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China to US: Pacific Ocean big enough for us
China's ties with United States remain stable, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday, as he sought to defuse tension over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea that has raised fears of confrontation between ...
- May 18, 2015
Duterte: Collision a 'maritime incident': Says no need to send Navy vessels to Recto Bank
President Duterte yesterday downplayed as a "maritime incident" the ramming of the Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese fishing vessel at the Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea last week, and said there ...
- June 18, 2019
Experts see Duterte finding balance between China and US
Incoming Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is not expected to swing to China's side opposite of the United States but will instead place the country in between the two big powers, foreign policy and defense experts said ...
- June 28, 2016
Sinopec building filling station in disputed South China Sea
Chinese oil major Sinopec is building a filling station on an island in the South China Sea, as China continues to expand its civilian infrastructure in the disputed waterway, entrenching its reach in the maritime heart ...
- December 15, 2015
DFA: no Asean member pushed China issue
None of the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) “strongly pushed” for the inclusion of the issue of China’s massive reclamation and militarization activities in the South China during the recently ...
- May 3, 2017
The Mabini Reef
The government says it will exhaust all diplomatic and legal means to prevent China from turning Mabini Reef into another Mischief Reef. As I said in my last column, web should do as Vietnam has done in the disputed Paracels ...
- May 27, 2014
'Chinese vessels not required to get PH clearance'
A senior military official yesterday said China is not required to get clearance from the Philippines when its vessels pass through international waters like Sibutu and Balabac straits, under the United Nations Convention ...
- August 22, 2019
US stand on China worries Lorenzana
Defense Secretary Delfin yesterday Lorenzana said he is concerned about the pronouncement of the Trump administration that the US will prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China ...
- January 27, 2017
China reclamation leaves $100M in destroyed reefs
The Philippines yesterday strongly called on China to stop its reclamation of the Mischief Reef in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) because it has destroyed 300 acres of coral reef system, which resulted to economic ...
- April 14, 2015
Non-war options
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, responding to a challenge by President Rodrigo Duterte, has itemized several options the Chief Executive may take to enforce the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The ...
- July 17, 2019