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Sea dispute: No way for power play
President Rodrigo Duterte has warned East and Southeast Asian nations against turning the South China Sea row into a “locus of power play” as he underscored the need for peaceful resolution of maritime disputes. Speaking ...
- November 16, 2020
AFP to deploy more ships in West Ph Sea
Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Jr., chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has ordered the deployment of Navy ships in the West Philippine Sea as China continues to defy the Philippine government’s demand ...
- March 26, 2021
Philippines, Australia hold military exercises at sea
Philippine Navy troops held sea drills with their Australian counterparts at the weekend supposedly to boost security in the Indo-Pacific region. In a statement on Monday, the Philippine Navy said its missile-frigate and ...
- September 28, 2021
Looking forward to SEA Code of Conduct in 2021
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the ten member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) early this month to stand up to China in their territorial disputes in the South China Sea ...
- September 19, 2020
Duterte urged to allow navy to join drills in South China Sea
President Rodrigo R. Duterte should let the Philippine Navy join war games in the South China Sea after China passed a law allowing its coast guard to fire at foreign vessels in the disputed waterway, political analysts ...
- February 1, 2021
PHL tells China to 'back off' after boat attack
The Philippines on Thursday told China to “back off” after three Chinese Coast Guard vessels illegally blocked and discharged water cannons on boats that were carrying supply to a military post on a Philippine-occupied ...
- November 19, 2021
Where he stands: Duterte affirms arbitral ruling, rebukes China
President Rodrigo Duterte surprised many nations, and maybe even himself, with his forthright and strong virtual address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 22. Mincing no words, the President ...
- September 25, 2020
Tensions rising in disputed sea as China, US hold war games
Tensions are rising anew in the West Philippine Sea or the South China Sea, as the United States and China are taking hardline stances and ramping up war games with their respective navies in the disputed waters, with the ...
- July 14, 2020
PH flag-marked marine buoys affirm our sovereignty in WPS
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has installed five 30-foot-long navigational buoys carrying the Philippine flag in four critical islands in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to mark its territory and assert the country’s ...
- May 24, 2022
PH asserts arbitral award on South China Sea, calls for greater ASEAN-US maritime cooperation
The Philippines has highlighted the importance of the 2016 arbitral award as part of international law as tension in the South China Sea continues to grow among claimants. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) made the ...
- March 9, 2021