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PH says Hague ruling binding; Chinese envoy wants it voided
Malacanang said Wednesday “no one can diminish” the 5-year-old arbitral award that junked Beijing’s sweeping maritime claims to the West Philippine Sea, despite China’s recent remark that the award was a piece of “wastepaper." ...
- July 15, 2021
Duterte to China envoy: Arbitral ruling stands in PH favor
President Rodrigo Duterte has asserted the international court’s 2016 arbitral ruling favoring the Philippines against China’s massive claims in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS) during his meeting with Chinese ...
- March 26, 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
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
Envoy: PH-US military pact crucial to keeping region stable
The military alliance between the United States and the Philippines remains critically significant to maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, including in the hotly contested South China Sea, US Ambassador ...
- May 24, 2019
Justice prods Palace to assert PH rights over Benham
Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has rebuffed the position of Malacanang that there is nothing wrong with China naming undersea features in the Philippine Rise. China, Carpio said, has no right to name the ...
- February 19, 2018
Protest vs china incursions- Carpio
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday urged the Duterte administration to file new protests against China over its incursions in the West Philippine Sea. He said the Philippines should file diplomatic protests ...
- December 12, 2018
Rody 'abhors' Ayungin attack
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday condemned the latest flare-up in the West Philippine Sea after Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannons at Filipino boats. Duterte made the remarks at the ASEAN-China summit hosted ...
- November 23, 2021
Carpio: No to war, but assert rights on SCS
The Philippines can still assert its sovereign rights over its territories in the South China Sea without going to war, retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Tuesday. "Vietnam, Malaysia and ...
- July 29, 2020
China builds SCS rescue, maritime station
China has built permanent stations for its rescue and maritime forces on its artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea. Citing reports from state broadcaster China Central Television, South China Morning Post said ...
- July 25, 2022