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Allow Pinoy fishermen in disputed seas, Rody asks Beijing
President Duterte yesterday asked Beijing to allow Filipino fishermen to fish in disputed waters in the West Philippine Sea in a bid to warm bilateral relations. Duterte made the appeal as he expressed hope that bilateral ...
- August 24, 2016
Rody open to 3rd party in Recto Bank probe
Amid opposition to a joint investigation with China, President Duterte yesterday expressed willingness to have a third party conduct a probe of the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat after it was hit by a Chinese vessel ...
- June 25, 2019
Bringing up SCS arbitral ruling before UN futile - Palace
Bringing up the 2016 arbitral court ruling on the South China Sea before the United Nations General Assembly would be a “futile exercise,” as the international body has no power to enforce it, Malacañang said yesterday. ...
- September 20, 2019
'Drive out tambay in SCS, not those in the streets'
Sen. Risa Hontiveros yesterday challenged President Duterte to drive out Chinese occupants in Panatag or Scarborough Shoal before apprehending the tambays in the streets. “That’s the problem with President Duterte – he’s ...
- June 20, 2018
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
Phl sovereignty not negotiable - Palace
The Philippines is no slave to China, Malacañang said yesterday, as it faces mounting criticism over President Duterte’s silence on the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat after it was hit by a Chinese vessel near Recto ...
- June 18, 2019
Rody raises Phl reef incident to Chinese envoy
President Duterte raised the Julian Felipe Reef incident to Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian and insisted that the issue be resolved based on the rules of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), ...
- March 26, 2021
'Chinese coast guard regularly intimidates Pinoy fishers in SCS'
What’s happening to Filipino fishermen in the South China Sea? At about the same time as a senior Philippine military officer denied reports Filipino fishermen were being harassed by Chinese security forces in the vicinity ...
- March 29, 2019
VFA up for renegotiation; Rody gags officials on WPS
The Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the US is up for renegotiation, President Duterte said, as he maintained that his administration has veered away from a proWest foreign policy to avoid “trouble.” At a meeting of ...
- May 19, 2021
China ships still guard shoal as Pinoys return
Chinese Coast Guard ships are still guarding Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, although they have allowed Filipinos to fish “unmolested” for the first time in years, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and National Security ...
- October 31, 2016