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Duterte knows China's ultimate goal is control of South China Sea
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 ...
- August 23, 2018
Benham Rise trip: Duterte's latest comedy act
China builds a monument on Kagitingan Reef that the Philippines claims as part of its territory in South China Sea and President Duterte announces he will sail to Benham Rise, an underwater plateau east of Luzon that has ...
- May 1, 2018
China sea dispute still a challenge, defense chief says
The territorial dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea remained a security challenge despite an improvement in bilateral ties, the Philippine defense chief said on Monday as he accepted three maritime surveillance ...
- March 28, 2018
Renaming Benham Rise to 'Philippine Rise' eyed
The government said Saturday it was studying the possibility of renaming Benham Rise to "Philippine Rise," to strengthen the country's rights over the resource-rich undersea plateau. Manila's move came after Chinese survey ...
- April 4, 2017
PNoy, Del Rosario responsible for PH losing control of Scarborough shoal
The term “lost Scarborough shoal” is debatable. Security officials deny that. Foreign affairs officials will not say that because that would be detrimental to the claim of the Philippines on the shoal which is included in ...
- May 26, 2016
Roque is best adviser to Duterte on joint exploration with China
“We have gone beyond determining if there are resources” and “The only issue is now, is it commercially viable,” he said. Roque and Davila were talking about the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking or JMSU entered into by the ...
- March 10, 2018
Lawmakers condemn landing of China bomber in South China Sea
Manila, Lawmakers on Sunday condemned China's deployment of H-6K bomber plane in the South China Sea, calling on the government to act and assert sovereignty in the contested region. "It is crystal clear that China is ...
- May 21, 2018
China says it's allowing Pinoy fishermen in Panatag 'out of goodwill'
Beijing on Tuesday said it was allowing Filipinos to fish in Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea "out of goodwill." China's foreign ministry made the statement on Monday after a GMA 7 television report last week ...
- June 13, 2018
Who is protecting PH national interest in South China Sea?
Sovereignty is the supreme right to the state to command obedience within its territory, as stated in the Constitution, consists "of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, ...
- December 21, 2016
PH, China 'co-control' Panatag - Cayetano
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. ...
- June 20, 2018