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'China's new islands clearly military'
The chief of the United States Pacific Command said the reefs claimed by China in the South China Sea are "clearly military in nature" and "the US would use military force to defend its interests and allies against any ...
- July 27, 2015
Rody raises SCS ruling to UN: Carpio, Del Rosario hail move
He promised to raise the issue at the right time. Before the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Duterte vowed to reject efforts to undermine the arbitral ruling that voided China’s ...
- September 24, 2020
Rody: No stopping China from fishing in Phl waters
As critics question the presence of the Chinese ship that hit a Filipino boat near Recto Bank earlier this month, President Duterte said China would continue to fish within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ...
- June 26, 2019
VFA up for renegotiation; Rody gags officials on WPS
The Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the US is up for renegotiation, President Duterte said, as he maintained that his administration has veered away from a proWest foreign policy to avoid “trouble.” At a meeting of ...
- May 19, 2021
Rody: Phl owns WPS, but Chinese can fish
Amid accusations that he is being too soft on China, President Duterte on Tuesday said he asserted the Philippines’ sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea and merely granted fishing rights to Beijing. Duterte justified ...
- July 18, 2019
Palace: China must prove itself trustworthy
One of Duterte’s campaign promises in 2016 was to ride on a jet ski to an island in the West Philippine Sea and plant a Philippine flag. Recently, he dismissed the promise as a joke. Meanwhile, Senate President Pro Tempore ...
- March 3, 2018
'China may be building airstrip on Subi Reef'
China appears to be building an airstrip on Zamora (Subi) Reef in the Spratlys archipelago, boosting notions that the Asian superpower is conducting reclamation in disputed areas to display its military might. In a span ...
- April 28, 2015
Palace: Rody won't change SCS policy
There’s no way President Duterte will change his policy on the West Philippine Sea or apologize for it, his spokesman said yesterday, at the same time blaming the previous Aquino administration for triggering the militarization ...
- June 26, 2018
‘We’ll insist on what is ours’
The sovereign claims of the Philippines in the South China Sea are not up for bargain with China.Duterte noted the Constitution does not allow him to give up any of the Philippines’ territorial claims. He said the arbitral ...
- October 17, 2016
Rody to ask China for Scarborough fishing access
Days before leaving for a state visit to China, President Duterte yesterday said he would set aside the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal issue for now but vowed to ask the Chinese government to allow Filipinos to fish in the ...
- October 11, 2016