Now showing items 1-20 of 21

    • Carpio hits Duterte: China 'not in possession' of West PH Sea 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, July 24, 2019, on page 7)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio slammed President Rodrigo Duterte's claim that China is in possession of the contested West Philippine Sea. In a statement a day after Duterte's 4th State of the Nation ...
    • Carpio warns of China's looming encroachment on Scarborough 

      GMA News (Panay News, March 19, 2017, on page 9-14)
      Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has warned that China may impose an air defense zone and control the whole South China Sea if the Philippines will not stop its plan to build a radar station in the disputed Scarborough ...
    • China meeting 'to discuss arbitral ruling' - Palace 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, August 7, 2019, on page 5-10)
      Three years after the verdict was released, President Rodrigo Duterte will finally raise Manila’s 2016 arbitral victory in his China visit later this month. Duterte deemed it as about time to raise the ruling during his ...
    • China open for bilateral talks to resolve WPS 'irritants' 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, May 1, 2019, on page 7)
      Chinese President Xi Jinping is open to resolve territorial disputes in the West Philippines Sea via bilateral talks, Malacañang said on Monday. Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said that Xi has opened the lines of ...
    • 'China's Xi threatens for trouble if PH drills oil in West PH Sea' 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, June 29, 2019, on page 5-10)
      Chinese President Xi Jinping threatened for trouble if the Philippines will push ahead with drilling oil in the disputed part of the West Philippines Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday recalled his bilateral meeting ...
    • 'Chinese ships entering PH waters an issue for Duterte' 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, August 21, 2019, on page 5)
      Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said the unannounced passage of Chinese warships in the Philippine waters was an “issue” for President Rodrigo Duterte. He added that foreign vessels passing through Manila’s waters ...
    • Duterte and Xi discuss West PH Sea issue 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, April 27, 2019, on page 8)
      Malacañang said issues on the West Philippine Sea were among those discussed during a meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte raised ...
    • Duterte to push for code of conduct at Asean summit – DFA 

      PN (Panay News, October 29, 2019, on page 6)
      President Rodrigo Duterte will push for the discussions on the proposed Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea when he attends the 35th Asean Summit later this week in Thailand. Department of Foreign Affairs assistant ...
    • 'Duterte wants Chinese crew sanctions over Recto Bank collision' 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, September 1, 2019, on page 13-10)
      Despite the apology, President Rodrigo Duterte wanted the Chinese crew – in the vessel that rammed a Filipino fishing boat at Recto Bank – to be sanctioned, according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. He added ...
    • Duterte, Xi agree on ‘dissipating’ South China Sea tensions 

      Corrales, Nestor (Panay News, April 11, 2022, on page 5)
      President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday renewed their call for “dissipating tensions” in the heavily disputed areas of the South China Sea, during a telephone summit initiated by the Chinese ...
    • Duterte-Xi agreement on EEZ 'informal' - Palace 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, July 2, 2019, on page 6-15)
      Malacañang said the agreement entered by President Rodrigo Duterte to Chinese President Xi Jin Ping on allowing Chinese fishermen to trawl in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) was “informal.” Presidential ...
    • More gov't troops in Boracay than Spratlys? 

      Silubrico, Ruby; Golez, Prince (Panay News, April 28, 2018, on page 1-15)
      Sen. Francis Pangilinan questioned the deployment of over 600 government troops to popular island resort Boracay in Malay, Aklan. “Boracay is a tourist destination with a long coastline of soft, white sand beach. It is not ...
    • 'No verbal fishing deal between Duterte, Xi' 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, April 24, 2021, on page 6)
      The Malacañang strongly denied that President Rodrigo Duterte had a verbal agreement with China’s President Xi Jinping to allow the Chinese to fish within the country’s exclusive economic zone. “There is no truth to the ...
    • Palace: PH will not set aside arbitral win 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, September 14, 2019, on page 5)
      Malacañang said it has no plans of setting aside the arbitral victory for the planned joint oil and gas exploration with China in the West Philippine Sea. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the arbitral ruling ...
    • Palawan fishermen report continuing Chinese harassment 

      Cabalza, Dexter; Lazaro, Jacob (Panay News, January 23, 2023, on page 11-15)
      Just days after the Philippines and China supposedly reached an agreement in which China would allow Filipinos to return to their own fishing grounds in the West Philippine Sea, a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel drove away ...
    • PH prefers China loans over US ‘strategic confusion’ in South China Sea – Locsin 

      Bloomberg (Panay News, May 28, 2019, on page B2-B3)
      The U.S. is projecting “strategic confusion” in the South China Sea, the Philippines’ top diplomat said, prompting the Southeast Asian nation to deepen its ties with China. President Rodrigo Duterte prefers China’s offer ...
    • PH, China agree on 'friendly consultation' on sea dispute 

      Fernandez, Daniza (Panay News, November 21, 2022, on page 7-15)
      The Philippines and China have agreed to hold “friendly consultation” regarding the South China Sea dispute, the Chinese Embassy said, adding that the two nations should team up “to reject unilateralism and acts of ...
    • PRRD 'not satisfied' with Xi's rejection on PH's arbitral win 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, September 6, 2019, on page 7)
      President Rodrigo Duterte said he was disappointed Chinese President Xi Jinping did not recognize the country’s arbitral victory in the West Philippines Sea. Duterte on Wednesday said he was not satisfied with Xi’s response ...
    • PRRD has authority over verbal fishing deal - Palace 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, July 27, 2019, on page 7-15)
      Contrary to the claims of some, President Rodrigo Duterte has the authority to enter “executive” agreements, including a verbal deal with China on fishing rights in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), according ...
    • Why Chinese fishermen are in the WPS 

      Carpio, Antonio T. (Panay News, April 26, 2021, on page 7-14)
      China claims that part of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) enclosed by the nine-dash line is a traditional fishing ground of Chinese fishermen. That would make about 80 percent of the Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ...