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On the President-elect's statement to uphold the 2016 arbitral ruling
We are deeply thankful that President-elect Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. declared what Filipinos would like to hear: that the 2016 Arbitral Ruling is not a claim but already a right, that our sovereignty is “sacred,” and that he ...
- May 27, 2022
On the President's SONA on the West Philippine Sea
During the President’s State of the Nation Address on July 27, 2020, our President admitted that there was nothing he could do against China’s unlawful incursions into our West Philippine Sea. In his own words, our President ...
- July 30, 2020
Fishers told: swarm the seas
The government on Thursday called on Filipino fishermen to swarm the West Philippine Sea after dozens of Chinese vessels were spotted in the area over the last few months. We should be there. That area is our traditional ...
- April 30, 2021
US, Japan, South Korea join bids for Benham Rise study
The Philippine government approved the applications of 26 research firms from the United States, Japan and South Korea to conduct scientific research in Benham rise or Philippine Rise, contradicting allegations the Duterte ...
- January 26, 2018
Solon hits DFA's silence on China
Rep. Gary Alejano on Thursday expressed dismay over Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano’s statement that there was nothing to fear from the presence of Chinese Navy, Coast Guard and fishing vessels near Pag-asa ...
- August 18, 2017
Ph eyes protest vs Beijing
The Philippines plans to file another diplomatic protest against China's reclamation activities that have destroyed close to 300 acres of coral reef in the South China Sea, an official said Tuesday. "We are looking into ...
- April 15, 2015
Duterte told: Stop conceding more than what China is claiming
Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio chided President Rodrigo Duterte over his repeated claims that China is “in control” of the West Philippine Sea, saying the commander-in-chief is conceding more than ...
- May 9, 2021
China broaches joint probe on boat ramming
China has proposed a joint investigation with the Philippine government of the ship-ramming incident where a Chinese vessel hit and sank a Filipino fishing boat anchored near Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea to achieve ...
- June 21, 2019
China may be building airstrip on reef-PH
The Philippines warned on Wednesday that China may be building an airstrip on a reef in the South China Sea as the Asian superpower asserts its claim to most of the strategic area. Filipino military surveillance aircraft ...
- May 15, 2014
PH ignores Chinese names on Benham
Malacañang said Thursday it is not alarmed over China’s move to tag five underwater features of Philippine Rise with Chinese names, saying there was no bad faith involved and that bilateral relations remain intact. In a ...
- February 16, 2018