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Chinese presence near island 'illegal'
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday declared the presence of Chinese vessels near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the Kalayaan Island Group “illegal.” The DFA said Pag-asa Island is part of the Kalayaan or Spratly ...
- April 5, 2019
US will defend PH in a South China Sea war? Don't bet on it
In another instance of Philippine media’s boundless faith in the country’s former colonial master, nearly all newspapers the other day banner-headlined US Secretary of State Michael Richard Pompeo’s claim that America will ...
- March 4, 2019
US Navy carriers resume drills in South China Sea
Two aircraft carriers of the United States Navy have resumed exercises in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), marking the second time this month they entered the highly contested waters and potentially renewing ...
- July 18, 2020
Sea dispute: PH verifying Chinese ‘harassment, firing’
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday said they were separately verifying reports that the Chinese Coast Guard fired at and harassed Filipino fishermen somewhere ...
- April 21, 2017
‘China likely to build on Scarborough Shoal’
Manila expects China to try to build on a reef off the coast of the Philippines, the Defense secretary said on Tuesday, adding this would be “unacceptable” in the flashpoint waterway. In an interview with Agence France-Presse, ...
- February 8, 2017
China pivot yields 'modus vivendi' at West PH Sea
The Duterte administration’s pivot to China will bring about a change in perception on both sides, allowing a “modus vivendi” of “peace” at the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), the country’s next ambassador to China ...
- November 11, 2016
Palace: Let China fish in PH waters
The Philippines will not stop China from fishing in the country’s territorial waters, Malacañang said on Tuesday amid calls on the government to make Recto (Reed) Bank an exclusive fishing ground for Filipinos. Recto Bank ...
- June 26, 2019
PH taking action on China - Cayetano
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano gave assurances that the government is taking all necessary diplomatic actions in responding to China’s actions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). “We are taking ...
- May 7, 2018
'No bargaining with China' on West Ph Sea
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said he won't ''bargain'' with China on the disputed West Philippine Sea ( South China Sea) when he visits Beijing this week. Duterte also said he won't make any ''hard impositions'' on ...
- October 17, 2016
Arbitral ruling on SCS dispute vindicated in Reed Bank row
Think of the neglected arbitral ruling on the South China Sea as like a smoking gun in a crime situation — i.e. the evidence that confirms the crime and snares the culprit. Despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s obsession ...
- June 25, 2019