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Beijing claims 'consensus' reached on joint exploration
The Chinese government said it had reached a consensus with the Philippines on the conduct of joint exploration of resources in the South China Sea. Reacting to the decision of President Duterte to lift the moratorium on ...
- October 18, 2020
4 Vietnamese fishermen nabbed off Tawi-Tawi
Four Vietnamese fishermen were arrested for poaching in the waters off Taganak town in Tawi-Tawi on Wednesday. Authorities said the boat captain, Nu Oi, was wounded when he attacked one of the police officers with a knife, ...
- July 24, 2020
China protests latest US Navy mission in SCS
China has dispatched ships and planes to track the US guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain as it passed near Chinese-held islands in the South China Sea. The People’s Liberation Army accused the US warship of trespassing ...
- October 11, 2020
Losing hearts and minds
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 ...
- April 30, 2020
Doublespeak blurs our position on SCS
Was President Duterte informing the United Nations merely for the record, or to lay the basis for an action plan, on the 2016 arbitral award in favor of the Philippines vs China affirming his country’s sovereign rights in ...
- September 29, 2020
Phl leaves joint naval patrols; Palau, Ecuador repel Chinese poachers
Filipino soldiers have been withdrawn from joint naval exercises in the West Philippine Sea.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 ...
- August 12, 2020
Rody on SCS: Avoid escalating tension
Expressing “serious concern” over recent incidents in the South China Sea, President Duterte urged yesterday fellow members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), particularly parties to the South China Sea ...
- June 27, 2020
Another collision
Rescue teams have said there are no signs of life in the area where a fishing vessel sank after it collided with a Hong Kong-registered ship on the night of June 27 in waters off Mamburao in Occidental Mindoro. After days ...
- July 10, 2020
Time for Phl diplomatic, legal offensive vs China
The stage was set this week for the Philippines on the South China Sea row. In Manila Sunday, July 12, the fourth anniversary of the arbitral win at The Hague, the Duterte administration issued its strongest words yet on ...
- July 17, 2020
Chinese Coast Guard to visit Phl next week
There will be no discussion of the sensitive South China Sea issue with the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) chief who is scheduled to arrive in Manila tomorrow. His Philippine counterpart emphasized this yesterday, citing the ...
- January 12, 2020