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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 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
Duterte: PH may soon gain fishing rights in Scarborough Shoal
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 ...
- October 24, 2016
PH readies protest vs China
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 ...
- March 22, 2017
Trump presidency's impact on sea disputes uncertain-officials
Philippine officials who defended the country’s rights over South China Sea said Donald Trump’s presidency may or may not have an impact on the territorial dispute, depending on his policies on foreign affairs. “It's ...
- November 14, 2016
China told to explain Scarborough radar plan
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 ...
- March 23, 2017
Satellites over Benham eyed
A top security official on Wednesday recommended the procurement and use of satellites to better monitor marine activity in Benham Rise, an undersea region 250 kilometers east of the northern coastline of Dinapigue, Isabela. ...
- March 30, 2017
73% of Pinoys want Duterte to assert claims in West PHL Sea-Pulse Asia
Seventy-three percent of Filipinos believe President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration must assert the Philippines' sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea, two years after Philippines' victory against China in the ...
- July 13, 2018
Lawmaker says joint 60-40 sea exploration with China a 'win-win'
Buhay party-list Representative Lito Atienza on Tuesday said he supports a 60-40 joint exploration agreement with China in the West Philippine Sea instead of going to war against the Asian superpower. “We fully support and ...
- May 2, 2018