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Island defense buildup targets no one-China
China said Wednesday that the defense facilities it has built on the disputed Kagitingan Reef in the West Philippine Sea are not directed at any country. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lu Kang made this ...
- January 11, 2018
PH turn Scarborough into a 'no- fishing zone'
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will soon issue an executive order making the lagoon portion of Scarborough Shoal a “marine sanctuary and no-fishing zone,” which is now being guarded by Chinese Coast Guard ships, officials said ...
- November 22, 2016
China warns vs cradle of war
China warned its rivals Wednesday against turning the South China Sea into a "cradle of war" and threatened to establish an air defense zone there, after its claims to the strategically vital waters were declared invalid. ...
- July 14, 2016
Probes shooting of Filipino boat
China has said it will look into reports that Filipino fishermen have been driven away allegedly by the Chinese Coast Guard from Union Bank in the South China Sea, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday. ”I ...
- April 23, 2017
PH protests Chinese tactics
The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China over the presence of hundreds of Chinese vessels near Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea, the Palace said Monday, even as it disputed a report that there ...
- April 2, 2019
PH, China firm hold talks on joint oil hunt in SC Sea
The Philippines said Thursday it is in talks with a Chinese state firm for joint South China Sea energy resource exploration and extraction, in a proposed deal described by President Rodrigo Duterte as akin to “co-ownership” ...
- March 2, 2018
China to throw CG 'bad apples' into sea - envoy
China's Ambassador Zhao Jianhua admitted Tuesday there were “bad apples” in the Chinese Coast Guard and said he would throw them into the South China Sea to feed the fish, but a foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing said ...
- June 13, 2018
Sino poachers target giant clams in Palawan waters
Chinese poachers are illegally harvesting giant clams in the waters of Pag-asa Islands, recent patrols by the Philippine Coast Guard discovered. The poachers immediately left the area when approached by the Coast Guard, ...
- April 15, 2021
Envoy denies China war threat
President Rodrigo Duterte might have “misinterpreted” Chinese President Xi Jinping when he said Xi had threatened war if the Philippines explored for oil and gas in the Reed Bank, an underwater mountain near the Philippines, ...
- May 24, 2017
Senators denounce China: File resolution criticizing Chinese incursions, chamber approval up
Eleven senators crossed party lines Monday to file a strongly-worded resolution denouncing the illegal activities of China in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EZZ) and other parts of the West Philippine Sea. In filing ...
- April 27, 2021