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Duterte ready to face China on territorial issue
President Duterte last night said he is willing to conduct bilateral talks with China but within the context of the decision of a UN-backed tribunal awarding sovereign rights to the Philippines in the dispute over South ...
- August 18, 2016
G7 to address West Philippine Sea dispute
Regional alarm is growing as China aggressively stakes its claim to most of the sea, including a large-scale island-building program. The United States has also urged China and other nations to halt reclamation. Presidential ...
- June 8, 2015
Security execs: China 'in position,' not 'in possession'
Is it “possession” or “position?” President Duterte’s pronouncement on the West Philippine Sea issue in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday may have been lost in translation – or pronunciation. In his fourth ...
- July 24, 2019
Coast guard to conduct patrols in Phl Rise
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will send a patrol vessel to the Philippine Rise to keep intruders at bay, in compliance with President Duterte’s order that unauthorized foreign vessels be barred from the 13-million- ...
- February 9, 2018
PCG plane keeps watch over Philippine Rise
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) now has “eyes” patrolling the Philippine Rise with its Islander plane. PCG spokesman Captain Armand Balilo yesterday said the plane would be deployed along with multi-role response vessel ...
- March 4, 2018
Rody asks envoy: Why didn't US stop China
President Duterte has asked United Stated Ambassador Sung Kim why did US did nothing to stop China from building structures in the South China Sea. During the meeting, Duterte told Kim he was surprised that Washington did ...
- March 30, 2017
'Setting aside SCS ruling as good as abandonment'
"Setting aside" the 2016 arbitral court ruling on the South China Sea is a good as abandoning it, Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said yesterday. Justice Antonio Carpio issued the statement in ...
- September 14, 2019
Foreigners barred from Phl Rise, unless with Pinoys
Just after the Chinese had completed their “scientific research” in Benham Rise or Philippine Rise, President Duterte ordered similar foreign endeavors in the area stopped and for new ones to secure permit from the national ...
- February 7, 2018
Phl won't stop China action on reefs
The Philippines will not stop China from building military structures on disputed islands in the South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. said yesterday. “We cannot, we cannot stop China at this point ...
- December 17, 2016
Duterte aware of Chinese missiles in Spratlys
President Duterte is aware of the presence of Chinese missiles on the Spratly islands in the South China Sea but there is no point in waging a war against Beijing, Malacañang insisted yesterday. Duterte noted that China ...
- May 18, 2018