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Wang, Locsin in 'frank, cordial' talks amid US-China word war
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr., who said on Sunday the UN arbitral award favoring the Philippine position in the South China Sea is “nonnegotiable,” held a “frank but cordial” virtual discussion on Tuesday ...
- July 16, 2020
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
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
China boat was cleared for shelter, DFA clarifies
A Chinese research vessel that stayed a few days in Philippine waters had clearance from the Department of Foreign Affairs to seek shelter, owing to bad weather, but not to stay, the DFA clarified on Tuesday, after the ...
- February 3, 2021
US, China spar over O'Brien's remarks on SCS
The United States is looking for a longer term for its Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the Philippines, even as it gave assurances that its military will remain in the Indo-Pacific region after the end of the Trump ...
- November 25, 2020
Locsin, Wang eye 'template' in talks on oil, gas in SCS
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Tuesday he had proposed with his Chinese counterpart a template in the ongoing joint negotiation to exploit oil and gas in the contested waters of the South China Sea ...
- November 4, 2020