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Sea militarization dangerous - Esperon
The growing militarization of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) is "dangerous" because it will undermine the cooperation of frontline nations on other issues surrounding the region, National Security Adviser ...
- March 19, 2018
Where he stands: Duterte affirms arbitral ruling, rebukes China
President Rodrigo Duterte surprised many nations, and maybe even himself, with his forthright and strong virtual address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 22. Mincing no words, the President ...
- September 25, 2020
Palace: We'll get back SCS islands
Saying only the Philippines can legally build on territories in the disputed South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), Malacañang said China will have to return someday what belongs to the country. In an interview aired on ...
- February 9, 2018
Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling was a terrible mistake
Recently, the United States reassured its Southeast Asian allies that it remains committed to protecting their sovereign rights in the South China (West Philippine) Sea. Let’s see if it actually puts its money where its ...
- July 21, 2020
Drop the humbug, focus on national and strategic interest
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 ...
- June 24, 2019
Climate change will end sea dispute – Locsin
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday claimed rising sea levels brought about by climate change would eventually wipe out structures and artificial islands built by China in the contested Kalayaan (Spratly) ...
- April 8, 2019
Palace: Cabinet execs to discuss boat sinking
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has warned the Philippines against politicizing the boat’s sinking, which it described as a “ordinary maritime incident.” The Filipino boat’s crew — rescued by a Vietnamese vessel — has claimed ...
- June 17, 2019
China tells PH, Asean to stand up vs West
The Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries as well as China should stand together and reject “non-regional forces” that don’t want stability in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Chinese Foreign Minister ...
- July 26, 2017
US presidents and the West Philippine Sea
I do not think we should be dependent on auguries at all, considering that it is our exclusive economic zone and our continental shelves that are at stake. Whether the Potus be Trump or Biden, what credibility and ascendancy ...
- November 9, 2020
Carpio inhibits self in South China Sea case
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 ...
- July 3, 2019