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Testing the waters
With the United States and Asean’s affirmation of support for the four-year-old ruling of the United Nations (UN) arbitral tribunal, the Philippines should seize the initiative in “implementing” the decision, at the very ...
- July 19, 2020
'Powder keg'
More warships have been deployed to the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as part of the Philippine Navy’s continued maritime operations in the disputed area to ensure the safety and security of Filipino fishermen who make a living ...
- February 20, 2021
Verbal row over reef militia sizzles; Duterte, Huang meet
The presence of a fleet of Chinese ships in the Julian Felipe Reef were among the issues discussed by President Duterte during his recent meeting with Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian, Malacanang said on Thursday, as harsh ...
- March 26, 2021
Energy fallback, WPS potential OK-Win
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy shared an upbeat outlook for the country’s back-up power supply to avert widespread brownouts when major supplier Malampaya gas field dries up. “We already have a contingency ...
- May 14, 2021
'In effect, but undeclared'
China has been imposing air, and even maritime, travel restrictions against other countries, especially the weaker ones that include the Philippines, in the South China Sea (SCS) for years, but has not officially declared ...
- July 4, 2020
China blasts U.S. joint carrier exercises in South China Sea
China on Monday accused the US of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea by conducting joint exercises with two US aircraft carrier groups in the strategic waterway. Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian ...
- July 8, 2020
PHL says 200 Chinese ships at disputed reef
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said on Sunday that eight Chinese fishing vessels were spotted in the Pagasa Island area last week just as the government reported the presence of at least 220 Chinese ...
- March 22, 2021
'After raising Unclos Award, PHL should move more on WPS
President Duterte should follow up on his invocation at the United Nations of the 2016 Unclos Award to the Philippines with more concrete actions that build on the momentum from countries in the Asean, the United States ...
- December 22, 2020
‘China owes us ₧33B in annual marine loss’
Retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio flatly dismissed Monday China’s claims that it owns the West Philippine Sea (WPS), as well as the whole South China Sea since ancient times. This, as former Foreign Affairs Secretary ...
- June 9, 2020
Locsin files protest vs new China Coast Guard Law
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday filed a diplomatic protest over China’s new law allowing its Coast Guard to fire on foreign vessels. “After reflection I fired a diplomatic protest. While enacting law ...
- January 28, 2021