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Sea row tackled at Duterte, Xi meet
While China has continued to downplay the 2016 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) ruling favoring the Philippines’ territorial rights, tension between the two countries have subsided following the ...
- April 27, 2019
Du30: Intrusive foreign ships face 'unfriendly' PH response
President Duterte has warned of "unfriendly" treatment for foreign vessels traveling in Philippine territorial waters without permission, in a rare swipe at China's use of warships in the country's southern waters without ...
- August 21, 2019
Duterte recalls China warning if PH explores sea for oil
After disclosing his “mutual agreement” with China’s President Xi Jinping that would allow the Chinese to fish within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), President Duterte reminded Filipinos that Xi had also ...
- June 29, 2019
Panelo: Duterte asked sanctions vs Chinese crew
President Duterte had told Chinese President Xi Jinping that he wanted “sanctions” against the crew of the Chinese trawler involved in the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in June, presidential spokesperson Salvador ...
- August 31, 2019
Locsin says 60 protests sent to China over WPS
The Philippine government has “fired off” a total of 60 diplomatic protests against the incursions of China on the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin told lawmakers on Wednesday. But Locsin rejected ...
- September 5, 2019
'It's time': Duterte to raise sea row ruling on China trip
President Duterte will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing later this month to discuss a 2016 ruling by the UN-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration that nullified China’s claim to nearly the entire South China ...
- August 7, 2019
EX-DFA Chief calls for next strategy to press Beijing on sea row
The Philippine government should keep on raising with China the issue of the 2016 arbitral award that nullified Beijing's overreaching claims on the West Philippine Sea, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on ...
- September 1, 2019
Carpio: Duterte-Xi fishing deal unconstitutional and lopsided
The agreement between President Duterte and China’s President Xi Jinping allowing Chinese fishermen into the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is not only unconstitutional but also lopsided and could lead to a rapid ...
- July 6, 2019
Carpio thankful Locsin cleared Du30 gab on arbitral ruling
China could have held President Rodrigo Duterte to his “unilateral declaration” to set aside the Philippines’ 2016 victory at the international arbitral tribunal were it not for Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.’s timely ...
- September 14, 2019
'WPS is ours... no ifs and buts'
During his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on July 22, President Duterte made it very clear that “… the West Philippine Sea is ours. There [are] no ifs and buts. It is ours… we have been acting [applause] along that ...
- July 28, 2019