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Oil and gas from Recto Bank by China
Both Manila and Beijing has confirmed that Chinese companies will explore, drill, and exploit oil and gas deposits at Recto Bank! This shallow part of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is only 80 nautical miles (nm) from the ...
- September 23, 2019
PH may cut ties with China if sea 'collision' found intentional
The Philippines might cut diplomatic ties with China if the "collision" of its vessel and a Filipino fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea is found intentional, Malacañang said Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador ...
- June 14, 2019
Lacson: 'Friends' not in the Constitution to enjoy PHL water resources, EEZ
Senator Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday that the word “friends” is not stated in the 1987 Constitution as a basis to use and enjoy the Philippine archipelagic waters, territorial sea, and exclusive economic zone. In a Twitter ...
- June 27, 2019
China will reclaim Scarborough in three years, SC justice says
Expect China to reclaim the disputed Scarborough Shoal before President Rodrigo Duterte steps down in 2022. This is the belief of Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio in his lecture during the U.S. ...
- September 26, 2019
PH bans Chinese marine survey ships: Locsin
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Monday he has banned marine survey ships even of China, saying granting exception to one country “will automatically lift ban universally” and will “invite bribes.” “I ...
- August 13, 2019
The great Reed Bank robbery
With the war in Ukraine, and perhaps even the imminent control over Taiwan by Communist China, the issues of foreign policies and pivots crafted by Rodrigo Duterte, our energy security in view of debilitating oil prices, ...
- April 1, 2022
Pledge trap: How Duterte fell for China's bait and switch
“We have to talk and what I need from China is not anger,” said Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte just over a month before winning the 2016 elections during an interview with Chinese state broadcaster CGTN. “What I need ...
- April 2, 2022
Del Rosario: PH should take South China Sea row to UN
Del Rosario said the Philippine government should seek support to compel China to abide its arbitral win in the disputed waters. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague upheld in 2016 Manila’s sovereign rights ...
- August 3, 2019
Recto Bank the only replacement to Malampaya
It's all over the newspapers the past two months that natural gas supply from the Malampaya offshore source in Palawan seas will run out in four years time. For the past 45 years, natural gas from the Malampaya gas fields ...
- July 1, 2019
China-Philippines clash in South China could draw in US
Concerned by the Biden administration’s continuation of former US president Donald Trump’s military-first approach to its South China Sea issues with China, I have sketched out a scenario in which the two are dragged into ...
- November 30, 2021