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Rody weighs in on 'accident'
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday described the ramming and sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in the Recto Bank a “little maritime accident,” adding that the Philippines is not ready to challenge China’s military might. ...
- June 18, 2019
Doing something different about the West Philippine Sea
It’s often been said that doing the same thing again and again but expecting different results is sheer insanity. Thus, some people ask, do the hundreds of diplomatic protests filed by the Philippines against China reflect ...
- February 21, 2023
Manila files diplomatic protest over China 'harassment' at sea
The Philippines on Tuesday filed a diplomatic protest against China after accusing it of trying to block a resupply ship at the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs ...
- February 15, 2023
PCG inflatables confront China's missile corvette
Now it can be told, and only because the Philippine Coast Guard has been allowed to lift the veil of secrecy cloaking its operations in the West Philippine Sea. The PCG yesterday revealed that it had deployed from the BRP ...
- March 31, 2023
Gov't mulls environment case vs China over corals
The Philippines is considering filing a new complaint against China before an international tribunal following the reported harvesting and destruction of corals in the disputed West Philippine Sea. Solicitor General Menardo ...
- September 21, 2023
Militias don't ease tension, Marcos says at Asean meet
President Marcos on Thursday urged leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to oppose the use of maritime militia in disputed areas of the South China Sea, a day after China claimed that it was upholding ...
- September 8, 2023
Time to demythologize China's 10-dash line
On Aug. 28, 2023, China released its standard national map which includes a 10-dash line, an extended version of its nine-dash line claim, with the 10th dash covering the eastern coast of Taiwan. This drew immediate protests ...
- October 13, 2023
A new arbitration in the South China Sea?
President Marcos should consider filing a new arbitration case, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), against China. This time, it is over China’s recent dangerous actions against our coast ...
- August 30, 2023
Locsin, Wang eye 'template' in talks on oil, gas in SCS
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Tuesday he had proposed with his Chinese counterpart a template in the ongoing joint negotiation to exploit oil and gas in the contested waters of the South China Sea ...
- November 4, 2020
Phl hits back at China over sea infra work
The Philippines assailed China yesterday for contesting Manila’s planned repair and maintenance works on some islands in the West Philippine Sea, saying they are “in no way comparable” to the Asian power’s massive reclamation ...
- March 29, 2015