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Arbitration hearing on sea dispute begins
Lawyers for the Philippines, backed by a large delegation of government officials, appeared Tuesday before a panel of international judges in The Hague seeking a ruling that could bolster territorial claims by a series of ...
- November 25, 2015
DFA: China denies harassing Pinoy fishers
The Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday said China belied reports its forces were involved in the reported harassment of Filipino fishermen near Union Bank, also known as Pagkakaisa Bank, in the South China Sea. “We ...
- May 3, 2017
China wants PH to ignore ruling of arbitration court
President Duterte said the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration which favored the Philippines in its territorial dispute with China should be "ignored" and set aside if the two countries will pursue a joint ...
- September 12, 2019
US eyes more patrols in South China Sea
The United States is considering intensified naval patrols in the South China Sea in a bid to challenge China’s growing militarization of the waterway, actions that could further raise the stakes in one of the world’s most ...
- June 4, 2018
No 'outright seizure' of fish, says Duterte
President Duterte yesterday virtually cleared the Chinese Coast Guard personnel who were seen in video footage taking some of the catch of Filipino fishermen in the disputed Scarborough Shoal (Pantag Shoal) located some ...
- June 19, 2018
Duterte's one-on-one talks with China
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte voiced his desire to engage China in bilateral or one-on-one talks after the Philippines won its case against China over maritime claims in the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea. ...
- July 21, 2016
'PH not capable of defending seas vs Chinese incursion
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday admitted the country is practically incapable of defending its territorial seas against Chinese incursions because of lack of equipment. During a hearing of the appropriations ...
- August 28, 2019
South China Sea? for Beijing, Taiwan is no. 1 security issue
Defeated Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan at the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. China claims Taiwan as its sacred territory, is estimated by Taiwan to aim hundreds of missiles at the island over a narrow stretch ...
- January 18, 2016
Trump vows to stop China from taking South China Sea islands
The new administration of President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea, something Chinese state media has warned ...
- January 25, 2017
Ban China from our EEZ
Critics of President Duterte aka Digong, among them ex-Foreign Secretary Albert "Super Amboy" del Rosario, claim that he may be impeached over his statement that he would allow China to continue fishing within our Exclusive ...
- July 3, 2019