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DFA vows daily diplomatic protests till China boats leave PH reef
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday vowed to file daily diplomatic protests against China unless all Chinese vessels leave the Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea. “Firing another diplomatic protest. ...
- April 8, 2021
China may rebut case until Jan 1
The Philippines has sought to debunk China's claims to disputed islands in the South China Sea, court officials said Monday as an international tribunal wrapped up a five-day hearing. Although Beijing has refused to take ...
- December 2, 2015
Ph files news protest vs. China, this time over moves in Ayungin Shoal
The Philippines has filed another diplomatic protest against China—the second this week, over its activities in the West Philippine Sea, this time in the Ayungin Shoal.The Department of Foreign Affairs said Chinese Coast ...
- June 12, 2022
‘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
PH eases up on ships’ crossings
Only foreign warships passing through the Philippines’ territorial waters are required to seek permission from the government, the Palace said Monday. Commercial ships are excluded from President Rodrigo Duterte’s Aug. 20 ...
- August 27, 2019
Diverse marine life found in 2016 Benham Rise expedition
Since the United Nations' Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf recognized Benham Rise as the Philippines's newest territory in 2012, our country's territory has increased to 43 million hectares from 30 million ...
- June 9, 2016
China told: Explain Sibutu intrusions
Malacañang, miffed by the unflagging passing of Chinese warships through Sibutu near the Philippines' southernmost province Tawi-Tawi without clearance from the Philippines, wants to know the reason for the ceaseless ...
- August 18, 2019
Amid sea row, Japan insists on rule of law
Rear Admiral Hidetoshi Iwasaki of Japan called for the rule of law in solving the dispute in the South China Sea and assured the Philippines that its maritime security ties with it will continue. The Philippines and other ...
- October 26, 2016
PH airmen hop on Orion flight over disputed sea
Filipino airmen flew with their Japanese counterparts on a Japanese P3-C Orion surveillance plane and circled over the disputed Recto Bank in the Spratly Islands on Tuesday at the start of an exercise with the Philippines ...
- June 24, 2015
PH urged to resist outside forces in sea
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday called on the Philippines and the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to unite and resist the intervention of “non-regional forces” in the disputes in the South ...
- July 26, 2017