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On traditional fishing rights
During the 2019 State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte, he mentioned the concept of traditional fishing rights (TFRs). What is it? Is respecting the TFRs of foreigners in waters within the reaches ...
- July 25, 2019
What Duterte must get from China
It’s not sovereignty over the South China Sea (SCS) and the Spratlys, or any expanses of water or bits of rock and reef it wants to wangle from President Rodrigo Duterte. The Chinese know that, like them, no nation ever ...
- October 18, 2016
Convert Pag-asa into a tourist resort
Since the Chinese are profiting from the natural resources within our exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea by mass harvesting giant clams in Scarborough Shoal and in some instances, off the shores of ...
- April 23, 2019
DFA dares Asean to speak out vs China on sea row
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Sunday challenged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to speak out against China’s massive reclamation activities in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) ...
- April 27, 2015
Yes, Senate must investigate how Aquino, Trillanes and Del Rosario lost Panatag
Sen. Loren Legarda, the chairman of the Senate’s committee on foreign relations, said the other day that she welcomed a probe into the country’s handling of its territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea. That ...
- June 18, 2018
Why China will go to war for the South China Sea
Aquino thought that China’s territorial disputes with our country is like Nazi Germany’s disputes with Czechoslovakia over the latter’s areas populated with ethnic Germans. For Aquino, the South China Sea is this century’s ...
- May 23, 2017
Philippines confident of winning sea case
The Government is confident that it will win the case against China before the International Tribunal on the Laws of the Sea (Itlos) as the Philippines prepares for another legal bout, this time touching on the merits of ...
- November 23, 2015
Be careful on sea row, Carpio tells Duterte
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 ...
- March 21, 2017
Palace: No such Sabah offer
Malacañang on Monday dismissed a report that the Philippines has offered to ease its claim on Sabah in return for Malaysia’s support in Manila’s territorial dispute with China. “There is absolutely no basis to such report,” ...
- March 31, 2015
DFA: Sea row on Manila Asean summit agenda
Regional maritime disputes will again be on the agenda when the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) holds summits in Manila, the Department of Foreign (DFA) said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in Malacañang, ...
- January 6, 2017