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    • Benham Rise trip: Duterte’s latest comedy act 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, April 30, 2018, on page B4)
      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 ...
    • Not a single island but the whole of Spratlys 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, May 30, 2018, on page B4-B5)
      Mischief Reef was lost under the Ramos presidency. Scarborough Shoal was lost under the Benigno Aquino III presidency. The Spratlys was surrendered to China under the Duterte presidency.
    • PH has to make clear stand on China issue 

      Vigilia, Wendell (Malaya, May 7, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      An administration congressman yesterday joined opposition law makers in challenging the Duterte administration to show firm resolve in opposing China's militarization of the West Philippine Sea before it becomes too late. ...
    • PH to file protest vs China over reef 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, January 9, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday said government will file a diplomatic protest against China for militarizing the Fiery Cross Reef or Kagitingan Reef, one of the disputed areas in the South China Sea or West ...
    • PH, China to discuss joint exploration next month 

      Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, January 16, 2018, on page B2)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano yesterday told critics of President Duterte's move to allow China to explore the Philippine Rise and let the militarization of Fiery Cross Reef pass to take a look at the larger ...
    • US envoy: China, not US, to blame for WPS tension 

      Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, December 20, 2018, on page B6)
      US Ambassador Sung Kim said Beijing, not Washington, is to blame for the militarization of the West Philippine Sea. Ki made the remark in response to a request for comment on President Duterte's statement that Washington ...
    • US sails warship near disputed reef 

      Reuters (Malaya, May 11, 2016, on page B3)
      A US navy warship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea on Tuesday, a US Department of Defense official said, days after China warned criticism of its claims in the crucial waterway would rebound like a ...