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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
The same answer?
President Duterte is in China again to pursue various initiatives that should redound to bilateral cooperation in various areas, thus potentially deepening the friendship and warm ties between the Philippines and China ...
- August 29, 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
FVR wants to clarify role as special envoy to China
Former President Fidel V. Ramos said there are some things he has to discuss with President Duterte Before agrees to be latter's special envoy to China. Duterte made the announcement during a tribute to him by his fellow ...
- July 18, 2016
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
Aquino: Scarborough still part of PH territory
President Aquino yesterday said the Scarborough Shoal is within the Philippine's 200 mile exclusive economic zone which means that it is very much part of the country. Aquino talked about the geographical location of ...
- May 27, 2016
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