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    • Arbitral ruling a piece of paper to be thrown away' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Cabrera, Romina; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, May 7, 2021, on page 2)
      The arbitral decision on the South China Sea row that favored the Philippines is just a piece of paper that can be thrown in the wastebasket, President Duterte said on Wednesday, insisting that he did what he could to ...
    • China on Ayungin incident: Phl boats trespassed 

      Mateo, Janvic; Flores, Helen; Villanueva, Rhodina; Punongbayan, Michael; Romero, Paolo; Ong, Ghio (The Philippine Star, November 20, 2021, on page 2)
      Beijing has defended its coast guard’s driving away with water cannons two Filipino vessels on a resupply mission to a garrison at the Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, saying the boats had trespassed in Chinese waters. “On ...
    • DFA summons Chinese envoy over lingering boats 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, April 14, 2021, on page 2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) summoned on Monday China’s ambassador over the Chinese vessels apparently overstaying around Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement yesterday, the DFA said it ...
    • Duterte spokesman of China in WPS tiff 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, May 9, 2021, on page 6)
      China may not need a fulltime ambassador in Manila to speak for it and look after the interests of its nationals on issues involving the West Philippine Sea. It already has no less than the President of the Philippines to ...
    • Losing hearts and minds 

      (The Philippine Star, April 30, 2020, on page 4)
      As countries scramble to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, some governments are still finding time for other pursuits. Last week, the Philippine government ...
    • Losing hearts and minds 

      (The Philippine Star, April 30, 2020, on page 4)
      As countries scramble to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, some governments are still finding time for other pursuits. Last week, the Philippine government ...
    • Phl files 2 more protests vs China over WPS 

      Flores, Helen; Romero, Alexis; Punongbayan, Michael; Dumlao, Artemio (The Philippine Star, April 24, 2021, on page 2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has filed two more diplomatic protests against China over its vessels’ continued illegal presence in the West Philippine Sea. “The DFA lodged on April 21 two new diplomatic notes in ...
    • 'Phl must take lead in WPS; US will support it' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Flores, Helen; Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, April 27, 2021, on page 2)
      The Philippines should take the lead in protecting its territorial waters from China, with the United States only extending some support especially through joint patrols, Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez said ...
    • Phl protests China's latest SCS actions 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, May 1, 2020, on page 3)
      The Philippines “strongly” protested China’s establishment of two new districts in the disputed South China Sea and the illegal designation of Kagitingan Reef within the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) as administrative center ...
    • Phl protests China’s latest SCS actions 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, May 1, 2020, on page 3)
      The Philippines “strongly” protested China’s establishment of two new districts in the disputed South China Sea and the illegal designation of Kagitingan Reef within the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) as administrative center ...
    • Presidential will needed against China incursions 

      Ocampo, Satur C. (The Philippine Star, April 17, 2021, on page 5)
      Smugness, or a misplaced sense of self-satisfaction despite the swelling discontent expressed by various sectors, has generally characterized President Duterte’s administration as it deals, or fails to deal, with two of ...
    • ‘Remember Recto Bank sinking’ 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, June 10, 2020, on page 3)
      A year after the ramming and sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank, former foreign affairs chief Albert del Rosario is urging Filipinos not to forget the incident or surrender to China’s ...