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Philippines rejects China language in Scarborough proposal
China wanted the Philippines to agree to a formal declaration that Beijing was “allowing” Filipino fishermen to return to Scarborough Shoal, but Manila did not agree because the proposal would go against the ruling of an ...
- October 27, 2016
Ways to make China comply with UN ruling on S. China Sea
The Philippines is not exactly helpless if the United Nations Arbitral Court decides in favor of the Philippines in its case against China’s nine-dash line map and its transforming into islands, rocks in the Spratlys that ...
- June 24, 2016
Islands ready for climate agreement
With their very existence under threat from climate change, the world's island states come to the United Nations on Friday not only to sign the Paris climate deal but to be first in line to make sure it goes into force. ...
- April 22, 2016
US says its forces will keep operating in South China Sea
US military forces will continue to operate in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson said on Wednesday during a visit to a Chinese naval base. China ...
- July 21, 2016
No territorial nego with China: Duterte
President Duterte yesterday assured the United States that the Philippines would neither negotiate nor trade its territorial rights with China. Connecticut Senator Christopher Murphy, in his Twitter account (@ChrisMurphyCT), ...
- July 20, 2016
Vietnam activists thank Philippines
Activists in Vietnam held a brief rally outside the Philippine Embassy in Hanoi Sunday, holding up a banner that said “Thank you Philippines. You have a brave government.” The group was part of demonstrations in the ...
- July 18, 2016
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
Spurning Paris accord risks South China Sea support: De Lima
Sen. Leila de Lima yesterday warned that President Duterte's refusal to honor the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that the Philippines signed during the Aquino administration could turn off supporters in its territorial ...
- July 21, 2016
Scarborough Shoal taken!
National security observers view the move as part of the chain of event in the Bamboo Curtain's initiative to re-balance the United State's pivot to Asia, covering a rich and most internationally traveled trade route in ...
- September 15, 2016
Rody to fishermen: just be patient
Before leaving for China, Duterte announced on several occasions that the issue of fishing at Panatag Shoal would be among the issues he would discuss with his Chinese counterparts. He said he would “ask” the Chinese to ...
- October 23, 2016