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AFP confirms Chinese ship’s ‘hostile intent’
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday confirmed an encounter in February between a Chinese warship and a Philippine Navy corvette on the waters of Kalayaan Islands—with the Chinese ship showing “hostile ...
- April 24, 2020
DFA chief: Nix deals with China companies tied to WPS buildup
Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday said he would recommend the termination of government contracts with Chinese companies involved in China’s artificial island building on maritime features in the West Philippine ...
- August 29, 2020
Go after other illegal Chinese dredgers, gov't urged
The government should look for and investigate other Chinese dredging vessels operating illegally in Philippine waters following the seizure of the 2,340-ton MV Zhonhai 68 off Bataan and Bulacan provinces by authorities ...
- February 1, 2021
Task force answers China radio message: Withdraw your militia
A Philippine military plane patrolling the West Philippine Sea this week spotted scores of Chinese vessels at several reefs within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and received several radio messages telling it ...
- April 1, 2021
Carpio: West Philippine Sea must be a poll issue
The country’s territorial dispute with China should be a central campaign issue in the 2022 presidential elections, retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Monday. “We must vote for a government ...
- June 9, 2020
Chinese ships still at reef near Palawan-AFP chief
The chief of the Philippine military on Monday confirmed that there were still Chinese ships at Julian Felipe Reef near Palawan province, two weeks since more than 200 vessels were seen there by a Philippine Coast Guard ...
- March 23, 2021
What China fears is democracy
Last Tuesday, Social Weather Stations released the following findings of its new survey of Filipino public opinion about China (SWS July 3-6, 2020 National Mobile Phone Survey—Report No. 3: “Stratbase ADR Institute sponsors ...
- July 18, 2020
Chinese research ship back in PH
A Chinese ship that was spotted in northern Philippine waters in 2020 was sighted again, this time on the country’s eastern side before it left that area on Monday morning. But according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), ...
- February 2, 2021
PH protests Chinese ships in WPS
The Philippines has expressed concern that some 220 vessels, believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia personnel, were spotted on March 7 in the disputed South China Sea, the latest example of tensions in the crucial ...
- March 22, 2021
US backs PH amid China's new incursion in West PH Sea
The US government reiterated on Monday that it stands by the Philippines amid the latest incursion of China in the West Philippine Sea. “The United States stands with our ally, the Philippines, in the face of the PRC’s ...
- March 30, 2021