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    • 2 US carrier groups conduct exercises in S. China Sea 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, February 10, 2021, on page 11)
      Two U.S. carrier groups conducted joint exercises in the South China Sea on Tuesday, days after a U.S. warship sailed near Chinese-controlled islands in the disputed waters, as China denounced the United States for damaging ...
    • China asks Phl to stop activities, exercises in WPS 

      (The Philippine Star, April 28, 2021, on page 1-2)
      China reasserted its claim of sovereignty over islets and land features in the West Philippine Sea and asked Manila to stop its activities in the resource-rich waters. “China enjoys sovereignty over Nansha (Spratly) Islands ...
    • China asks Phl to stop activities, exercises in WPS 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Romero, Alexis; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, April 28, 2021, on page 1-2)
      China reasserted its claim of sovereignty over islets and land features in the West Philippine Sea and asked Manila to stop its activities in the resource-rich waters. “China enjoys sovereignty over Nansha (Spratly) Islands ...
    • China refuses to honor SCS ruling 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Villanueva, Ralph Edwin (The Philippine Star, July 15, 2022, on page 1-7)
      Still refusing to honor The Hague’s ruling as “final” and “indisputable,” China has warned that it would respond to attempts to implement the ruling on the South China Sea arbitration. Speaking at a press conference in ...
    • China tells Phl to stop 'interfering' in sea patrols 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Ramirez, Robertzon (The Philippine Star, March 30, 2022, on page 2)
      Beijing has asked the Philippines to avoid interfering in patrol and law enforcement operations of Chinese coast guards, as it defended the activities of its ship that reportedly figured in “close distance maneuvering” ...
    • Lorenzana: China encroaching on Phl waters 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Cabrera, Romina; Romero, Paolo; Porcalla, Delon; Punay, Edu; Lee-Brago, Pia; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, April 29, 2021, on page 2)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana countered China’s latest claims of sovereignty over islands and features in the West Philippine Sea yesterday, emphasizing that it is the Chinese who are encroaching on Philippine waters. ...
    • Phl leaves joint naval patrols; Palau, Ecuador repel Chinese poachers 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, August 12, 2020, on page 9)
      Filipino soldiers have been withdrawn from joint naval exercises in the West Philippine Sea. President Rody Duterte has limited drills only to territorial seas 12 nautical miles from coast. “[He] has a standing order to ...
    • Protecting WPS using arbitral ruling tops DND agenda 

      Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, July 19, 2022, on page 1-2)
      The Marcos administration will prioritize invoking the 2016 decision of an international arbitral court invalidating China’s maritime claim, as part of efforts to protect and defend the Philippines’ territorial rights over ...