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Asean ministers rock no boats in Myanmar, South China Sea
Foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Friday hewed to the group’s practice of reaching the least provocative consensus possible in discussions of such divisive issues as Myanmar’s ...
- January 20, 2019
US rejects nearly all Chinese claims in South China Sea
The Trump administration escalated its actions against China on Monday by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and rejecting outright nearly all of Beijing’s significant maritime ...
- July 15, 2020
G7 to express concern over sea row, says paper
Group of Seven (G7) leaders will express their concern over any unilateral action to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas amid tensions between China and a number of Asian countries, Japan's Yomiuri ...
- June 8, 2015
US admiral joins surveillance flight over West Philippine Sea
A top US Navy admiral said he joined a routine surveillance flight over the disputed South China Sea on Saturday and that the United States was committed to freedom of navigation in the region. Adm. Scott Swift, commander ...
- July 21, 2015
China extending reach in sea, says US admiral
The commander of US forces in the Pacific said Wednesday that major land reclamation by China a-at outpost in the south china sea could allow it to exert more influence over the contested area of deploy military asset such ...
- April 17, 2015
Ex-admiral says US should defend Panatag
The United States should be willing to use military force to oppose Chinese aggression at a disputed reef off the coast of the Philippines, a former commander of US forces in the Pacific told a congressional hearing on ...
- July 15, 2016
Pinoys able to fish freely, undisturbed
Fisherman Gilbert Baoya came home yesterday from a fishing trip to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal off Zambales province with a substantial catch. Baoya and seven companions were able to drop nets at Panatag Shoal “freely and ...
- October 30, 2016
US defense chief visits carrier in disputed sea
In a symbolic swipe at China's muscular moves in the South China Sea, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited an American aircraft carrier in the disputed waterway. Carter, who was in Malaysia for two days of talks with ...
- November 6, 2015
PH to turn Pag-asa into tourist attraction
The government has set aside P1.6 billion to turn the biggest Philippine-held island in the Spratlys into a tourist attraction and marine research center, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Friday. Lorenzana visited ...
- April 22, 2017
Filipino fishers back from Panatag Shoal with big catch
After being chased away by a Chinese Coast Guard vessel from the Scarborough Shoal days earlier, fisherman Gil Bauya and his crew of eight were sailing home when they passed a fishing boat anchored off the rich fishing ...
- October 30, 2016