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China seals area for war games
Beijing will close off access to part of the South China Sea for military drills, Chinese officials said Monday, after an international tribunal ruled against its sweeping claims in the waters. An area off the east coast ...
- July 19, 2016
China ships free to enter Panatag if...
To avoid further escalating tensions in the region, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said Manila would allow Beijing to conduct innocent passage within the disputed Scarborough Shoal after the Chinese assured him that ...
- March 24, 2017
‘Scarborough is ours’
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said he made it clear to Chinese President Xi Jinping that Scarborough Shoal belongs to the Philippines, amid earlier reports that the issue was put on the backburner during his state ...
- October 24, 2016
'Revive E. Visayas agri, fisheries'
More than a hundred farmers and disaster survivors from Eastern Visayas provinces on Tuesday demanded Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol apply emergency rehabilitation measures to revive the agriculture and fisheries ...
- December 1, 2016
Carpio warns of China zone over Scarborough
A Magistrative on Sunday warned the government on China’s reported plan to install a radar station in the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Senior Justice Antonio Carpio said the installation of an environmental monitoring station ...
- March 20, 2017
Fishers’ group slams Chinese harassment
The activist fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas has condemned the recent harassment by Chinese Coast Guards against Filipino fishermen in Scarborough Shoal. Citing reports from the ...
- September 29, 2016
Kerry: US avoiding maritime conflict
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Washington wants to avoid confrontation in the South China Sea, after meeting with Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay to discuss the Philippines’ victory over China before ...
- July 28, 2016
Du30 open to sea exploration with China, Vietnam
President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he was open to exploring the South China Sea’s natural resources with rival claimants China and Vietnam, after securing a “windfall” while in Beijing. Duterte also emphasized he had ...
- May 17, 2017
China to stage sea exercises ahead of ruling
China will hold military drills in the disputed South China Sea, Chinese officials said Sunday, ahead of an international tribunal ruling over Beijing’s maritime claims in the resource-rich area. The drills will be held ...
- July 4, 2016
Dismantle fish ages- fishermen
Militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya-Pilipinas) on Sunday welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to dismantle vast tracts of private fish pens in Laguna de Bay. ...
- August 1, 2016