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    • Aquino 3rd arbitration suit induced Chinese moves on Ayungin Shoal 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, November 22, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      It is the unexpected ruling in 2016 on the Aquino 3rd regime's arbitration suit against China that continues to encourage the Chinese to block Philippine boats from sending supplies to military personnel in Ayungin Shoal, ...
    • Arbitration 'award': A P1-billion useless piece of paper 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, May 7, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      President Duterte was absolutely correct when he remarked the other night that the “award” (i.e., ruling) of the arbitration suit that the Aquino 3rd administration brought against China in 2013 was a useless “piece of ...
    • Be careful on sea row, Carpio tells Duterte 

      Depasupil, William (The Manila Times, March 21, 2017, on page A1)
      President Rodrigo Duterte should be careful with his public pronouncements on the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) dispute and assert, not undermine, the Philippines’ claims, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice ...
    • Benham rise and sovereign rights 

      (The Manila Times, March 16, 2017, on page A4)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has received brickbats from various quarters for being unruffled at the report of his defense secretary, Delfin Lorenzana, that Chinese survey ships were spotted last year at Benham Rise, an ...
    • Blowback: China's artificial islands 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, December 24, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      The highly respected retired UP professor Clarita Carlos in her Facebook account expressed outrage over the transformation from 2013 to 2015 of the seven reefs in the Spratlys that China has occupied since 1988, into ...
    • Carpio and Sison are PH's biggest liars: First of 3 parts 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, May 3, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      Former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio will go down in our history as one of the biggest liars ever, over a public discourse affecting our national interest. Only Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria ...
    • Carpio inhibits self in South China Sea case 

      (The Manila Times, July 3, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has recused himself from the West Philippine (South China) Sea case pending before the high court after the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) accused him of being ...
    • Carpio's plan to push WPS deal hit 

      Canlas, Jomar; Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, July 12, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Former solicitor general Florin Hilbay said retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio was an "outsider" in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) case who was pushing an "unethical" plan for a deal with China. Hilbay lashed out ...
    • Carpio: PH imports galunggong from China 

      Roxas, Patrick (The Manila Times, May 13, 2021, on page A7)
      Retired Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio, in a statement aired over DZMM Teleradyo on Monday, said the Philippines is now importing galunggong from China, which sources it from the West Philippine Sea. Galunggong, ...
    • China aims to finish bases in Scarborough - Carpio 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, November 25, 2019, on page A3)
      Retired justice Antonio Carpio believes that China aims to complete its air and naval military base in Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal first before it agrees to any Code of Conduct in the South China (West Philippine) Sea. ...
    • China won't build structures in Panatag - Duterte 

      Valente, Catherine (The Manila Times, March 24, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      Amid reports of Chinese construction in the disputed areas in West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), President Rodrigo Duterte said China had assured him it would honor its word not to build structures on Panatag (Scarborough) ...
    • China's fishing fleet part of Beijing's drive to become a maritime power: First word 

      Makabenta, Yen (The Manila Times, April 24, 2021, on page A1-A11)
      Whenever Chinese fishing vessels land in a major fishing dispute with another country, the standard rationale of China’s foreign ministry is that its fishermen are only exercising their rights to fish in traditional fishing ...
    • Chinese maritime militia invasion a hoax; Duterte should fire Lorenzana and Locsin 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, April 23, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      A month after the hysterics, sadly participated in by our own Defense and Foreign Affairs secretaries, the so-called “intrusion” by 200 Chinese “maritime militia in our territory” is turning out to be a hoax. It is a hoax ...
    • Del Rosario lost Panatag to China 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, April 26, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      The gall of former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario to even open his mouth on the Whitsun Reef brouhaha and to admonish the Duterte administration to do this or that in dealing with China. In an article prominently ...
    • ‘DFA should handle sea row’ 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, May 31, 2019, on page A2)
      Sen. Loren Legarda on Thursday said she had decided not to conduct any public hearing on alleged Chinese incursions in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) because the “sensitive issue” must be handled by the Department ...
    • Drop the humbug, focus on national and strategic interest 

      (The Manila Times, June 24, 2019, on page A9)
      The nation will find a resolution of the Recto (Reed) Bank incident faster if it drops much of the posturing and humbug that some of our countrymen are spewing nonstop, and focus its attention instead on national and ...
    • Duterte bares PH-China venture 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Antiporda, Jefferson (The Manila Times, July 26, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines and China are now working on a joint oil exploration deal in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), President Rodrigo Duterte has said. Speaking to reporters after he delivered his State of the ...
    • Duterte is wrong to call Carpio buang... or maybe not 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, June 28, 2019, on page A1-A5)
      President Duterte is wrong to call Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio buang, for criticizing his statement to allow Chinese fishermen access to “Philippine waters.” Buang means stupid — certainly a description that applies ...
    • Duterte: There will be trouble ‘if China grabs oil and uranium’ 

      Saludo, Ricardo (The Manila Times, August 23, 2018, on page A1-A5)
      Is President Rodrigo Duterte moving away from his close friendship with China? Recently, he has strongly taken issue over stern radio warnings by the Chinese to Philippine military aircraft flying near Beijing’s facilities ...
    • Gather fleet vs China Duterte prods US 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, July 18, 2019, on page A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday prodded the United States to prepare its fleet for a faceoff with China amid the Philippines’ territorial row with Beijing in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). “I’m calling ...