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Sea row to eclipse Apec agenda
Introducing any security topic in Apec’s formal discussions is a touchy issue because a major member, China, fears that could pave the way for its territorial conflicts in the South China Sea to be put on the agenda. Beijing ...
- November 17, 2015
Another Pinoy seaman in accident
Two Filipino seafarers died and 16 others were missing after their cargo ship sank in waters near Vietnam on Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Sunday. The Norwegian cargo vessel Bulk Jupiter went ...
- January 5, 2015
Occupy Spratly isles? too late
Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Friday ridiculed President Rodrigo Duterte’s vow to deploy troops to unoccupied South China Sea islands and reefs claimed by the Philippines, saying nothing was left to grab in those disputed ...
- April 8, 2017
Esperon: PH can't stop China buildup on isles
The government is fully aware that China has nearly completed construction work on three Philippine-claimed reefs in the South China Sea but cannot do anything about it, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon said ...
- March 30, 2017
Vietnam protests China’s weather stations in disputed Spratlys
Vietnam strongly protested China’s launch of weather stations in the disputed Spratly group of islands, saying on Thursday they seriously violate Vietnam’s sovereignty and complicate the situation in the South China Sea. ...
- November 10, 2018
Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world's coral reefs
Corals are invertebrates, living mostly in tropical waters. They secrete calcium carbonate to build protective skeletons that grow and take on impressive colors, thanks to a symbiotic relationship with algae that live in ...
- March 14, 2017
Japan slams China reclamations in disputed sea
Japan slammed China's bid to reclaim land in the South China Sea as a "coercive attempt" to force sweeping maritime claims, in a defense paper coinciding with Tokyo's bid for legislation to expand the Japanese military ...
- July 22, 2015
Chinese ships still guarding Panatag
Aerial surveillance shows Chinese Coast Guard ships are still guarding the disputed Scarborough Shoal, but Filipinos are seen fishing there “unmolested” for the first time in years, according to Defense Secretary Delfin ...
- October 31, 2016
China calls int’l court a puppet
China vowed to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty in the South China Sea, saying it had the right to set up an air defense zone after rejecting an international tribunal’s ruling that junked its territorial ...
- July 14, 2016
Stricken US Navy ship a total loss
The US Navy plans to dismantle a minesweeper that ran aground at the protected Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea because the ship is a complete loss and because removing it intact would cause more damage to the reef and the ...
- February 1, 2013