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Duterte recalls China warning if PH explores sea for oil
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 ...
- June 29, 2019
Solons urge protest over PH reef incident
An opposition lawmaker warned on Wednesday that it was only a matter of time before China deployed warplanes on its artificial islands in Philippine waters, after the Inquirer published surveillance photos showing Chinese ...
- April 19, 2018
PH-China sea row leads to 'video war'
The Philippines will broadcast a three-part documentary to defend its position on the disputed West Philippine Sea today, countering a Chinese television series that laid out Beijing's so-called nine-dash line claims on ...
- June 12, 2015
Rody's 'friendship'—and PH's territorial row—with China
Filipino fishermen have been the subject of harassment and intimidation by the Chinese since the dispute over the West Philippine Sea erupted. This bullying by the Chinese should stop. Now that President Duterte has ...
- October 5, 2016
China tried to 'physically expel' PH
China's blocking of Philippine ships bringing supplies to Filipino soldiers stationed at Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) was a deliberate move to “physically expel” the Philippines and its people from the disputed areas ...
- November 28, 2015
Sovereign states can share their sovereign rights
Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales released a statement saying that no public officer, even the President, can share what international law provides is the exclusive ...
- July 27, 2019
PH outgunned in China's island-building frenzy
The Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr., looks worried as he surveys the rusted cranes and eroded runway on the tiny island of Pag-asa, now on the front line of a rapidly intensifying ...
- May 14, 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
More Chinese military drills in disputed sea
China carried out military drills in the South China Sea all day on Thursday, the country's maritime safety administration said, ordering all other shipping to stay away. China routinely holds drills in the disputed waterway, ...
- October 28, 2016