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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 prioritizing territorial defense'
The Philippines is prioritizing the security of its territories, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday, amid China’s militarization of disputed reefs in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). In his speech ...
- May 29, 2018
Cabinet official: War awaits any claimant to Benham Rise
If someone claims the Philippine (Benham) Rise, the government will declare war against the claimant, a Cabinet official said on Wednesday. “The Philippine Rise must be guarded. We will go to war if someone [not only China] ...
- March 8, 2018
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
China warns of penalties vs foreigners in West PH Sea
China has warned of penalties against foreigners caught violating its sovereignty over its territorial seas, including the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). State-run Xinhua news agency reported that the Chinese Supreme ...
- August 3, 2016
Most Filipinos want sea claims asserted
A significant majority of Filipinos believe that the Duterte administration should assert Philippine sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) based on a 2016 international arbitration ruling, according ...
- July 13, 2018
PH won’t stop Chinese patrols in disputed cay
President Rodrigo Duterte won’t stop China from what he described was a patrolling activity in Sandy Cay near the Pag-asa island in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) that is within the country’s exclusive economic ...
- August 23, 2017
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
China reclamations 'damaging' disputed waters
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday slammed China on its massive reclamation activities in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) that it said have caused ecological damage to some 300 acres of coral reef ...
- April 14, 2015
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