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Palace: PH 'not waiving' maritime rights in S. China Sea
The Philippines continues to “assert’’ its rights in the South China Sea even as it pursues bilateral ties with China, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Wednesday. “We have not waived, nor have we relinquished ...
- July 16, 2020
China warns PH against patrolling Panatag Shoal
China has warned the Philippines against “interfering” with its patrols at Bajo de Masinloc, saying the shoal and its waters are part of Chinese territory. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) earlier reported that a China ...
- March 30, 2022
Duterte to China: Resolve sea row based on int'l law
President Rodrigo Duterte told a senior Chinese official that disputes in the South China Sea must be resolved in accordance with international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), Malacañang ...
- September 13, 2020
Rody to Sino envoy: We're concerned about your ships
President Rodrigo Duterte has told the Chinese ambassador that the Philippines was concerned about the large number of Chinese vessels at Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef and reasserted the international arbitral tribunal’s ...
- March 26, 2021
PCG report pins down China crew; raps pushed
The government should file cases against the Chinese vessel that caused the sinking of the Filipino fishing boat Gem-Ver 1 and then abandoned its 22 crew members in the open sea, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said after details ...
- July 7, 2019
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
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
Carpio tells youth: Defend sovereignty
Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio has challenged the youth to join other Filipinos in doing their “solemn civic duty to preserve, protect and defend” Philippine territory and sovereignty. “We must always be on guard and ...
- June 25, 2018
DFA studying move on China monument
Malacañang has opted to say little for now about China’s recent activities in the South China Sea, including its erection of a monument on Kagitingan Reef and landing military planes on another reef within the Philippines’ ...
- April 26, 2018