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Rody to ban fishing in Panatag lagoon
Filipinos can again fish at Panatag (Scarborough), but President Duterte will soon keep them out of the shoal’s lagoon when he declares it a marine protected area. Filipinos will still be allowed to fish outside the lagoon ...
- November 22, 2016
Rody expects China nod for sea code of conduct
For years an elusive target for nations with conflicting claims in the South China Sea, a code of conduct for managing the dispute is expected to be ready on May 19 when the China-led Bilateral Consultation Mechanism ...
- May 17, 2017
G7 urges compliance with UN ruling on sea row
Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations have issued a joint communiqué calling for the implementation of a ruling by a UN-backed arbitral court invalidating China’s expansive claims in the South ...
- April 20, 2017
Phl, China tackle sea row today
The Philippines and China are set to discuss their conflicting claims in the South China Sea today, days after President Duterte threatened to order the shooting of foreigners who would extract natural resources from the ...
- February 13, 2018
Palace hits Chinese blocking of Ayungin resupply
Malacañang yesterday described as “objectionable” China’s blocking of a Philippine resupply mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. The Department of National Defense (DND) reported recently ...
- September 24, 2019
Rody plans to visit Benham Rise next week
President Duterte is planning to go to the Philippine Rise next week to assert the country’s ownership of the maritime area. Duterte, who has been accused of selling out the Philippines’ maritime interests in exchange for ...
- April 28, 2018
Phl acquiring technology to verify China missile deployment
The Philippines is set to acquire technology that will allow it to verify reports that China has installed missile systems in the disputed Spratly Islands group, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque ...
- May 8, 2018
No word on Panatag fishermen
It was supposed to be a centerpiece of his mission: President Duterte had said he wanted China to stop preventing Filipinos from fishing in Panatag or Scarborough Shoal. But Duterte and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ...
- October 21, 2016
China bully or not? Panelo will ask Rody
Is China a bully? Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo could not give a categorical answer yesterday when asked if he agreed with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s assertion that China’s takeover of Panatag (Scarborough) ...
- August 2, 2019
Chinese ship fires flares at PAF plane over Kalayaan
A Chinese frigate fired illumination rounds or flares at a Philippine Air Force (PAF) plane on reconnaissance patrol over the country’s Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the disputed Spratlys last Sunday. Top defense and ...
- April 24, 2015