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Lorenzana pushes for ASEAN template in managing South China Sea dispute
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is pushing for an ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asia Nations) template of managing territorial dispute in the wake of overlapping maritime claims in the vast South China Sea, the ...
- June 9, 2019
Military backs joint exploration of EEZ with China
Malacañang said that the military is supporting the proposed joint exploration with China in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement after Foreign Affairs ...
- August 10, 2018
PH, China in best level of friendship
The Philippines has reached “the best of friendship” with China but would still not surrender its territorial claim in the disputed South China Sea, President Duterte declared the other day. The President has pledged to ...
- March 31, 2017
China keeps building islands on disputed sea – report
Tensions over China’s island-building in the South China Sea may have eased in the past year, but Beijing has kept busy. New satellite imagery shows China has built infrastructure covering 72 acres (28 hectares) in the ...
- December 16, 2017
PH to assert sovereignty over disputed sea; provocative strategy not an option
The government is determined to assert the country's sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea but is not keen on taking the " aggressive and provocative " strategy to settle the conflict with China. The meeting between ...
- January 18, 2017
Rising up for Benham Rise
That the Philippine Navy has deployed its warship BRP Ramon Alcaraz to form part of intensified patrols over the 13-million-hectare Benham Rise, an undersea region rich in biodiversity, minerals, and gas deposits off Easter ...
- March 28, 2017
Duterte plans to raise PH flag on Pag-asa Island
President Duterte yesterday said he might go to Pag-asa Island to raise the Philippine flag there to emphasize the country’s jurisdiction in the disputed South China Sea. Although the Philippines has won its case in the ...
- April 7, 2017
Benham Rise is ours
China will not and will never dispute the Philippines’ rights over the Benham Rise continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the nation’s shore. The Chinese Foreign Ministry gave this assurance in the wake of a ...
- March 26, 2017
Duterte readied 'alternatives' to protect PH waters - Abella
Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella made the remarks after Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Caprio reportedly called for continued joint patrols between the Philippines and the United States to protect the country's ...
- October 13, 2016
Palace: PH not yielding disputed sea territories
With all the recent talk in the South China Sea / West Philippine Sea terrirotiry issues, Malacañang has appealed for the public to unite to address the issue on the disputed waters.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque ...
- March 8, 2018