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No expansion in disputed sea, China tells PH
China has assured the Philippines it will not occupy new features or territory in the South China Sea, under a new "status quo" brokered by Manila as both sides try to strengthen their relations, according to Defense ...
- August 17, 2017
Palace welcomes int'l effort on China sea row
Malacañang yesterday welcomed greater international participation to peacefully resolve maritime disputes in the South China Sea, especially with Beijing’s ongoing reclamation activities. Deputy presidential spokesperson ...
- May 16, 2015
PH, US, Japan hold war games
The Philippines on Monday opened separate but simultaneous naval exercises with US and Japanese forces off Palawan, an island that is not from the disputed Spratly archipelago, where China's rapid creation of seven artificial ...
- June 23, 2015
PH trying to 'rope in' other countries to sea row - China
China military yesterday accused the Philippines of trying to "rope in" other countries the dispute over ownership of the South China Sea and stir regional tension after Japan joined a military drill with the Philippines ...
- June 26, 2015
PH to resume reef repairs
The Philippines had called on all countries last October to stop construction work on small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, virtually all of which is claimed by China. China itself is undertaking massive reclamation ...
- March 27, 2015
Japan slams China reclamations in disputed sea
Japan slammed China's bid to reclaim land in the South China Sea as a "coercive attempt" to force sweeping maritime claims, in a defense paper coinciding with Tokyo's bid for legislation to expand the Japanese military ...
- July 22, 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
Esperon: a ‘win-win’ for PH, China on Panatag
For National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, “it is a win-win” for both the Philippines and China. “But this is not to say that we have dropped our claim,” Esperon said on Monday, referring to Panatag Shoal, a rich ...
- November 1, 2017
China drives away US spy plane in South China Sea
The Chinese navy warned a US surveillance plane flying over artificial islands that Beijing is creating in the disputed South China Sea to leave the area eight times, according to CNN, which was on board the flight on ...
- May 22, 2015
US, China raise Spratlys stakes
When the US Navy sent a littoral combat ship on its first patrol of the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea during the past week, it was watching the skies as well. The USS Fort Worth, one of the most modern ...
- May 16, 2015