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PH, China to tackle maritime row in may
China and the Philippines will hold direct talks on their maritime dispute in May, Filipino officials said on Wednesday, as President Duterte seeks stronger economic ties with Beijing. Last year, a United Nations-backed ...
- March 30, 2017
9 Sino fishermen plead 'not guilty' to charges
Nine Chines fishermen arrested by Philippine authorities in disputed South China Sea waters pleaded not guilty to all charges against them on Wednesday, the prosecutor said. The nine were taken in handcuffs to a court on ...
- May 22, 2014
Name-calling mars sea dispute
The quarrel between the Philippines and China over the disputed territories in the South China Sea turned into a war of words on Tuesday, with the Philippines calling China “a big-time squatter” as a result of its reclamation ...
- April 22, 2015
Obama warns China: tensions rise over world tribunal's maritime ruling
US President Barack Obama warned Beijing Thursday it could not ignore a tribunal's ruling rejecting its sweeping claims to the South China Sea, driving tensions higher in a territorial row that threatens regional security. ...
- September 9, 2016
ASEAN urges restraint in South China Sea
Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), at the end of a three-day meeting in Sydney, also tackled the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and agreed to work more closely to tackle the growing menace of ...
- March 19, 2018
China warns US on patrols in disputed sea
BEIJING - Chinese media on Thursday slammed the United States for "ceaseless provocation" in the South China Sea and said China's military should be "ready to launch countermeasures." In a rebuff to China on Tuesday, US ...
- October 16, 2015
PH, China to craft sea row mechanism
The Philippines and China have agreed to set up a mechanism on how to “properly handle” maritime disputes and representatives from both countries will meet in May to craft a bilateral scheme, Malacañang said on Tuesday. ...
- March 29, 2017
Philippines to defy China fishing rule
Philippine fishermen should ignore a Chinese rule requiring foreign fishing vessels to secure permission to enter much of the South China Sea, Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said yesterday. The rule was passed in November ...
- January 17, 2014
Let's talk: China softens position on fishing rules
China called on the Philippines on Friday to meet it halfway on new Chinese fishing rules in the disputed South China Sea, adding that Beijing was always willing to make efforts to resolve such issues through talks. But ...
- January 18, 2014
Phl to build naval base near Spratlys
The military’s top priority is to build a naval base on the country’s western coastline, opposite the disputed Spratly islands, although plans have been delayed by funding bottlenecks, Armed Forces chief Gen. Gregorio Pio ...
- May 13, 2015