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Gov’t upholds sovereignty over PH rise, plants flag
Manila asserted its sovereign rights over Philippine Rise (formerly Benham Rise) on Monday by planting the national flag there as the nation marked the 119th anniversary of its independence. Divers from the Philippine ...
- June 13, 2017
Occupy Spratly isles? too late
Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Friday ridiculed President Rodrigo Duterte’s vow to deploy troops to unoccupied South China Sea islands and reefs claimed by the Philippines, saying nothing was left to grab in those disputed ...
- April 8, 2017
Esperon: PH can't stop China buildup on isles
The government is fully aware that China has nearly completed construction work on three Philippine-claimed reefs in the South China Sea but cannot do anything about it, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon said ...
- March 30, 2017
Palace: No Du30-Xi fishing pact; Sino 'swarm' remains
Malacañang on Friday denied that there was a “verbal fishing agreement” between President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping just days after Manila filed two more diplomatic protests against the continued presence ...
- April 24, 2021
Du30 plans PH Rise trip to assert sovereignty
President Duterte on Thursday said that he was planning to set sail for the Philippine Rise next week in order to assert the country’s sovereignty over the area. Mr. Duterte bared this plan in a speech before Masons where ...
- April 28, 2018
DU30 to raise sea ruling with China
President Duterte on Sunday said there would be no bargaining of territory in his talks with China’s leaders this week, allaying fears that the Philippines may lose some of the gains it has earned in the international ...
- October 17, 2016
'PH a willing victim of China in sea dispute’
Two years after winning an international arbitral court ruling against China, the Philippines has become a “willing victim” of the Asian behemoth in the South China Sea disputes, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario ...
- July 13, 2018
Aquino mismanaged PH sea dispute with china, says defense chief
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday insisted that President Rodrigo Duterte was handling the Philippines’ maritime row with China in the South China Sea very well compared with the Aquino administration, which he ...
- June 12, 2018
Is Duterte serving China's interest or PH's?
President Duterte’s position on the Philippines’ maritime dispute with Beijing will destroy chances of stopping assertive China’s creeping usurpation of the Philippine claim to the West Philippine Sea. In its confrontation ...
- September 21, 2016
A firm voice to China
After meeting with top diplomats from the United States, Japan, South Korea, and India last week, incoming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. outlined his approach toward China’s persistent incursions in the West Philippine ...
- May 31, 2022