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    • Ayungin Shoal incident draws support for PH; China vows not to stop resupply mission 

      Antonio, Raymund; Casayuran, Mario; Sadongdong, Martin (Manila Bulletin, November 22, 2021, on page 1-10)
      Australia, Japan, France, And Germany have expressed "serious concerns" over the latest incident between China and Philippines in the Ayungin Shoal and urged China to abide by international maritime laws, particularly the ...
    • Chinese vessels inch closer to Pagasa Island 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, November 22, 2021, on page 3)
      Dozens of Chinese vessels have recently been frequenting the waters near Pagasa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a military commander reported on Sunday, Nov. 21. Vice Admiral Ramil Roberto Enriquez, commander ...
    • Duterte apologizes to 22 fishers 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B. (Manila Bulletin, June 26, 2019, on page 1-9)
      President Duterte said he does not mean to belittle the plight of the 22 fishermen who were abandoned at sea by a Chinese vessel when he referred to the Recto Bank incident as a “little” maritime incident. In an interview ...
    • Joint exploration of oil-rich sea with China Proposed 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, October 12, 2016, on page 4)
      The Philippine government should press China into agreeing that they enter into joint exploration of the oil-rich South China Sea without mentioning the United Nations (UN) arbitration court decision that China's historical ...
    • More naval patrols at Recto Bank eyed 

      Sadongdong, Martin A.; Terrazola, Vanne P. (Manila Bulletin, June 15, 2019, on page 1-7)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is mulling increased naval patrols at Recto (Reed) Bank in the West Philippine Sea after the “collision” of a Chinese vessel and a Philippine fishing boat. Lorenzana admitted that the ...
    • Senate to probe China's militarization in Spratlys 

      Casayuran, Mario; Estacio, Danny J. (Manila Bulletin, June 16, 2018, on page 4)
      After prodding by the Senate minority bloc, the Senate foreign relations committee will finally hold a public hearing on the controversial militarization by China of parts of the Spratly island chain legally owned by the ...