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Indonesia asks Japan to invest in islands near disputed waters
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on Friday asked Japan to step up investment in fisheries and energy in some of its South China Sea islands following a stand-off with China in waters that China claims in the area. Widodo ...
- January 11, 2020
Resist China's aggression
There is no end to China’s aggressive behavior toward this friendly nation. The Jiageng, said to be one of China’s top research ships, spent a week within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, according to Ryan Martinson, ...
- September 23, 2020
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
Search on for 14 missing after boat collision
Rescuers from the Philippine Coast Guard on Monday were searching for 14 people who went missing after a local fishing boat collided with a Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel and sank off the coast of Mamburao town in Occidental ...
- June 30, 2020
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
Lorenzana: Illegal to have Sino air defense zone in South China Sea
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday said China’s plan to set up an air defense identification zone (Adiz) over the South China Sea would be considered illegal and a violation of international laws by many countries ...
- June 26, 2020
DFA, Manila gov't push back vs Chinese
From both national and local governments came some pushback on acts committed by the Chinese. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has filed a diplomatic protest in connection with an incident in May when the Chinese ...
- August 22, 2020
PH future is in the West Philippine Sea
As US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explained, the United States rejects any People’s Republic of China (PRC) maritime claims within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone or continental shelf, and claims in waters ...
- July 17, 2020
Amid Chinese presence, Navy wants to stay in Sangley Point
The Philippine Navy is opposing a plan by the Cavite provincial government to boot the military service command out of Sangley Point in Cavite as part of a P500-billion airport project that is expected to ease congestion ...
- September 7, 2020
A Philippine maritime militia in the WPS
The Philippine Navy recently announced its plan to create a maritime militia that will operate in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The primary purpose of the maritime militia will be to conduct low-cost surveillance in our ...
- October 29, 2020