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    • Carpio says allowing Chinese fishermen in EEZ unconstitutional 

      Villegas, Vann Marlo M. (BusinessWorld, June 27, 2019, on page S1/12)
      Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio said allowing Chinese fishermen to trawl in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is unconstitutional. In a statement issued late Tuesday, Mr. Carpio said the ...
    • China fishing deal seen as preliminary to more talks 

      Balinbin, Arjay L. (BusinessWorld, July 4, 2019, on page S1/4)
      Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei B. Nograles called a 2016 verbal agreement on fishing rights at Reed Bank between President Rodrigo R. Duterte and China’s Xi Jinping a preliminary step to a more formalized deal, as members ...
    • China invades the Philippines — a bad dream come true 

      Macabenta, Greg B. (BusinessWorld, June 19, 2019, on page S1/6-S1/7)
      The sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea by a Chinese vessel has created a sticky public relations situation for the government of President Rodrigo Duterte. The usual extremists have added fuel ...
    • Chinese clam-harvesting in disputed waters seen anew, US think tank says 

      Ferreras, Vince Angelo C.; Balinbin, Arjay L. (BusinessWorld, May 22, 2019, on page S1/10)
      China has deployed anew clam-harvesting fleets to the South China Sea in the last six months, including in Scarborough Shoal, according to American-based think-tank Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI). “These ...
    • Duterte, Xi favor bilateral deal on sea dispute 

      Balinbin, Arjay (BusinessWorld, September 16, 2019, on page S1/10)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte frowns upon a “multilateral approach” to resolve the South China Sea dispute and will push for a deal with another claimant country, his spokesman said last week. Both Mr. Duterte and Chinese ...
    • Duterte: 'Our duty' with China to use 'our seas' 

      Balinbin, Arjay (BusinessWorld, April 29, 2019, on page S1/10)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte returned to the Philippines on Sunday after a “highly successful” official visit to China for the Second Belt and Road Forum, Malacañang said. Mr. Duterte also said at Session III of the Leaders’ ...
    • The fox investigates the raid on the chicken coop 

      Macabenta, Greg B. (BusinessWorld, June 25, 2019, on page S1/7)
      We’ve probably all heard the tale of the fox who raided the chicken coop and had to be hunted down by the farmer. But have you heard about the farmer agreeing to let the fox investigate the incident in order to determine ...
    • Poll shows anti-China stance on maritime dispute 

      Aguinaldo, Camille A. (BusinessWorld, November 21, 2018, on page S1/10)
      Majority of Filipinos reject the government’s “inaction” regarding China’s militarization activities in the West Philippine Sea, results from the latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed. The noncommissioned ...
    • South China Sea talks ahead of schedule 

      Bloomberg (BusinessWorld, June 25, 2019, on page S2/6)
      Southeast Asian nations say their first draft of a code of conduct with China on the disputed South China Sea is ahead of schedule and may be finished by the end of this year. The 10-nation group, known as the Association ...