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China protests latest US Navy mission in SCS
China has dispatched ships and planes to track the US guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain as it passed near Chinese-held islands in the South China Sea. The People’s Liberation Army accused the US warship of trespassing ...
- October 11, 2020
Fishermen in boat rammed by Chinese back Leni
Fishermen who survived the ramming incident of their boat by a Chinese vessel inside Philippine waters in 2019 have expressed support for Vice President Leni Robredo and Sen. Francis Pangilinan for the top posts in the ...
- April 7, 2022
Territorial greed
It must be good to wake up one day, look at the vast expanse of ocean around your land, and decide that all the waters as far as the eye can see are yours. That's what Beijing is doing in the sea to its south that needs ...
- March 21, 2014
Noy: US military must act if china claims Scarborough
The United States would be obligated to take military action in the South China Sea if China moved to reclaim a hotly contested reef directly off Philippine shores, President Aquino said Thursday. Aquino said he had no ...
- May 21, 2016
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
'China sea claim hopeless'
China's expansive claim in South China Sea and West Philippine Sea is "hopeless and indefensible" and without legal or historical basis, the Philippines told an international arbitration court on Wednesday. The Permanent ...
- November 27, 2015
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
Coast Guard duty: interdict Chinese militia, escort Filipinos
It’s time to interdict Chinese poachers in the Philippines’ western exclusive economic zone. About 240 trawlers are pillaging Pagkakaisa (Union) Bank and Kalayaan Islands municipality of Palawan. Millions of kilos of ...
- April 16, 2021
Change Chinese mindset: ‘West Philippine Sea is not yours’
More Filipinos are likely to back calls for a more assertive government stand against China’s provocative activities in the West Philippine Sea, Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Friday. ...
- December 16, 2018
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