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Gov't task force: Keep all Chinese ships off WPS
The Philippines on Wednesday has reiterated its call for China to withdraw its militia ships spotted massing in the country's maritime territory off the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The National Task Force for the West ...
- April 1, 2021
240 Chinese vessels spotted lingering in West Philippine Sea
The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) on Tuesday, April 13, denounced the continued swarming of Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) and Maritime Militia vessels, which Chinese authorities have claimed to be ...
- April 15, 2021
Enrile: Ruling on West Philippine Sea not meaningless
Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said the 2016 The Hague ruling favoring Philippines over China in its claim in the West Philippine Sea is not meaningless, but the United Nations (UN) has no police power to enforce ...
- May 19, 2021
Just paper, Duterte describes arbitral ruling
President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated that the arbitral ruling on the South China Sea dispute lacks teeth and could not be enforced. In another televised briefing Wednesday, May 5, 2021, Duterte said China’s President Xi ...
- May 8, 2021
Provocations coming from China, not PH
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has said provocations in the hotly disputed areas in the South China Sea are coming from the Chinese, who have illegally occupied some features within the Philippine exclusive economic ...
- August 25, 2020
From China with love
The Philippines received 600,000 doses of Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccines last month, and recently, we got another shipment of 400,000. In between those two batches of goodwill, our friendly donor moored over 200 Chinese militia ...
- March 26, 2021
PH protest Chinese Coast Guard's actions
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has protested the shadowing, blocking, dangerous maneuver and radio challenges by the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels conducting legitimate maritime ...
- May 4, 2021
Philippines, US defense chiefs discuss maritime dispute
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has committed to United States (US) Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III that he will discuss the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with President Rodrigo Duterte. Austin, on the other ...
- April 13, 2021
220 Chinese vessels with militia sighted in WPS
Over 200 fishing vessels believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia were sighted in line formation at the Julian Felipe Reef (Whitsun Reef) on March 7, 2021, the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea ...
- March 22, 2021
DFA protests China's fishing ban, says it's a violation
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has protested China’s fishing ban that covers parts of the West Philippine Sea over which the “Philippines exercises sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction.” In a statement, ...
- May 20, 2021