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Satellite images bare damage to Philippine shoal
Publicly-available satellite images show the considerable damage supposedly made by Chinese clam diggers in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal since 2012, an international maritime law expert posted on social media yesterday. Jay ...
- June 17, 2018
Duterte's vow to defend WPS lauded, supported
Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio has lauded President Duterte’s vow to protect the sovereignty of the nation in the West Philippine Sea during his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday. The most senior ...
- July 25, 2018
We blew up man-made islands before - US
The US military has a lot of experience gained in World War II blowing up small man-made islands in the Western Pacific, Joint Staff Director Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie told Pentagon reporters on Thursday, but denied he was ...
- June 2, 2018
CNN gets rare look at Chinese militarization of SCS
A US Navy reconnaissance plane flying over the Spratly island chain in the South China Sea where Beijing has turned low-lying coral reefs into military garrisons got warned six times by the Chinese military to leave “Chinese ...
- August 12, 2018
Change Chinese mindset: ‘West Philippine Sea is not yours’
More Filipinos are likely to back calls for a more assertive government stand against China’s provocative activities in the West Philippine Sea, Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Friday. ...
- December 16, 2018
Gov't earmarks P.5 B for Phl Rise this year
The government has allocated half a billion pesos this year for various coastal and marine research programs, including those for the Philippine Rise (Benham Rise), Sen. Loren Legarda has said. Legarda, chair of the Senate ...
- February 22, 2018
Rody plans to visit Benham Rise next week
President Duterte is planning to go to the Philippine Rise next week to assert the country’s ownership of the maritime area. Duterte, who has been accused of selling out the Philippines’ maritime interests in exchange for ...
- April 28, 2018
Lorenzana on SCS survey: No islands to retake from China
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana rejected yesterday insinuations and allegations that President Duterte is guilty of inaction on the issue of the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Reacting to a survey that said nine out of 10 ...
- July 24, 2018
Cayetano: Duterte’s handling of dispute with China ‘beneficial’
The current diplomatic handling of the territorial dispute with China has benefited the Philippines, unlike the “loud” and “aggressive” approach taken by the previous Aquino administration, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan ...
- June 16, 2018
Rody to Vietnam: Phl not abandoning SCS ruling
President Duterte assured Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc that the Philippines is not abandoning the favorable ruling of the international arbitration tribunal on the West Philippine Sea dispute with China. ...
- April 29, 2018