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Filipino fishermen fear backlash after filing of ICC case against Xi
Fishermen here on Friday said they feared retaliation from China for the complaint of crimes against humanity filed against Chinese President Xi Jinping by two former Philippine officials in the International Criminal Court ...
- March 23, 2019
Zambales fishers abandon 'dangerous' Panatag Shoal
More than 1,500 fishermen in Masinloc have totally deserted the contested Scarborough Shoal, which for decades served as their traditional fishing ground. Fisherman Bobby Roldan revealed they have not been near the shoal ...
- April 24, 2021
Duterte's 'agreement' with China
Basking in the glory of his record-breaking high approval ratings in the latest opinion surveys, President Duterte began his fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona) by highlighting the minuscule 3 percent that disapprove ...
- July 28, 2019
China-PH sea exploration not a surrender, says party-list lawmaker
Joint exploration between China and the Philippines of natural resources in the West Philippine Sea will be a constitutional exercise of sovereignty and “not surrender,” according to Kabayan Rep. Harry Roque. Roque said ...
- January 6, 2017
Duterte: This isn’t the time to fight China
President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday hinted that his administration would not be questioning China over its activities in the West Philippine Sea, including its aggressive construction of military facilities on several reefs ...
- February 11, 2018
DU30 open to deal in South China Sea
President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he was open to exploring the South China Sea’s natural resources with rival claimants China and Vietnam, contradicting Foreign Secretary designated Alan Peter Cayetano, who said on ...
- May 17, 2017
Panatag: ‘Waterworld’ of South China Sea
For Filipino fishermen, a trip to Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea is an uncomfortable one at the best of times. For a team of Reuters landlubbers making a reporting trip to the disputed shoal, there were other ...
- April 13, 2017
Du30: PH, China, 'neutral' state to probe hit-and-run
President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted China’s proposal for a joint investigation of the June 9 incident near Recto Bank in the South China Sea where a Chinese trawler rammed and sank a Philippine fishing boat and then ...
- June 23, 2019
PH to resume reef repairs
The Philippines had called on all countries last October to stop construction work on small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, virtually all of which is claimed by China. China itself is undertaking massive reclamation ...
- March 27, 2015
Roque: We’re not behind our rivals in reef dev’t
Malacañang on Tuesday disputed the Inquirer report that the Philippines had been left behind by its rivals in the development of territorial claims in the hotly contested South China Sea. Presidential spokesperson Harry ...
- May 9, 2018