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    • Asean communiqué stalls on sea row 

      Reuters; Agence France-Presse (AFP); Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, August 7, 2017, on page 1-8)
      Southeast Asian foreign ministers failed to release a customary communiqué at the end of a high-level meeting in Manila on Saturday after what diplomats said was a lack of consensus about how to refer to disputes in the ...
    • ASEAN urges restraint in South China Sea 

      Dizon, Nikko (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 19, 2018, on page A19)
      Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), at the end of a three-day meeting in Sydney, also tackled the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and agreed to work more closely to tackle the growing menace of ...
    • Australia accuses China of dangerous interception over S. China Sea 

      Agence France-Pressse (Manila Bulletin, June 6, 2022, on page 4)
      Australia on Sunday accused the Chinese military of putting an Australian Defence Force flight crew at risk when their plane was intercepted late last month over the South China Sea. Defence Minister Richard Marles revealed ...
    • Beijing: Phl, US 'exaggerate China threat 

      Calica, Aurea; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, May 16, 2015, on page 1-6)
      China’s Foreign Ministry accused the Philippines yesterday of working together with the United States to “exaggerate the China threat” over a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. Beijing stepped up its criticism of Manila ...
    • Benefits from China assurance from the US 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 15, 2018, on page 9)
      President Duterte met last Tuesday with a delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC). The President affirmed “our desire and wish of the Filipino people to make our bonds stronger,” Malacañang said. The meeting was ...
    • Britain, France to sail warships in disputed South China Sea 

      South China Morning Post; The Telegraph; Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 5, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Britain and France are sailing warships through the South China Sea this year to challenge China's militarization of the hotly contested waterway, their defense ministers said on Sunday. The British and French defense ...
    • China agrees to work on Code of Conduct 

      Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, November 12, 2017, on page 1-6)
      China has agreed to work on the Code of Conduct on the South China Sea for the peaceful resolution of disputes in the contested waters. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque last night said this was the outcome of the bilateral ...
    • China keeps building islands on disputed sea – report 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, December 16, 2017, on page 1-4)
      Tensions over China’s island-building in the South China Sea may have eased in the past year, but Beijing has kept busy. New satellite imagery shows China has built infrastructure covering 72 acres (28 hectares) in the ...
    • China seeks peaceful resolution of disputes 

      Mabasa, Roy (Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2015, on page 1-14)
      China seeks a peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea but will not subjugate its national interest, Admiral San Jiaguo told a regional defense forum in Singapore. There is no change to China's interest in ...
    • China will of course merely ignore you 

      Santos, Gil H. A. (The Manila Times, May 7, 2018, on page B6)
      The latest geopolitical development in the tension-filled South China Sea is Beijing’s installation of ballistic missiles launching pads in three atolls in the West Philippine Sea—Zamora, Kagitingan and Panganiban Reefs—all ...
    • Chinese exclusion zone looms in Spratlys? 

      Katigbak, Jose (The Philippine Star, March 19, 2016, on page 1-6)
      The United States is worried about the possibility of China declaring an exclusion zone in the South China Sea if it loses in a maritime arbitration case filed by Manila before an international court. Admiral John Richardson, ...
    • East Asia nations vow to curb marine pollution 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, November 29, 2018, on page 7)
      Countries in East Asia will bolster policies to reduce marine pollution and strengthen coastal restorations. Members of the intergovernmental Partnerships in Environmental Management for Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) are ...
    • East Asian states issue declaration for sustainable marine resources 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, December 6, 2018, on page B6)
      Eleven countries bordering the seas of East Asia have issued a joint declaration affirming their commitment toward the conservation and sustainable development of coastal and marine resources in the region. The Iloilo ...
    • A firm voice to China 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 31, 2022, on page A6)
      After meeting with top diplomats from the United States, Japan, South Korea, and India last week, incoming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. outlined his approach toward China’s persistent incursions in the West Philippine ...
    • Fish, missiles, tanks, and trawlers: Mozambique's strange trade with North Korea 

      McKenzie, David (BusinessWorld, February 15, 2018, on page SI/7)
      North Korea may be focused on a public relations drive in Pyeongchang right now, but its efforts to hoodwink the international community extends way beyond the Korean peninsula. When it comes to circumventing economic ...
    • Gab on East Asia seas conservation seen to gather 1T 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, November 20, 2018, on page 6)
      An international multi-sector meeting that aims to discuss challenges in marine conservation in East Asia is expected to gather some 1,000 attendees at the Iloilo Convention Center in Mandurriao district. The 2018 East ...
    • Harassed in our own waters 

      Abesamis, Teresa S. (BusinessWorld, June 13, 2018, on page S1/6)
      First of all, why is the China Coast Guard patrolling our own waters, the West Philippine China Sea, which by international law, the UNCLOS (United National Convention on the Law of the Sea) to which both China and the ...
    • Iloilo Declaration for healthy oceans 

      La Viña, Tony (Manila Standard, December 4, 2018, on page A4-A5)
      Confidence, optimism and determination reigned in Iloilo City last Thursday, 29 November 2018, as the 2018 East Asian Seas Congress concluded. After three days of events and sessions that brought together various ocean ...
    • Iloilo Declaration presses marine pollution reduction 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Panay News, November 28, 2018, on page 2)
      ILOILO City – East Asian countries will pledge to reduce marine pollution. It is one of the key items in the “Iloilo Ministerial Declaration on East Asian Region, Moving as One to Secure Healthy Oceans, People and Economies”, ...
    • Mattis to visit Beijing as Taiwan, South China Sea tensions rise 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, June 25, 2018, on page 4)
      US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who has accused China of “intimidation and coercion” in the South China Sea, is visiting Beijing this week as the countries increasingly spar over US arms sales to Taiwan and Beijing’s ...