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New fighter jets to boost patrol in disputed water
Proud of its new iron eagles, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) now hopes to make good use of its newly acquired fighter jets in patrolling the West Philippine Sea. Philippine Air Force (PAF) chief Lt. Gen. Edgar ...
- December 15, 2016
Rody to discuss sea row in Vietnam; Japan, China visits eyed
The South China Sea will be among the issues to be taken up by President Duterte when he goes on a working visit to Vietnam next week. Vietnam, like the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, has a claim in the South ...
- September 24, 2016
China flexes muscle in disputed waters
Beijing is flexing its military muscle in the South China Sea, driving away Filipino fishermen from Panatag Shoal and preventing the Indonesian coast guard from detaining a Chinese vessel caught poaching in Indonesia’s ...
- March 22, 2016
China to start civilian flights from disputed isle
China will begin civilian flights to and from a disputed South China Sea island within a year, state media reported on Friday, as the government expands infrastructure on islands and reefs also claimed by other countries ...
- March 13, 2016
Phl, Japan agree on peaceful resolution of sea dispute
The Philippines and Japan have agreed to work closely to advance a “rules-based” regime to maintain stability and security in the region amid sea disputes, President Duterte disclosed Thursday night. As this developed, ...
- October 29, 2016
Beijing: Situation in Panatag unchanged
China said on Monday the situation at the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the South China Sea “has not changed and will not change,” after the Philippines said Chinese vessels that blocked the area for four years ...
- November 2, 2016
Trump slams Chinese construction in South China Sea
US president-elect Donald Trump complained about Chinese economic and military policy on Twitter on Sunday, showing no signs of a conciliatory approach after a phone conversation with Taiwan's president raised hackles in ...
- December 6, 2016
China demands end to US surveilance after aircraft intercept
Beijing demanded an end to U.S. surveillance near China on Thursday after two of its fighter jets carried out what the Pentagon said was an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft over the South China ...
- May 21, 2016