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Duterte issues gag order on his Cabinet over sea dispute
Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday night barred his Cabinet from talking in public about the country’s sea dispute with China, which some of his ministers had rebuked for its actions in the disputed waterway. ...
- May 19, 2021
Duterte urged to allow navy to join drills in South China Sea
President Rodrigo R. Duterte should let the Philippine Navy join war games in the South China Sea after China passed a law allowing its coast guard to fire at foreign vessels in the disputed waterway, political analysts ...
- February 1, 2021
PHL reports China ship breach of sea regulation
A Philippine government vessel on Sunday reported a recent close distance maneuvering incident involving a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship in Scarborough Shoal. The Philippine Coast Guard said it was the fourth time within a ...
- March 28, 2022
Philippines expresses concern about China ships moored at reef
The Philippine government said it was concerned that more than 200 Chinese militia vessels had been moored at a Philippine-claimed reef in the South China Sea. The Chinese vessels massed at Whitsun Reef showed no actual ...
- March 22, 2021
More Chinese ships may be dumping waste at sea
Chinese ships could also be dumping human wastes in other parts of the South China Sea claimed by the Philippines, US-based geospatial imagery firm Simularity, Inc. said on Thursday. Simularity’s earlier report showing ...
- July 16, 2021
Philippines to again protest Chinese ships at sea
The Philippines' top envoy on Thursday ordered his agency to file another diplomatic protest against China for the continued presence of almost 300 ships in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. “Fire a diplomatic ...
- May 14, 2021
Palace distances itself from envoy's China rant
The Philippine presidential palace on Tuesday distanced itself from its top envoy’s tirade against China, saying his views on the South China Sea dispute is his own.“This is not the policy of the Philippines,” presidential ...
- May 5, 2021