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State-of-the-art buoys to assert Benham Rise belongs to PH
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to install the first three of 10 state-of-the-art lighted ocean buoys to mark Philippine (Benham) Rise, the submerged, resource-rich landmass off the eastern coast of Luzon, as part ...
- May 12, 2021
Pag-asa gets upgrade amid China objection
Beijing had tried to stop it, but a long-imagined development plan in the biggest and most strategically important Philippine-held island in the disputed Spratlys is finally taking shape. As the Philippine Air Force C-130 ...
- June 13, 2020
The great reset in the Spratlys dispute
In 1951, the United States convened the San Francisco Peace Conference to discuss the fate of the Spratlys Islands. The Philippines, led by Carlos P. Romulo, took part in the conference but his delegation did not register ...
- July 12, 2021
EU: China endangering peace in S. China Sea
The European Union called out China on Saturday for endangering peace in the South China Sea and urged all parties to abide by a 2016 tribunal ruling which rejected most of China’s claim to sovereignty in the sea, but which ...
- April 26, 2021
Chinese invasions: Past and present
China has been telling the world that its rise will be peaceful because China has never been an aggressor state throughout its long history. As proof, the Chinese point out that it has never invaded another country in the ...
- August 20, 2020
China incursions may spark ‘naval arms race’ – Carpio
China’s unbridled incursions into the West Philippine Sea and the disputed waters in the South China Sea may render the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) a dead letter treaty, retired Supreme Court ...
- April 15, 2021
Pag-asa sandbars next WPS flashpoints?
A string of sandbars near the Philippine-occupied Pag-asa (Thitu) Island is becoming another flashpoint in the maritime and territorial dispute between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea. The Chinese have for ...
- July 8, 2022
A Philippine maritime militia in the WPS
The Philippine Navy recently announced its plan to create a maritime militia that will operate in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The primary purpose of the maritime militia will be to conduct low-cost surveillance in our ...
- October 29, 2020
DU30 talking to Beijing envoy about West Philippine Sea incursion
President Rodrigo Duterte plans to talk to the Chinese ambassador about China’s latest incursion in the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang said on Tuesday, after Manila filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more ...
- March 24, 2021
PH protests as China reimposes annual fishing ban ‘without basis’
The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China’s fishing ban in the South China Sea, saying the prohibition encroaches into parts of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and puts Filipino fishermen at ...
- May 20, 2021