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Aquino blamed for China militarization in SCS
Malacañang on Monday continued to blame the “militarization” of the South China Sea on former President Benigno Aquino III as it defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to be friendly with China to resolve the dispute ...
- June 26, 2018
Asean ministers decry Chinese reclamation
China’s continued reclamation in the South China Sea has eroded trust among claimants and could raise regional tensions, Southeast Asian foreign ministers said Tuesday. The ministers from the 10-nation Association of ...
- February 7, 2018
Ban on Benham in force: Rody lets China explorers in, bars other aliens
President Rodrigo Duterte has banned all foreign scientific exploration on a vast undersea plateau claimed by Manila, his spokesman said Tuesday, now that China has completed its research there. Authorities announced three ...
- February 7, 2018
US, Japan, South Korea join bids for Benham Rise study
The Philippine government approved the applications of 26 research firms from the United States, Japan and South Korea to conduct scientific research in Benham rise or Philippine Rise, contradicting allegations the Duterte ...
- January 26, 2018
PH ignores Chinese names on Benham
Malacañang said Thursday it is not alarmed over China’s move to tag five underwater features of Philippine Rise with Chinese names, saying there was no bad faith involved and that bilateral relations remain intact. In a ...
- February 16, 2018
Palace on Du30 joke: PH not giving away territory
The government will not give away a single inch of Philippine territory to China, and should not seriously take President Rodrigo Duterte’s joke to make the country a province of China, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque ...
- February 21, 2018
Only 180 Bora resorts OKd for reopening
Of the 2,300 establishments in Aklan’s Boracay Island, only 180 of which or 7.8 percent have fulfilled the requisites of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and International ...
- September 13, 2018
'PH would one day even than China'
Amid growing international concern over rising tension in the South China Sea, a Malacañang official said Thursday the Philippines would one day "thank" China for building artificial islands in the resource-rich waters. ...
- February 9, 2018
Exploration with China not ‘harmful’ — Cayetano
The framework for the proposed joint exploration hunt for oil and gas deposits with China in the West Philippine Sea will not be "harmful" to the country's territorial and sovereign rights, Foreign Affairs secretary Alan ...
- August 13, 2018
Rape on the Rise
We are not talking of rape of the carnal kind here. The title of this column deals with the most recent violation committed by China on Philippine territorial sovereignty. Not content with its encroachment into the Philippine ...
- February 16, 2018