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Carpio: Duterte's statement on passage of foreign ships violates UNCLOS
Following reports by the military two weeks ago about five Chinese warships passing through Philippine waters, President Duterte last Tuesday issued a statement requiring all foreign vessels to notify Philippine authorities ...
- August 23, 2019
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
Duterte to discuss arbitral ruling with China
President Duterte yesterday said he would visit China later this month to discuss with Chinese President Xi Jinping the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration that favored the Philippines and voided China's claim ...
- August 7, 2019
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
US envoy: China, not US, to blame for WPS tension
US Ambassador Sung Kim said Beijing, not Washington, is to blame for the militarization of the West Philippine Sea. Ki made the remark in response to a request for comment on President Duterte's statement that Washington ...
- December 20, 2018
Otso bet's planned Panatag Shoal trip cheap media gimmick - Panelo
Malacañang yesterday branded as a successful but "cheap" media stunt the attempt of four senatorial candidates from the opposition coalition Otso Diretso to sail to Panatag Shoal. Senatorial candidates Rep. Gary Alejano ...
- April 10, 2019
Del Rosario: Joint probe with China won't work
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario yesterday said a joint inquiry by Manila and Beijing into the June 9 sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by c Chinese vessel at the Recto Bank in the South China Sea is a ...
- June 25, 2019
Not a single island but the whole of Spratlys
Mischief Reef was lost under the Ramos presidency. Scarborough Shoal was lost under the Benigno Aquino III presidency. The Spratlys was surrendered to China under the Duterte presidency.
- May 30, 2018
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