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Tension in disputed sea escalates after China's 'test flight' on artificial island
China’s first landing of a plane on one of its new island runways in the South China Sea shows Beijing’s facilities in the disputed region are being completed on schedule and military flights will inevitably follow, foreign ...
- January 6, 2016
China may be building anew in Scarborough
President Duterte revealed the other day intelligence reports indicating that China may be planning to start new constructions at disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea, particularly in Scarborough Shoal (also known as ...
- September 4, 2016
China flies 2 commercial jets to man-made island in South China Sea
A pair of Chinese civilian jet airliners landed at a newly created island in a disputed section of the South China Sea in a test to see whether its airstrip was up to standard, state media reported Thursday. The China Daily ...
- January 9, 2016
Lorenzana visits Pagasa Island, announces P1.6-B airfield, port, other projects
Lorenzana said that P1.2 billion will be used to repair the 1.3 kilometer runway of Rancudo Airfield on the island while the P400 million will go to the construction of the port. He said Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees) ...
- April 22, 2017
Australia buys high-tech drones to monitor South China Sea, Pacific
Australia will invest Aus$7 billion (US$5.2 billion) to develop and buy high-tech US drones for joint military operations and to monitor waters including the South China Sea, it said Tuesday. Canberra has been embarking ...
- May 27, 2018
'Tribunal ruling binding': Obama says arbitral verdict helped clarifyng maritime rights in the region
US President Brack Obama yesterday warned Beijing it could not ignore a tribunal's ruling rejecting its sweeping claims to the South China Sea, driving tensions higher in a territorial row that threatens regional security. ...
- September 9, 2016
PH must ‘act fast’ on islands in West PH Sea – Duterte
The Philippines must "Acts fast" in occupying its island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) Before it loses them to other Claimants, President Duterte said last Saturday in his talk at a philippine-Qatar business forum here. ...
- April 17, 2017
China navy carries out more drills in disputed South China Sea
China’s navy has in recent days carried out more exercises in the disputed South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday, calling them routine drills. China claims almost all of the energy-rich waters of the South ...
- December 14, 2015
PH, China to tackle conflict: discussions on South China Sea bilateral mechanism set for May
Talks between the Philippines and China to thresh out the dispute over the South China Sea have been scheduled in May. Both the Philippine and Chinese governments confirmed the scheduled discussions as part of the efforts ...
- March 30, 2017
Stronger PH military pressed amid sea dispute
Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday urged the Duterte administration to beef up the country’s military capability so that China and other nations won’t look down on the Philippines as a pushover. Meantime, the Philippine ...
- June 18, 2018