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How to defend Panatag Shoal
Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, who contributed immensely to our winning our arbitration suit against China’s “nine-dash line” maritime claim, wants President Rodrigo Duterte to shut up. Justice Carpio asked ...
- March 23, 2017
Benham rise and sovereign rights
President Rodrigo Duterte has received brickbats from various quarters for being unruffled at the report of his defense secretary, Delfin Lorenzana, that Chinese survey ships were spotted last year at Benham Rise, an ...
- March 16, 2017
Duterte: Sea row better left untouched
The maritime dispute will not be on the agenda of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit, given that President Rodrigo Duterte had declared the issue “is better left untouched.” The President on Sunday ...
- November 13, 2017
It’s official: Duterte renames Benham Rise to ‘PH Rise’
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order officially changing the name of Benham Rise, an undersea region that is part of Philippine territory, to “Philippine Rise,” months after reports of Chinese activity ...
- May 23, 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
PH to protest if China builds on Panatag
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the government will file a protest if China makes good on its reported plan to build structures at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, a resource-rich fishing ground well within the ...
- March 23, 2017
Duterte bares PH-China venture
The Philippines and China are now working on a joint oil exploration deal in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), President Rodrigo Duterte has said. Speaking to reporters after he delivered his State of the ...
- July 26, 2017