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Phl banking on friendship with China to resolve reef issue
Malacañang is banking on its friendship with China to convince the Asian power to pull its vessels out of Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea, even as it urged the public to allow President Duterte to address the ...
- April 16, 2021
China plays the victim
I almost choked on my tea while reading a press release from the Chinese Embassy in Manila - whoever wrote this must've had difficulty keeping a straight face. It gave its "account" of events that transpired on June 9, ...
- June 18, 2019
Plea for protection of West PH Sea junked - SolGen
The Writ of Kalikasan petition urging government officials to protect the West Philippine Sea has been dismissed, Solicitor General Jose Calida said. Calida said both parties involved in the petition have agreed for the ...
- July 11, 2019
Phl won't recognize Chinese names for Rise features
The Philippines and China are discussing joint exploration in the South China Sea and working on ways to make it legally acceptable, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said yesterday. “Right now we haven’t ...
- February 17, 2018
China defends coast guards’ action in Panatag
China has defended its coast guards from accusations they had seized catch from Filipino fishermen at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, saying they had always acted “in accordance with the law.” But the Chinese foreign ministry ...
- June 13, 2018
Fishers’ shelter built on Batanes Island
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)-Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) turned over to the Batanes provincial government on Monday a multi-purpose shelter in Mavulis Island, Itbayat for local fishing and not a Marine ...
- May 28, 2019
'We are happy to be back, Panatag should be open to all'
The waters inside the shoal are calm, betraying the tension between Filipino fishermen and Chinese coast guards. Small fishing boats can sail inside the shoal, but anything bigger is barred by the crew of a Chinese Coast ...
- November 6, 2016
Bloggers tapped for into campaign on West PH Sea
The information campaign on the West Philippine Sea is now tapping bloggers to penetrate netizens. for the first time, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) launched a modern means to make the public, local and international, ...
- May 4, 2015
Who manipulated fishermen? Palace points to Diokno, IBP
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Thursday said human rights lawyer Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) manipulated a group of fishermen into petitioning for an environmental ...
- July 12, 2019
Duterte's vow to defend WPS lauded, supported
Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio has lauded President Duterte’s vow to protect the sovereignty of the nation in the West Philippine Sea during his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday. The most senior ...
- July 25, 2018