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Public interest should guide PH action on Reed incident
The government has come under growing pressure from all sides to take an aggressive action on the recent Reed (Recto) incident in the contested South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) and is itself anxious to find a resolution ...
- June 17, 2019
Palace: Let China fish in PH waters
The Philippines will not stop China from fishing in the country’s territorial waters, Malacañang said on Tuesday amid calls on the government to make Recto (Reed) Bank an exclusive fishing ground for Filipinos. Recto Bank ...
- June 26, 2019
Asset rights in South China Sea
United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has urged all nations, especially claimants to the hotly contested South China (West Philippine) Sea, to take a stand publicly by asserting their sovereign rights and to adopt ...
- November 20, 2019
SC dismisses writ of kalikasan case
The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday dismissed the writ of kalikasan plea on the disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea after the fishermen who filed the petition withdrew the case following revelations that their signatures ...
- September 4, 2019
Protection of ecosystem top govt concern – Palace
The protection of the marine ecosystem in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) is a top concern of the government, Malacañang said on Sunday, days after the Supreme Court issued a writ to protect several areas ...
- May 6, 2019
Remember Quemoy and Matsu in war-gaming the South China Sea
The language that has lately characterized statements from both sides of the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) points to the need to consider the consequences of words before they are spoken. Philippine Foreign Affairs ...
- April 23, 2019
PH protects Chinese fishing at Panatag
The Foreign Affairs department has formally protested China’s reported mass harvesting of giant clams at the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which Malacañang on Tuesday called as an “affront” to the Philippines. A ...
- April 17, 2019
Fishers’ shelter built on Batanes Island
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)-Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) turned over to the Batanes provincial government on Monday a multi-purpose shelter in Mavulis Island, Itbayat for local fishing and not a Marine ...
- May 28, 2019
Court gives IBP ultimatum in writ of kalikasan case
The Supreme Court has given an ultimatum to Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) lawyers to explain issues of fraud allegedly committed in the South China (West Philippine) Sea marine environment case. During deliberations ...
- July 17, 2019
PH protests Chinese vessels near Pag-asa
MANILA has filed a diplomatic protest against China, presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said, after the military over the weekend reported more than 600 Chinese vessels had been circling Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the ...
- April 2, 2019