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US, PH verifying if Chinese have left disputed shoals
The Philippines and the US are verifying if Chinese coast guard ships have indeed left a disputed shoal after President Rodrigo Duterte reached out to Beijing, allowing Filipino fishermen back to the rich fishing area that ...
- October 30, 2016
Natural resources not collateral for Phl loans, says Beijing
The Chinese government has denied a report that it would require the Philippines to use its natural resources as collateral for the loans that it will provide to the Duterte administration. During the press briefing, Geng ...
- March 11, 2018
China, PH discuss joint South China Sea projects
Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was in Beijing on Wednesday for talks on possible joint development projects in the South China Sea amid signs of an easing of tensions in the disputed waterway. Cayetano was scheduled ...
- March 22, 2018
Defense chief flies to disputed island amid feud
The Philippine defense chief and top military officials flew to a disputed island in the South China Sea on Tuesday, June 9, to inaugurate a beach ramp built to allow the “full-blast” development of the territory in a move ...
- June 11, 2020
Loren defends Duterte against claims of sub-servience to China
Senator Loren Legarda on Sunday defended the government from criticisms of subservience to China, saying it is only natural for the Duterte administration to exhaust all diplomatic means to resolve the tension in the West ...
- June 4, 2018
No 'outright seizure' of fish, says Duterte
President Duterte yesterday virtually cleared the Chinese Coast Guard personnel who were seen in video footage taking some of the catch of Filipino fishermen in the disputed Scarborough Shoal (Pantag Shoal) located some ...
- June 19, 2018
Rody: Withdrawal of military support an 'outrageous tale'
Malacañang on Monday dismissed reports that a group of retired and active military generals are withdrawing support from President Rodrigo Duterte for his apathy toward Chinese incursions in the West Philippine Sea. “It’s ...
- April 20, 2021
Passage of Chinese ships no threat to PH- China
Chinese President Xi Jinping assured President Rodrigo Duterte that Chinese vessels passing through Philippine waters do not pose a threat to Manila and therefore need not secure permits to sail across the South China (West ...
- September 5, 2019
Du30 blasts Del Rosario, clears Noy in Shoal row
President Rodrigo Duterte has asserted that the previous administration lost control of the Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea in a showdown with China when then-Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario ordered ...
- May 5, 2021
What does China want from Southeast Asian waters?
In a not-to-recent speech in Davao City, President Duterte said about China: “China, for all of its, whatever, posturing there is, is also interested in oil,” and concluded that, “So it’s the resources. Eventually, it’s ...
- June 24, 2018