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PH asserts WPS presence: Coast Guard activates drills to secure 'maritime jurisdiction' over vast areas
The Philippine Coast Guard is conducting drills in the South China Sea that an official said Sunday were part of efforts to secure the country's “maritime jurisdiction” over the disputed waters. The exercises near the ...
- April 26, 2021
China ‘trespassing’ in WPS
The Philippines on Thursday rejected China’s demand that it remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre ship from the Ayungin Shoal, saying it was the Chinese who were trespassers in the West Philippine Sea. The statement came ...
- November 26, 2021
'Pointed' demarche needed for China 'incursion'
The reported pursuit of a Filipino boat by two Chinese militia vessels in the West Philippine Sea last week “squarely calls for a demarche that is direct, purposeful and pointed” as the move was “tantamount to territorial ...
- April 11, 2021
Locsin junks 'verbal deal' with China
President Rodrigo Duterte’s purported verbal agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping allowing Chinese fishermen to fish within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone cannot be implemented, Foreign Affairs Secretary ...
- July 4, 2019
DFA vows daily diplomatic protests till China boats leave PH reef
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday vowed to file daily diplomatic protests against China unless all Chinese vessels leave the Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea. “Firing another diplomatic protest. ...
- April 8, 2021
PH says Hague ruling binding; Chinese envoy wants it voided
Malacanang said Wednesday “no one can diminish” the 5-year-old arbitral award that junked Beijing’s sweeping maritime claims to the West Philippine Sea, despite China’s recent remark that the award was a piece of “wastepaper." ...
- July 15, 2021
Ph files news protest vs. China, this time over moves in Ayungin Shoal
The Philippines has filed another diplomatic protest against China—the second this week, over its activities in the West Philippine Sea, this time in the Ayungin Shoal.The Department of Foreign Affairs said Chinese Coast ...
- June 12, 2022
‘Scarborough is ours’
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said he made it clear to Chinese President Xi Jinping that Scarborough Shoal belongs to the Philippines, amid earlier reports that the issue was put on the backburner during his state ...
- October 24, 2016
Mindoro giving Gensan a run for its money
Facing the fish-rich West Philippine Sea, this part of the island province holds a candle to General Santos City. "There's a great potential for Occidental Mindoro, particularly Mamburao, to be the net tuna capital," said ...
- October 12, 2012
Singapore says it takes no sides in sea disputes
The Singaporean government on Tuesday rebuffed Manila after Philippine newspapers reported that its prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, supported the Philippines' claim to the South China Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman K ...
- September 12, 2012