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DFA photos shows Sino building up reef on PH waters
China's reclamation of land on Mabini Reef (Johnson South Reef) in the West Philippine Sea is a progressive undertaking and is likely for military use, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. Military ...
- May 16, 2014
China not ceding an inch of territory-general
China "will not give an inch" with regards to its territorial dispute with several Southeast Asian Countries, including the Philippines, over the South China Sea and with Japan over islands in East China Sea. To those who ...
- May 19, 2014
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
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
Beijing pays a price for the assertiveness in South China Sea
Faced with mounting Chinese assertiveness, nothing seems to illustrate the impotence of Southeast Asian nations more than their glacial progress toward a code of conduct with Beijing on the South China Sea. It's been a ...
- May 15, 2014
'Moral high ground': PH halts work in disputed sea
The Philippines has stopped all development work in the disputed South China Sea because of the impact such activity might have on an arbitration complaint it has filed against China, a defence official said on Friday. The ...
- October 4, 2014
Vietnam plans to take legal action vs China
Vietnam’s prime minister said yesterday for the first time that his country was considering legal action against China over its sovereignty claims in the South China Sea, a move that Beijing would likely fiercely oppose. ...
- June 23, 2014
DFA to file protest vs Chinese incursion in WPS
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday assured that it will file within this week a diplomatic protest against pressence of China's newsurvey vessels at Recto (Reed) Bank in the South China Sea (West Philippine ...
- August 20, 2014
China insist on fishery rules
In its bid to deflect criticisms from foreign countries, including the United States, following a recent ruling that requires foreign fishermen to seek permission before fishing in the South China Sea, Beijing said it was ...
- January 12, 2014