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West PH Sea critical to US security
The situation in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) is critical to the national security interest of the United States, the White House has said. “The President [Barack Obama] has often talked about how critically ...
- May 28, 2015
China lands aircraft on another PH reef
A Chinese military aircraft has landed on the last of three airstrips it had built at the disputed Spratly Islands, at a reef claimed by the Philippines that is close to an island occupied by Filipino troops. The Asia ...
- May 11, 2018
Pompeo, Locsin discuss sea row
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, called newly appointed Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on the phone on Friday (Manila time) and discussed the tension in the South China Sea, among other issues. Pompeo spoke with ...
- October 27, 2018
PH hits China's lighthouses in two disputed reefs
The Philippines on Monday strongly criticized two lighthouses China constructed in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), charging that they were covert mean of enforcing Beijing's claims to the disputed waters. ...
- October 20, 2015
‘Pag-asa Island is ours’
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday issued a strong statement dismissing the claim of Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua that the Philippines’ planned improvement works at Pag-asa Island would be illegal. “Pag-asa ...
- May 3, 2017
PH-China economic ties 'improving' despite sea row
Relations between China and the Philippines are “improving,” an official of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said, as the two countries firm up strategies to boost cooperation. Trade Undersecretary Nora Terrado ...
- September 13, 2017
Poaching case vs China in danger of dismissal
A petition before the Supreme Court seeking to protect the marine environment in Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal, Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal and Panganiban (Mischief ) Reef in the South China (West Philippine) Sea is in ...
- July 10, 2019
DFA to file protest vs Chinese incursion in WPS
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday assured that it will file within this week a diplomatic protest against pressence of China's newsurvey vessels at Recto (Reed) Bank in the South China Sea (West Philippine ...
- August 20, 2014
Benham Rise has great value - Atienza
Benham Rise is of great economic value to future generations of Filipinos, based on the massive deposits of metal-bearing nodules found around the extinct volcano ridge, House senior deputy minority leader and Buhay Rep. ...
- March 20, 2017
‘Occupy all islands in West PH Sea’
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines to occupy all islands being claimed by the country in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Speaking to reporters following a visit to ...
- April 7, 2017