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China denies designs on Scarborough Shoal
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday said the government is maintaining a “close watch” on developments in the South China Sea, as Manila awaits Beijing’s clarification on its reported plan to further build ...
- March 23, 2017
DOE: Exploration at West PH Sea still on hold
The Department of Energy (DOE) said Philex Petroleum Corp. has sent a formal request to allow it to resume exploration at the West Philippine Sea, but the agency said moratorium on all drilling and exploration works stays. ...
- July 22, 2016
Albert del Rosario has no moral authority to scold President Duterte
Former Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario is currently drumming up public animosity against President Rodrigo Roa Duterte over the way the latter is handling the ongoing maritime dispute between the ...
- May 7, 2021
PH to press code of conduct in South China Sea
The Philippines will push for the completion of the framework for a code of conduct in the South China Sea when it hosts this year’s summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) amid China’s militarization ...
- January 6, 2017
West Philippine Sea: Beyond sound bites
As the Philippines heads into a new political dispensation, much of the country is how President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will sooner or later deal with the issue of China's aggressive intrusion into the West Philippine Sea ...
- June 20, 2016
Duterte advised to exercise restraint on sea row
Former presidents have advised the Duterte administration to exercise restraint on the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) row following the issuance of an international arbitral court ruling that voided China’s expansive ...
- July 29, 2016
'Pointed' demarche needed for China 'incursion'
The reported pursuit of a Filipino boat by two Chinese militia vessels in the West Philippine Sea last week “squarely calls for a demarche that is direct, purposeful and pointed” as the move was “tantamount to territorial ...
- April 11, 2021
Drop the humbug, focus on national and strategic interest
The nation will find a resolution of the Recto (Reed) Bank incident faster if it drops much of the posturing and humbug that some of our countrymen are spewing nonstop, and focus its attention instead on national and ...
- June 24, 2019
Who is protecting PH national interest in South China Sea?
Sovereignty is the supreme right to the state to command obedience within its territory, as stated in the Constitution, consists "of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, ...
- December 21, 2016
Carpio: Marcos stand a 'welcome sea change'
Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio lauded the recent pronouncement by President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that he would assert the 2016 decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration favoring Manila against ...
- May 29, 2022