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Amid Chinese presence, Navy wants to stay in Sangley Point
The Philippine Navy is opposing a plan by the Cavite provincial government to boot the military service command out of Sangley Point in Cavite as part of a P500-billion airport project that is expected to ease congestion ...
- September 7, 2020
Carpio thankful Locsin cleared Du30 gab on arbitral ruling
China could have held President Rodrigo Duterte to his “unilateral declaration” to set aside the Philippines’ 2016 victory at the international arbitral tribunal were it not for Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.’s timely ...
- September 14, 2019
Carpio: PH should sue China for damaged reefs
The admission of National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. that Chinese fishermen have harvested giant clams and destroyed coral reefs at Panatag Shoal is enough for the Duterte administration to seek compensation ...
- June 13, 2018
DFA photos shows Sino building up reef on PH waters
China's reclamation of land on Mabini Reef (Johnson South Reef) in the West Philippine Sea is a progressive undertaking and is likely for military use, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. Military ...
- May 16, 2014
Cayetano Defends Granting China Research Access to Benham Rise
Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano has defended the Duterte administration’s move allowing China to conduct marine research in Benham Rise off eastern Luzon, indicating that the grant of permission did not break any ...
- January 14, 2018
Sea row takes center stage in June 12 rites
President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua discussed China Coast Guard abuses at Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Tuesday as the nation celebrated Independence Day. The ...
- June 13, 2018
Indonesia urges security patrols by ASEAN Countries in parts of South China Sea
Indonesia urged Southeast Asian countries to each patrol a part of the disputed South China Sea to improve security, Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said on Friday. "For the South China Sea, I went around to friends-Asean ...
- March 17, 2018
Who manipulated fishermen? Palace points to Diokno, IBP
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Thursday said human rights lawyer Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) manipulated a group of fishermen into petitioning for an environmental ...
- July 12, 2019
China incursions may spark ‘naval arms race’ – Carpio
China’s unbridled incursions into the West Philippine Sea and the disputed waters in the South China Sea may render the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) a dead letter treaty, retired Supreme Court ...
- April 15, 2021
PH outdone by rivals in developing reefs
As China steps up the transformation of seven reefs in the Spratly archipelago into sprawling military outposts, other claimants have also strengthened their stakes in the South China Sea, except the Philippines, which has ...
- April 8, 2018