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Do we have a contingency plan amid WPS impasse? solon asks
The chairman of the House Committee on Strategic Intelligence on Monday urged the government to prepare a contingency plan as there is “considerable risk” that a Chinese vessel might end up accidentally running aground in ...
- March 30, 2021
Testing the waters
With the United States and Asean’s affirmation of support for the four-year-old ruling of the United Nations (UN) arbitral tribunal, the Philippines should seize the initiative in “implementing” the decision, at the very ...
- July 19, 2020
Pompeo to China: SCS bullying is illegal
China's insistence that it owns rich resources in most parts of the South China Sea and its bullying of neighbors in order to control them are illegal, US Secretary Mike Pompeo said. Pompeo’s statement released on Tuesday, ...
- July 15, 2020
DND budget hike sought as China keeps developing islands in WPS
A lawmaker on Tuesday asked Congress to increase the budget allocation for the Department of National Defense (DND) to upgrade its capabilities to perform its role in securing the country’s sovereign territory, as the ...
- September 9, 2020
Testing the waters
With the United States and Asean’s affirmation of support for the four-year-old ruling of the United Nations (UN) arbitral tribunal, the Philippines should seize the initiative in “implementing” the decision, at the very ...
- July 19, 2020
China snubs a new PHL protest on SCS fishing ban
For the nth time, Beijing merely shrugged off Philippine protest of China’s imposition of a unilateral fishing moratorium in the South China Sea (SCS). Instead of complaining, Manila should instead see the fishing ban as ...
- June 4, 2022
'Powder keg'
More warships have been deployed to the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as part of the Philippine Navy’s continued maritime operations in the disputed area to ensure the safety and security of Filipino fishermen who make a living ...
- February 20, 2021
Verbal row over reef militia sizzles; Duterte, Huang meet
The presence of a fleet of Chinese ships in the Julian Felipe Reef were among the issues discussed by President Duterte during his recent meeting with Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian, Malacanang said on Thursday, as harsh ...
- March 26, 2021
Chinese ships remain in Julian Felipe Reef, defense chief says
Chinese ships moored in great numbers in the Julian Felipe Reef are trying to drive away Philippine military “sovereignty patrols” in the area, but their warnings are being ignored by the government, Defense Secretary ...
- March 30, 2021
'Duterte can still fulfill vow to raise SCS arbitral ruling
In the last few years of his term, President Duterte can still fulfill his promise to the Filipino people to raise the UN arbitral tribunal award in the Philippines’s case against China on the South China Sea—this time, ...
- July 15, 2020