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Conflict in South China Sea again?
The pandemic is at the center of public attention because it is the most relevant among current threats to the Philippines. There are, however, other issues that will ultimately become a serious threat if our leaders do ...
- July 16, 2020
China refuses to honor SCS ruling
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 ...
- July 15, 2022
Pinoy fishermen told to ignore China fishing ban
Filipino fishermen plying their trade in the West Philippine Sea should ignore China’s fishing ban, which the Asian giant aims to enforce in almost the entire South China Sea with its flotilla of coast guard vessels, armed ...
- May 21, 2021
Rules (not might) make right in SCS
This week, on my first trip to the Indo-Pacific region as Acting Secretary of Defense, I look forward to reiterating the United States’ commitment to a Free and Open Indo Pacific. Over the last four years, a growing number ...
- December 7, 2020
'No solution to SCS row in our lifetime'
President Duterte was still reaping hometown praises for telling the world Tuesday that the Philippines stood by the 2016 arbitration award affirming its sovereign rights within its maritime areas when his spokesman rose ...
- September 27, 2020
US Coast Guard to tackle China 'illegal' fishing in Pacific
The United States said Friday it will deploy Coast Guard patrol ships in the western Pacific to counter "destabilizing and malign" activities by China in disputed fishing grounds of the South China Sea. Accusing China of ...
- October 25, 2020
Duterte won't withdraw Phl ships from WPS
President Duterte has rejected a call from China to withdraw ships from waters around Pag-asa Island, saying Philippine vessels will “not move an inch backward” even at the cost of his life or his friendship with Beijing. ...
- May 15, 2021
Roque says some Duterte language on WPS 'not accurate'
President Duterte may have used “inaccurate” language in discussing the country’s maritime row with China, but his views on the issue have been consistent, his spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said yesterday. Roque said when the ...
- May 18, 2021
China: Virus not for SCS expansion
China’s foreign minister has dismissed claims that the country is exploiting the coronavirus outbreak to expand its footprint in the South China Sea, labeling such accusations as “sheer nonsense.” State Councilor and Foreign ...
- May 26, 2020
US to China: stop provocative acts in SCS
On the sixth anniversary of the arbitral ruling invalidating China’s massive claim in the South China Sea on Tuesday, July 12, the United States called on Beijing to stop its provocative acts in the region and reaffirmed ...
- July 13, 2022