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China war games: PH on guard
China will conduct a military exercise in the South China Sea next Monday and Tuesday as tensions remain high over the presence of more than 200 Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea, prompting Manila to send daily ...
- March 29, 2021
Peaceful end to sea row sought
Geopolitical experts, including former foreign ministers, from the United States, Australia, India, and Japan called for a peaceful approach and compliance to international law to avoid military confrontation amidst the ...
- July 16, 2021
US warship tests ‘freedom’ at sea
A US Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through waters near the Paracel islands in the South China Sea, challenging China’s claim to the area, the Navy has said. The USS Barry undertook the so-called “freedom of navigation ...
- May 1, 2020
Navy protests Chinese survey
The Philippine Navy will request that a diplomatic protest be filed over a Chinese vessel’s alleged surveying activities at Recto Bank or Reed Bank, its chief Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo said Monday. Bacordo told ...
- August 11, 2020
Filipino boat chased by Sinos; AFP sets probe
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Friday it was investigating a report that Chinese military boats pursued a civilian vessel carrying Filipino journalists in the disputed South China Sea. A television crew ...
- April 10, 2021
Malaysia zaps PH Sabah claim in note verbale
Malaysia, a co-member of the Philippines in the largely economic group Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has once more nixed the Philippine claim to Sabah and dismissed Manila’s “excessive maritime claims” in the ...
- August 30, 2020
DFA: Conflict in WPS only with China
The Philippines’ conflict in the West Philippine Sea is only with China and not with the other claimants in the area, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Tuesday. He dismissed suggestions that the Philippines ...
- September 23, 2020
Kalayaan Island Group eyed as protected area
Palawan 3rd District Rep. Edward Hagedorn has filed a bill declaring all low-tide elevations and high-tide features, and an area of three nautical miles around the Kalayaan Island Group and Scarborough Shoal, as a marine ...
- November 28, 2022
US backs PH protest vs. China's fish ban
The United States on Thursday backed the Philippines in criticizing a unilateral seasonal ban on fishing declared by Beijing in the dispute-rife South China Sea. This developed as Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin ...
- June 4, 2022
Beijing puts largest assault ship in service, likely mission in SCS
China has commissioned its first Type-075 amphibious assault ship, which is expected to be deployed in the disputed South China Sea, the South China Morning Post reported Monday. The ship, named the Hainan, was likely to ...
- April 27, 2021