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Beijing 'installs missiles' on South China Sea
Beijing Thursday reasserted its right to build "defense" facilities in the disputed South China Sea, but declined to confirm reports it had installed new missiles on artificial islands it has built in the region. The Chinese ...
- May 4, 2018
China must stop intruding into our EEZ
In a recent television interview, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana stressed the need for the Philippines to balance its relationships with China and the United States where the South China Sea is concerned. That balance, ...
- August 18, 2020
Trump's South China Sea war nears but PH should avoid it
We are witnessing today the most powerful country in the world, the United States, undergoing intense internal economic and social division as well as unprecedented breaking of agreements with allies even while they are ...
- July 26, 2020
Displaced fishermen seek UN assistance
A group asked the United Nations to stop Beijing from harassing them as they cast their nets around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which the Chinese Coast Guard annexed in 2012, their lawyer said on Thursday. which has ...
- June 26, 2015
Will the US help us in a fight with China?
Is Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. right to claim that the United States will come to our aid in case China attacks our vessels in disputed areas in the South China Sea? The short answer: maybe, if Chinese forces ...
- September 2, 2020
Duterte won't summon Chinese envoy
President Rodrigo Duterte is not inclined to ask Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jinhua to shed light on the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in disputed waters, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Palace spokesman ...
- June 19, 2019
Chinese boat seen roaming shoal in SCS, says expert
While its sister ship is on a “friendly visit” in Manila, another Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel was spotted roaming Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, according to a maritime expert. Ryan Martinson, an assistant professor ...
- January 16, 2020
Aquino-del Rosario offered Sabah to Malaysia for its support in arbitration case vs. China
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) under President Benigno Aquino 3rd's watch, then headed by Albert del Rosario, practically offered to drop our decades-old claim over Sabah against Malaysia in exchange for Kula ...
- September 18, 2019
US defense chief warns of conflict in disputed sea
SIMI VALLEY, United States: US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that land reclamation efforts and a military build-up in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) could lead to conflict ...
- November 9, 2015
Why China is risking war with the US in SCS
Why is China risking a major war, even a nuclear one, by deploying cruise missiles on South China Sea outposts? The US has warned that there will be consequences with this move by China. If the US launches a pre-emptive ...
- May 17, 2018