Sea, but Taipei is not looking to further escalate tensions ...
- March 21, 2024