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'China's clam harvesting violates Phl sovereignty'
Malacañang yesterday described as an “affront” to Philippine territory and sovereignty the harvesting of giant clams in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal by Chinese ships as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced it ...
- April 17, 2019
'US to use all tools to protect valid SCS claims'
Saying US policy on the South China Sea is now “crystal clear,” Washington announced it will use all tools and legal responses it can provide to protect valid claims of countries across the world which recognize that China ...
- July 17, 2020
Coast Guard off to Panatag
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has resumed sending patrol vessels to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, but only to “test the waters” and not to confront the Chinese who have stopped harassing Filipino fishermen but remained ...
- November 4, 2016
Phl banking on friendship with China to resolve reef issue
Malacañang is banking on its friendship with China to convince the Asian power to pull its vessels out of Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea, even as it urged the public to allow President Duterte to address the ...
- April 16, 2021
Phl won't recognize Chinese names for Rise features
The Philippines and China are discussing joint exploration in the South China Sea and working on ways to make it legally acceptable, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said yesterday. “Right now we haven’t ...
- February 17, 2018
'Lingering China vessels, boat in 2019 collision from same operator'
The Chinese vessels swarming around Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef in the West Philippine Sea operate from the same port where the ship that rammed and sank Philippine fishing boat FB GemVer in 2019 came from, a US think ...
- April 23, 2021
220 Chinese vessels swarm Phl reef in WPS
About 220 Chinese maritime militia vessels were spotted within the West Philippine Sea earlier this month, according to the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), prompting the Philippines to file a ...
- March 22, 2021
US pays P87 M for Tubbataha damage
The Philippine government has received P87 million, or $1.97 million, from the United States for the damage caused by the grounding of the minesweeper USS Guardian in Palawan’s Tubbataha Reef two years ago. The Department ...
- February 19, 2015
Phl protects 'illegal' presence of Chinese ships around Pag-asa
With hundreds of Chinese vessels swarming around Pag-asa Island, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is calling China’s attention to their “illegal” presence and “clear violation” of Philippine sovereignty. “The presence ...
- April 5, 2019
DFA demands withdrawal of China vessels from reef
The Philippines yesterday demanded that China withdraw its maritime militia vessels from Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef, saying their continued presence and activities in the area “blatantly infringe upon Philippine sovereignty, ...
- March 24, 2021