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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
Rody to ban fishing in Panatag lagoon
Filipinos can again fish at Panatag (Scarborough), but President Duterte will soon keep them out of the shoal’s lagoon when he declares it a marine protected area. Filipinos will still be allowed to fish outside the lagoon ...
- November 22, 2016
Rody expects China nod for sea code of conduct
For years an elusive target for nations with conflicting claims in the South China Sea, a code of conduct for managing the dispute is expected to be ready on May 19 when the China-led Bilateral Consultation Mechanism ...
- May 17, 2017
No word on Panatag fishermen
It was supposed to be a centerpiece of his mission: President Duterte had said he wanted China to stop preventing Filipinos from fishing in Panatag or Scarborough Shoal. But Duterte and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ...
- October 21, 2016
Phl files 2 more protests vs China over WPS
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has filed two more diplomatic protests against China over its vessels’ continued illegal presence in the West Philippine Sea. “The DFA lodged on April 21 two new diplomatic notes in ...
- April 24, 2021
Phl sovereignty not negotiable - Palace
The Philippines is no slave to China, Malacañang said yesterday, as it faces mounting criticism over President Duterte’s silence on the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat after it was hit by a Chinese vessel near Recto ...
- June 18, 2019
Rody raises Phl reef incident to Chinese envoy
President Duterte raised the Julian Felipe Reef incident to Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian and insisted that the issue be resolved based on the rules of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), ...
- March 26, 2021
'Chinese coast guard regularly intimidates Pinoy fishers in SCS'
What’s happening to Filipino fishermen in the South China Sea? At about the same time as a senior Philippine military officer denied reports Filipino fishermen were being harassed by Chinese security forces in the vicinity ...
- March 29, 2019
VFA up for renegotiation; Rody gags officials on WPS
The Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the US is up for renegotiation, President Duterte said, as he maintained that his administration has veered away from a proWest foreign policy to avoid “trouble.” At a meeting of ...
- May 19, 2021
Rody: Phl owns WPS, but Chinese can fish
Amid accusations that he is being too soft on China, President Duterte on Tuesday said he asserted the Philippines’ sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea and merely granted fishing rights to Beijing. Duterte justified ...
- July 18, 2019