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    • DFA: Du30's call to discuss Hague ruling 

      Ramos, Marlon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 24, 2019, on page A3)
      t’s up to President Duterte if he would actually raise the international arbitral ruling recognizing the Philippines’ sovereignty in the West Philippines Sea in his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, ...
    • Diplomacy: PH’s only option vs China 

      Malinao, Alito (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 23, 2018, on page A8)
      The suggestion by some well-meaning sectors for the government to file another case against China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, this time for China’s harassment of Filipino fishermen and for the massive ...
    • Du30 counts on China's word PH fishermen won't be harmed 

      Aurelio, Julie; Salaverria, Leila (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 3, 2019, on page A8)
      President Rodrigo Duterte wants China’s “continuing assurance” that Filipinos will not be harmed while fishing in the heavily disputed South China Sea, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo ...
    • Du30 extols ‘special ties’ with China 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Andrade, Jeannette I.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 11, 2020, on page A3)
      President Rodrigo Duterte sought stronger ties with China on the 45th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations on Tuesday and said that threats like the COVID-19 pandemic could push the partnership to “take ...
    • DU30 open to deal in South China Sea 

      Salaberria, Leila B.; Canivel, Stephen C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 17, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he was open to exploring the South China Sea’s natural resources with rival claimants China and Vietnam, contradicting Foreign Secretary designated Alan Peter Cayetano, who said on ...
    • Du30 plans PH Rise trip to assert sovereignty 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 28, 2018, on page A4)
      President Duterte on Thursday said that he was planning to set sail for the Philippine Rise next week in order to assert the country’s sovereignty over the area. Mr. Duterte bared this plan in a speech before Masons where ...
    • Du30 to China: Why claim the entire South China Sea? 

      Aurelio, Julie M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 1, 2019, on page A1-A4)
      President Duterte on Friday said he loved China as an ally but questioned the claim by the Asian economic powerhouse over the whole South China Sea. It was the first time that Duterte directly confronted China publicly on ...
    • Du30 won’t raise Hague ruling again, says Palace 

      Ramos, Marlon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 31, 2019, on page A4)
      Chinese President Xi Jinping stood pat on his country’s rejection of the international arbitral award favoring the Philippines, but assured President Duterte that China will avoid “provocative acts” in the South China Sea, ...
    • DU30: back to Panatag 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 24, 2016, on page A1-A20)
      President Duterte on Sunday raised the possibility of Filipino fishermen returning to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea after his three-day state visit to China. Speaking before residents of typhoon-hit ...
    • Du30: China to fast-track sea talks 

      Tubeza, Philip C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 16, 2017, on page A1-A4)
      China has promised the Philippines that it would fast-track the negotiations for the proposed code of conduct for claimants in the South China Sea, according to President Duterte. Mr. Duterte said he pressed Chinese officials ...
    • Du30: Intrusive foreign ships face 'unfriendly' PH response 

      Aurelio, Julie M.; Ramos, Marlon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 21, 2019, on page A6)
      President Duterte has warned of "unfriendly" treatment for foreign vessels traveling in Philippine territorial waters without permission, in a rare swipe at China's use of warships in the country's southern waters without ...
    • Duterte recalls China warning if PH explores sea for oil 

      Aurelio, Julie M.; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 29, 2019, on page A1-A10)
      After disclosing his “mutual agreement” with China’s President Xi Jinping that would allow the Chinese to fish within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), President Duterte reminded Filipinos that Xi had also ...
    • Duterte to China: Resolve sea row based on int'l law 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 13, 2020, on page A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte told a senior Chinese official that disputes in the South China Sea must be resolved in accordance with international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), Malacañang ...
    • Duterte to declare Panatag a marine Sanctuary 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 22, 2016, on page A15)
      President Duterte plans to issue an executive order unilaterally declaring the lagoon of the disputed Panatag Shoal a marine sanctuary, where neither Filipinos nor Chinese may be allowed to fish. Mr. Duterte told Chinese ...
    • Duterte's 'agreement' with China 

      David, Randy (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 28, 2019, on page A8)
      Basking in the glory of his record-breaking high approval ratings in the latest opinion surveys, President Duterte began his fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona) by highlighting the minuscule 3 percent that disapprove ...
    • Duterte, Xi to work out joint oil exploration 

      Salaverria, Leila (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 13, 2018, on page A10)
      Mr. Duterte then mentioned that it was important for people to see the benefit of the Philippines’ relationship with China, Cayetano said. China claims virtually the entire resource-rich South China Sea, including swaths ...
    • Energy department awaits go-ahead on oil drilling in West Philippine Sea 

      Domingo, Ronnel W. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 14, 2017, on page A10)
      The Department of Energy (DOE) is ready to resume drilling for oil and natural gas on Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea, but when work will restart is up to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), which suspended the ...
    • Esperon: a ‘win-win’ for PH, China on Panatag 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP); Associated Press (AP); Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 1, 2017, on page A11)
      For National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, “it is a win-win” for both the Philippines and China. “But this is not to say that we have dropped our claim,” Esperon said on Monday, referring to Panatag Shoal, a rich ...
    • EX-DFA Chief calls for next strategy to press Beijing on sea row 

      Aning, Jerome; Ramos, Marlon; Ramos, Mariejo; Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 1, 2019, on page A2)
      The Philippine government should keep on raising with China the issue of the 2016 arbitral award that nullified Beijing's overreaching claims on the West Philippine Sea, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on ...
    • Filipino fishermen fear backlash after filing of ICC case against Xi 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel; Cabreza, Vincent (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 23, 2019, on page A1-A4)
      Fishermen here on Friday said they feared retaliation from China for the complaint of crimes against humanity filed against Chinese President Xi Jinping by two former Philippine officials in the International Criminal Court ...