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Philippines warns it could seek us help amid feud with China
The Philippines could seek the help of the United States, with which it has a mutual defense treaty, to protect its interests in the South China Sea, Manila’s defense department said Thursday, April 8, in a veiled threat ...
- April 11, 2021
US ibinasura ang Chinese claims sa South China Sea
Diretsahang ibinasura ng administrasyon ni President Donald Trump ang halos lahat ng mga pangaangkin ng Beijing sa South China Sea. Sa dating U.S. policy, iginigiit na ang maritime disputes sa pagitan ng China at mas ...
- July 15, 2020
Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill from grounded ship
Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves Saturday to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tons of fuel leaking from a grounded ship put endangered ...
- August 10, 2020
China denies incursion as 200 ships dock at Phil reef
Bad weather prompted more than 200 Chinese fishing vessels to anchor at a reef claimed by the Philippines, Beijing said on Monday (Mar 22), sidestepping accusations from Manila of a move by China's vast South China Sea ...
- March 23, 2021
Philippines protests China’s sea claim, weapon pointing
The Philippines has protested China’s declaration that a Manila-claimed region in the disputed South China Sea is Chinese territory, and its aiming of weapons control radar at a Philippine navy ship, the country’s top ...
- April 24, 2020
Chinese ship waste endangering reefs
Swarns of Chinese vessels have dumped human waste and wastewater for years in a disputed area of the South China Sea, causing algae blooms that have damaged coral reefs and threatened fish in an unfolding catastrophe, a ...
- July 14, 2021
PHL says 200 Chinese ships at disputed reef
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said on Sunday that eight Chinese fishing vessels were spotted in the Pagasa Island area last week just as the government reported the presence of at least 220 Chinese ...
- March 22, 2021
Safety of Fukushima waste water focus of sea release debate
Inside a giant decontamination facility at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant, workers in hazmat suits monitor radioactive water pumped from three damaged reactors, making sure it’s adequately — though not completely ...
- March 17, 2020
'Continued stay of Chinese in WPS economic sabotage'
By keeping hundreds of its vessels inside the Philippines’ 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), China is guilty of not only encroaching on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) but also of economic sabotage by a “foreign ...
- May 3, 2021
Philippines protests Chinese fishing seizures, air warnings
The Philippine government filed a diplomatic protest after Chinese forces seized fishing equipment set up by Filipinos in a disputed shoal in their latest territorial spat in the South China Sea. The Department of Foreign ...
- August 22, 2020