Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Enrique Manalo yesterday said efforts to come up with a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC) by yearend would be part of the agenda in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday affirmed his country's commitment to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) members towards the conclusion of a binding Code of Conduct on the South China Sea ...

Eight in 10 Filipinos believe the government's supposed inaction over China's intrusion in the West Philippine Sea is wrong, and more Filipinos prefer strengthening the military as a deterrent to diplomatic action, the ...

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo yesterday said Chinese vessels have no business staying around Philippine-occupied islands in the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea and should leave. "If they continue to ...

President Duterte yesterday assured the United States that the Philippines would neither negotiate nor trade its territorial rights with China. Connecticut Senator Christopher Murphy, in his Twitter account (@ChrisMurphyCT), ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday he supported the resumption of bilateral talks between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea, following a ruling against Beijing over the dispute earlier this ...

Deputy presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte, in a Statement, said Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario summarized the salient points of the arguments presented by the Philippine legal team to the first and second ...

President Duterte yesterday said he would not mention the ruling of the arbitral court on the South China Sea dispute when he addresses leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (Asean) on Saturday. He said it ...

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 ...

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 ...