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Aquino slams Cayetano's handling of WPS dispute
Former President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday belittled Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano’s conduct with China, telling the country’s top diplomat that his politics should be as “transparent as his hairstyle.” ...
- August 3, 2018
Time to rally Philippine allies against China – Drilon
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday called on President Rodrigo Duterte to rally the country’s neighbors and allies to form a united front against China and its actions in the South China Sea. Drilon said it ...
- April 26, 2021
Carpio: PH dropped ball in sea dispute
“The Philippines dropped the ball,” Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Wednesday, describing the Duterte administration’s handling of Manila’s victory over Beijing in the South China Sea dispute. ...
- July 13, 2017
President Duterte's policies in the WPS
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque praised President Duterte’s policies in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as “careful, calibrated, and calculated.” In contrast, Roque assailed proposals from former foreign secretary ...
- May 6, 2021
Del Rosario: No need to set aside arbitral win for PH- China deal
Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Wednesday said the government should “put into reality” President Rodrigo Duterte’s assertion in the United Nations that the Philippines will not compromise its arbitral victory ...
- September 13, 2019
Tales from my travel: From Basilan to the Spratlys
The Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (110,000 hectares) in Agusan del Norte is a forbidding place. A pump boat ride through the marsh is quite an experience for a first-timer, like something out of a Joseph Conrad novel ...
- July 24, 2022
Duterte assures Vietnam leader: I won't abandon sea row ruling
President Duterte has assured Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc that he will not abandon the Philippines’ victory at the international arbitral tribunal over its dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea. The ...
- April 28, 2018
Marcos vows stronger air force, cities disputes
On his first full day on the job, President Marcos on Friday promised a robust and capable Air Force to defend the country’s sovereignty. Speaking at the late afternoon rites to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the ...
- July 2, 2022
Understanding the arbitral award
The arbitral award or judgment, dated July 12, 2016, was issued unanimously by the five members of the Arbitral Tribunal Constituted Under Annex VII of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (that is how ...
- August 4, 2019
Why do they go to Panatag? Pangasinan fishermen show their marine bounty
The shoal’s 150-square-kilometer lagoon, as well as the waters surrounding this disputed set of sea rocks, is home to high-value fish species, such as tanigue (narrow-barred Spanish mackerel), lapu-lapu (grouper) and ...
- October 31, 2016