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US vows to help Manila in case of war vs China
The US under President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has affirmed its commitment to help the Philippines in case its naval ships are attacked by China amid growing tensions in the South China Sea. The US would help its former colony ...
- January 29, 2021
Grossly misinterpreting ‘Isang Dagat’
There is now a brouhaha of protest over the song “Isang Dagat” composed by the ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Huang Xilian. The song was dedicated to the Filipino people to help ease the suffering they now ...
- May 2, 2020
AFP plans new structures in WPS
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana on Thursday disclosed that the military is considering building new structures in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid China’s insistence that the ...
- April 23, 2021
Scarborough fiasco
My Monday evening visit to Malacañang has evoked in my mind many more unanswered questions about the Scarborough loss to the Philippines. If there was an agreement between the Philippines and China to withdraw from ...
- May 22, 2021
On the growing clamor for UN to implement arbitral ruling on PH vs China case
More and more of the world realize the importance and relevance to themselves of the 2016 Permanent Court of arbitration arbitral ruling on the case that the Philippines brought against China. The Philippines may no longer ...
- June 14, 2020
China's latest weapon against Taiwan: the sand dredger
On board the Taiwan Coast Guard Ship PP-10062, East China Sea — Taiwanese coast guard commander Lin Chie-ming is on the frontline of a new type of warfare that China is waging against Taiwan. China’s weapon? Sand. On a ...
- February 8, 2021
DFA protests China's fishing ban, says it's a violation
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has protested China’s fishing ban that covers parts of the West Philippine Sea over which the “Philippines exercises sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction.” In a statement, ...
- May 20, 2021
More Chinese ships may be dumping waste at sea
Chinese ships could also be dumping human wastes in other parts of the South China Sea claimed by the Philippines, US-based geospatial imagery firm Simularity, Inc. said on Thursday. Simularity’s earlier report showing ...
- July 16, 2021
'Lingering China vessels, boat in 2019 collision from same operator'
The Chinese vessels swarming around Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef in the West Philippine Sea operate from the same port where the ship that rammed and sank Philippine fishing boat FB GemVer in 2019 came from, a US think ...
- April 23, 2021
A threat to PH sovereignty
China has never had sovereignty over Taiwan. Roque, a former International Law professor, neglects to see this, and his statement is a window to the Duterte administration’s stance on China. However its minions twist it, ...
- May 12, 2020