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Coast Guard confirms Sino water attack on PH fishermen
The Philippine Coast Guard has "verified and confirmed" that a Chinese vessel fired a water cannon to drive away Filipino fishermen from Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) off Zambales province on April 9, Malacañang said ...
- April 21, 2015
Panatag Fishermen told: enjoy while it lasts
There are no guarantees on how long Filipinos can fish at Panatag Shoal without being stopped by Chinese authorities, but the Philippine government is proceeding along the “friendly” agreement with China that they can go ...
- November 3, 2016
Palace: the president will definitely raise Hague ruling in meeting with Xi
There is no stopping President Rodrigo Duterte from speaking his mind about the 2016 arbitral ruling on the South China Sea dispute and other issues affecting the country’s interests. The President’s longtime aide, Sen. ...
- August 27, 2019
US warship sails near disputed isle
A US Navy warship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea on Tuesday, a US Department of Defence official said, days after China warned criticism of its claims in the crucial waterway would rebound like a ...
- May 11, 2016
DU30: back to Panatag
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 ...
- October 24, 2016
Reported Chinese waste dumping in EEZ angers lawmakers
True or not, a report that Chinese ships have not only been intruding into the West Philippine Sea but have also been dumping raw sewage into the waters in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has angered lawmakers. ...
- July 14, 2021
Maritime expert: PH must stop China fishers from wrecking Panatag reefs
If the Philippine government does not stop Chinese clam harvesters from destroying the reefs at Panatag Shoal, China would reclaim land on what is left of the shoal and transform it into another artificial island, a maritime ...
- June 21, 2018
Rody to Sino envoy: We're concerned about your ships
President Rodrigo Duterte has told the Chinese ambassador that the Philippines was concerned about the large number of Chinese vessels at Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef and reasserted the international arbitral tribunal’s ...
- March 26, 2021
Waiting for UN ruling, PH fishers turn jittery
The long wait for a United Nations tribunal ruling on the maritime row between the Philippines and China over the West Philippine Sea has made local fishermen jittery. The fishermen, who were driven away by Chinese coast ...
- June 30, 2016
Palace welcomes int'l effort on China sea row
Malacañang yesterday welcomed greater international participation to peacefully resolve maritime disputes in the South China Sea, especially with Beijing’s ongoing reclamation activities. Deputy presidential spokesperson ...
- May 16, 2015