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Phl seeks substantive US support on sea row
The United States wants to deploy advanced air and naval equipment to the Philippines, which is seeking “substantive support” from its long-time ally amid China’s massive reclamation activities in the West Philippine Sea. ...
- April 16, 2015
Phl backs US plan to navigate disputed seas
The Philippines yesterday expressed support for the United States’ plan to conduct freedom of navigation operations in disputed areas in the South China Sea. This came after US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and ...
- October 14, 2015
Duterte: no weapons in island occupation
No new weapons are being eyed for islets and land features in the West Philippine Sea over which President Duterte wants the military to exercise greater control. The President made the clarification yesterday at the Davao ...
- April 11, 2017
Phl to protest China's maritime rescue center in WPS
The Philippines will protest China’s establishment of a maritime rescue center at the Kagitingan or Fiery Cross Reef once it is verified, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said yesterday. Locsin agreed with ...
- February 3, 2019
China's Spratlys baseline plan exceeds nine-dash line
China’s plan to draw straight baselines around the Spratly Islands and declare much of South China Sea as part of its internal water closed to foreign planes and ships would further escalate tensions in the region, according ...
- March 26, 2019
Palace: Hague ruling not shelved but unenforceable
The Duterte administration never shelved the arbitral ruling on the South China Sea (SCS), Malacañang said yesterday, after the Philippines’ former top diplomat urged the government to “unshelve” the landmark decision that ...
- April 15, 2019
Duterte might tell Xi: China must leave WPS
The presence of Chinese ships near Pag-asa island may be discussed during President Duterte’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month, Malacañang said yesterday, as it claimed that the Philippine leader ...
- April 16, 2019
'Phl not giving up territory to China'
The Philippines will not lose even a “single inch” of territory to China if ever it proceeds with its joint exploration deal with the Asian giant, which is claiming almost the entire South China Sea. Foreign Affairs Secretary ...
- July 27, 2017
China ignores global outcry vs reclamation
Beijing shrugged off yesterday the expression of concern raised by the Group of Seven industrialized countries over threats to stability in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea, saying China’s activities in the ...
- April 19, 2015
Phl wins seat in marine science organization
The Philippine has won a seat in the Executive Council of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) during the 28th session of its assembly at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France last month. It will sit for two ...
- July 8, 2015