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Duterte is wrong to call Carpio buang... or maybe not
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 ...
- June 28, 2019
Govt to buy research vessels to explore Benham
President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to invest taxpayer money on maritime survey vessels, Malacañang said on Tuesday. In a news briefing, Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said there was a need to assess the natural resources ...
- March 7, 2018
DFA twice denied China's bid to explore Benham Rise
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday bared it had rejected China’s request to conduct scientific research at Benham Rise twice and that the reported activity of Chinese survey ships in the area last year ...
- March 30, 2017
Yellows lost not just Scarborough Shoal but also our Kalayaan Island Group
It wasn't just Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc) that President Aquino 3rd and his minions lost in 2012 because of their bungling in their quarrel with China. Much worse than that: we lost our entire Spratly Island ...
- June 2, 2021
China invites Philippine firms to export fish
The Chinese government is inviting Philippine companies to export fish to the mainland that will be processed by China Asean Marine Product Exchange (Campe), which transacts online, delivers offline and settles cross-border ...
- April 27, 2017
Chinese presence near island 'illegal'
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday declared the presence of Chinese vessels near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the Kalayaan Island Group “illegal.” The DFA said Pag-asa Island is part of the Kalayaan or Spratly ...
- April 5, 2019
US will defend PH in a South China Sea war? Don't bet on it
In another instance of Philippine media’s boundless faith in the country’s former colonial master, nearly all newspapers the other day banner-headlined US Secretary of State Michael Richard Pompeo’s claim that America will ...
- March 4, 2019
China pivot yields 'modus vivendi' at West PH Sea
The Duterte administration’s pivot to China will bring about a change in perception on both sides, allowing a “modus vivendi” of “peace” at the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), the country’s next ambassador to China ...
- November 11, 2016
US to keep patrols in South China Sea
Despite a warning from the Chinese Navy, the United Staes will continue patrolling the South China Sea, (West Philippine Sea), a US Defense official said on Thursday. Randall Schriver, US defense assistant secretary for ...
- August 17, 2018
PH taking action on China - Cayetano
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano gave assurances that the government is taking all necessary diplomatic actions in responding to China’s actions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). “We are taking ...
- May 7, 2018