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Duterte leaves for Laos
President Duterte is expected to arrive at Vientiane, Laos in time for the opening of the 28th and 29th meetings of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) set for September 6-8. Among the topics, he hopes ...
- September 6, 2016
Bloggers on West PH Sea info drive
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is coordinating with Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in Cebu is tapping bloggers in its information campaign among netizens on the West Philippine Sea issue. DFA's Maritime and ...
- May 1, 2015
PH will take 'legal action' vs China on harvest of giant clams - Locsin
The Philippine government will take “legal action” against China following reports that Chinese fishermen are mass harvesting giant clams in the Scarborough Shoal. “We just caught them doing that recently, filed a diplomatic ...
- April 17, 2019
AFP denies order to stop West Philippine Sea patrols
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday belied an opposition lawmaker's reported allegations that President Duterte has issued a directive to stop patrol operations at the disputed West Philippine Sea. Colonel ...
- June 10, 2018
Aquino: World should fear China’s actions in South China Sea
The contested claims have for decades made the sea one of Asia’s flashpoints, and tensions have risen in recent years as China has moved to assert its authority over the areas. Following a tense standoff between Chinese ...
- April 15, 2015
Self-restraint over disputed sea urged
Southeast Asian leaders are to call for self restraint to avoid escalation of tensions in the South China Sea, according to a draft obtained Monday of a document expected to be released at the end of a regional summit ...
- November 11, 2015
Gov't 'weak' in implementation of fisheries law
Top officials of the multinational environment group Oceana said the Duterte administration is “weak” in terms of the implementation of Fisheries Law, with the fisheries sector still one of the most vulnerable sectors in ...
- August 1, 2019
McCain: US should ignore China's claims in South China Sea
Republican Senators pressed the Pentagon on Thursday to flex US military muscle by sailing Navy ships within 12 miles of artificial islands Beijing is building to assert its territorial claims in the South China Sea. John ...
- September 19, 2015
Our claims in the South China Sea
The Philippines is not giving up its claims in the South China Sea, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alan Peter Cayetano said Wednesday in Hong Kong, after President Duterte attended the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan, China, ...
- May 16, 2018
Duterte, Mahathir seek peaceful resolution of sea dispute
President Duterte and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad have called for a peaceful and rules-based resolution of the South China Sea dispute and recognized the importance of the COC to prevent the escalation of ...
- March 9, 2019