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Campaign against illegal fishing turns violent
A fisherman was seriously wounded after he allegedly tried to escape after his boat was apprehended for illegal fishing off the coast of EB Magalona early Wednesday morning, July 8, 2020. Police identified the wounded as ...
- July 10, 2020
China says WPS reef is part of its Nansha Qundao
What the Philippines calls the Julian Felipe Reef within the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is the Niu’e Jiao, a part of the Nansha Qundao or Spratly Islands, to China. The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines said Chinese fishing ...
- March 24, 2021
Welcome to China
It surprises us why the sudden courage for the Philippines to officially launch a beaching ramp in Pag-asa, one of the disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea. In a gesture most ironic as we are supposed to celebrate ...
- June 11, 2020
Defense chief flies to disputed island amid feud
The Philippine defense chief and top military officials flew to a disputed island in the South China Sea on Tuesday, June 9, to inaugurate a beach ramp built to allow the “full-blast” development of the territory in a move ...
- June 11, 2020
Fragile peace in South China Sea
It is confusing and frustrating that China has continued its claim over almost the entirety of the South China Sea. This despite the July 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands, which ...
- April 4, 2022
Labor condemns Chinese 'incursions' in West PH Sea
Negros Occidental-based labor group General Alliance of Workers Asociations (Gawa) has condemned the alleged Chinese incursion in the country's territorial waters. Its secretary general Wennie Sancho, in a statement, said ...
- April 19, 2021
DILG supports LGUs in protecting municipal waters in WPS: Año
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local government units (LGUs) to improve their management of municipal waters and even assured them of its support in protecting municipal waters and local ...
- September 6, 2021
Bongbong Marcos open to use Indonesia-PH border deal model amid talks with China
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, he is willing to explore maritime border talks with China and other countries using the strategy that resulted in the peaceful agreement with Indonesia ...
- September 7, 2022
Duterte asserts PH victory in South China Sea
Addressing the United National General Assembly high-level general debate for the first time, President Rodrigo Duterte asserted the July 2016 arbitral ruling favoring the Philippines in the South China Sea territorial row ...
- September 24, 2020