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‘What’s wrong with China sending research ships to Benham Rise?’
“What is harmful about having a research ship there?”. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon posed the question to reporters on Wednesday, defending the Government’s decision to allow China to send ships to Benham ...
- March 30, 2017
US Warship sails close to Panatag: China says US warship entered what it claims as its territorial waters in the West Philippine Sea
China’s foreign ministry has accused a US warship of entering what it claims as its territorial waters in the West Philippine Sea without permission and said it would take “necessary measures” to ensure its sovereignty is ...
- January 21, 2018
Coast Guard, BFAR drive away Chinese vessels from PH shoal
The Philippines on Wednesday said its maritime patrols had twice driven Chinese vessels away from a shoal within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). It was the first time since President Duterte took office in ...
- May 6, 2021
Photos show China building new islands
Beijing’s “illegal” island building in the South China Sea moved center stage at an Asian summit on Wednesday after the Philippines produced evidence it said showed fresh construction activity at a flash point shoal. Beijing ...
- September 8, 2016
DFA chief spews profanity at China over sea row
The Philippines’ top diplomat on Monday demanded in an expletive-laced message on Twitter that China’s vessels get out of the West Philippine Sea, marking the latest exchange in a war of words with Beijing over its activities ...
- May 4, 2021
Chinese warships enter West Philippine Sea
Chinese naval vessels entered Philippine waters on Feb. 1 amid efforts by the Philippines to peacefully resolve its territorial dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea through arbitration in the United Nations. China’s ...
- February 5, 2013
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
Palace: the president will definitely raise Hague ruling in meeting with Xi
There is no stopping President Rodrigo Duterte from speaking his mind about the 2016 arbitral ruling on the South China Sea dispute and other issues affecting the country’s interests. The President’s longtime aide, Sen. ...
- August 27, 2019
‘Illegal provocations on disputed areas coming from China’
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday maintained that illegal provocations on the disputed areas in the South China Sea were coming from China and not from the Philippines.
- August 24, 2020
Photos show China militarizing Spratly islands
When President Xi Jinping of China visited President Barack Obama at the White House in September last year, he startled many with reassuring words about his intensions for the Spratly Islands, a contested area where the ...
- August 10, 2016