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DFA: Phl not threatened by China's recruitment video
Nothing is threatening about the People's Liberation Army recruitment video showing China preparing for war, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). If misinterpreted, talk about war preparation could escalate ...
- August 18, 2015
Trump slams Chinese construction in South China Sea
US president-elect Donald Trump complained about Chinese economic and military policy on Twitter on Sunday, showing no signs of a conciliatory approach after a phone conversation with Taiwan's president raised hackles in ...
- December 6, 2016
Duterte: US to blame for China sea actions
It was the inaction of the United States that emboldened China to aggressively assert its claim in the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea, including building artificial islands, many of which have evolved into ...
- March 25, 2017
China demands end to US surveilance after aircraft intercept
Beijing demanded an end to U.S. surveillance near China on Thursday after two of its fighter jets carried out what the Pentagon said was an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft over the South China ...
- May 21, 2016
Ex-DFA chief wants SCS ruling in sea code
The South China Sea arbitration ruling should be an integral part of a binding Code of Conduct (COC), according to former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario, as he enjoined Association of Southeast Asian Nations ...
- November 4, 2019
Noy on China talks: Be transparent
Former president Benigno Aquino III on Saturday urged the Duterte administration to be transparent in its talks with China on territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea. Aquino made the statement on the sidelines of ...
- July 30, 2018
No need to be nasty, Rody tells Chinese patrols
With the Philippines and China supposedly friends, the Chinese military does not have to be “nasty” by threatening Filipinos conducting maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea especially around the Spratlys where the ...
- August 19, 2018
DFA chief raises boat sinking at UN: ‘Abandoning people in distress is a felony’
The Philippines has brought to the attention of the United Nations the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat after it was hit by a Chinese vessel, with the distressed fishermen abandoned in the water for hours on June 9 near ...
- June 19, 2019
DFA slams 'blatant lie' on WPS patrols
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano yesterday lashed out at Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano for claiming President Duterte had ordered the military to cease patrols in the West Philippine Sea. Cayetano said ...
- June 11, 2018
China's intrusion worsens fish catch decline - watchdog
An environmental advocacy group has warned that local fisheries production might not recover soon with President Duterte’s stand allowing China to continue fishing within Philippine territorial waters. International ...
- June 26, 2019