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Roque: Time for 'private' diplomacy on Sino vessels
While his defense and foreign secretaries openly fire off strong statements against the incursions by Chinese vessels into the West Philippine Sea, President Duterte will try to iron out the latest diplomatic kink between ...
- April 16, 2021
Du30 to China: Why claim the entire South China Sea?
President Duterte on Friday said he loved China as an ally but questioned the claim by the Asian economic powerhouse over the whole South China Sea. It was the first time that Duterte directly confronted China publicly on ...
- June 1, 2019
DFA seeks ₱29M for int'l PR Blitz on sea row ruling
A little publicity on the world stage may further the country’s cause in the West Philippine Sea, but it will cost an extra P29 million, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).The DFA on Friday urged the ...
- October 1, 2022
Duterte: sea row won't hurt Sino vaccine supply
The heated exchange between Manila and Beijing over China’s latest incursion in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) will not affect China’s provision of COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines, according to President Rodrigo Duterte. ...
- April 7, 2021
Top PH officials tour US carrier in disputed sea
The Philippine defense chief and two other Cabinet members on Saturday toured a U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling the disputed South China Sea on the invitation of the Navy, U.S. Embassy officials said. The visit shows ...
- March 5, 2017
Carpio warns against PH accepting China’s ‘goodwill’ line
The Philippines may lose its legal right to Panatag Shoal if it accepts China’s line that it allows Filipinos to fish there “out of goodwill,” acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio said on Thursday. Speaking in an interview ...
- June 15, 2018
Build outposts, research stations in WPS-Carpio
Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday suggested building permanent civilian installations at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal and other parts of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to enforce ...
- June 15, 2022
Zambales fishers won't take Chinese bait: fishermen impressed but hesitant to use aquaculture technology from China
A five-day visit to China in January failed to convince some leaders of Zambales and Palawan fishing communities to accept aquaculture technology being offered by the Chinese government. The fishermen and BFAR officials, ...
- March 4, 2017
Manila, Beijing to discuss West PH sea dispute later this year
Malacañang said on Tuesday that Manila and Beijing have agreed to discuss “mutually acceptable approaches” to deal with their overlapping claims in the South China Sea, as the Philippines marks the first anniversary of its ...
- July 12, 2017
Lorenzana, Austin discuss Felipe Reef situation in phone conversation
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin III discussed on Sunday the fleet of Chinese ships still anchored at Julian Felipe Reef in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone since early March ...
- April 12, 2021