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    • 5 key facts on Benham Rise 

      (, February 6, 2018, on page )
      Around a year ago, the obscure Benham Rise was catapulted to the center of national discourse, when Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed the suspicious presence of Chinese vessels within our Exclusive Economic Zone ...
    • China has control of Scarborough, fisher says 

      GMA News (, June 12, 2018, on page )
      Despite it being within the Philippines' 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Scarborough Shoal seems to be under the control of China, at least according to one of the fishermen whose catch were seized by ...
    • China told to explain Scarborough radar plan 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne (, March 23, 2017, on page )
      Foreign Affairs on Wednesday confirmed it has filed another note verbale against China asking it to explain its plan to install a radar station in the resource-rich Panatag or Scarborough Shoal. Foreign Affairs spokesman ...
    • Duterte knows China's ultimate goal is control of South China Sea 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (, August 23, 2018, on page )
      Twice last week, President Duterte complained about China’s activities in the South China Sea--a stark departure from his pandering stand since the start of his presidency. Always, he was all praises for China’s President ...
    • Duterte seeks to affirm Asean code of conduct 

      Bencito, John Paolo (, March 22, 2017, on page )
      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 ...
    • Duterte: PH may soon gain fishing rights in Scarborough Shoal 

      ABS-CBN News (, October 24, 2016, on page )
      The Philippines may soon gain fishing rights in the highly disputed Scarborough Shoal, President Rodrigo Duterte announced Oct. 23, 2016. During his visit to typhoon "Lawin" victims in Cagayan, Duterte told local fishermen ...
    • Lost not ‘a single island’ but the whole of Spratlys 

      Todesillas, Ellen (, June 1, 2018, on page )
      Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was being smart the other day when he challenged critics of the Duterte’s complacent attitude in the face of China aggressive moves in South China Sea. At the flag-raising ceremony at ...
    • PH readies protest vs China 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (, March 22, 2017, on page )
      The Philippines is preparing another protest against China over the latter’s plan to install a radar station in the Panatag or Scarborough Shoal, a Cabinet official said Tuesday. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said ...
    • PH wants China to make first move on S. China Sea row 

      ABS-CBN News (, October 25, 2016, on page )
      Your move, China: After winning an arbitration case against China, the Philippine government is now looking to Beijing to make the first move in reviving talks to resolve the South China Sea dispute. "We would hope that ...
    • PH, China 'co-control' Panatag - Cayetano 

      ABS-CBN News (, June 20, 2018, on page )
      Beijing and Manila "co-control" the Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said Monday night amid reports of the Chinese coast guard's harassment of Filipino fishermen there. ...
    • PHL could bring another case vs. China before int’l court, says Carpio 

      GMA News (, June 9, 2018, on page )
      Manila could bring another case against Beijing before the court that invalidated the latter's excessive claims to the South China Sea, after Chinese Coast Guard was reported to be taking Filipino fishermen's haul from ...