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Rody eyes visit to Spratlys
President Duterte plans to visit Pag-Asa Island in the Spratlys in the South China Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed yesterday. Lorenzana said the President made known his plan to visit Pag-Asa Island but ...
- May 18, 2018
China rebuffs Rody's SCS rebuke
China rebuffed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Beijing to rethink its conduct in the South China Sea on Thursday, saying China had the right to react to foreign ships or aircraft that get close to its ...
- August 17, 2018
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 defends China amid missile deployment report
China has not asked for anything in return for its assistance to the Philippines, President Duterte said as he allayed concerns of some groups over Beijing’s reported deployment of missiles on disputed areas in the South ...
- May 7, 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
China accuses US warship of violating its sovereignty
China's foreign ministry has accused a US warship of entering its territorial waters without permission and said it would take "necessary measures" to ensure its sovereignty is protected. On the evening of Jan. 17, the ...
- January 21, 2018
'Phl to build in Benham Rise to assert claim'
President Duterte has formed a team of experts to conduct a study at the Philippine Rise. Duterte formed the team of 50 Filipino experts to further assess the country’s sovereignty over the seismically active undersea and ...
- May 9, 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
Phl, China to continue 'serious' talks
The Philippines will “continue to engage in very serious conversations” with China over recent developments in the West Philippine Sea and South China Sea, a foreign affairs executive said yesterday. Foreign Affairs ...
- June 2, 2018