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Lorenzana: China encroaching on Phl waters
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana countered China’s latest claims of sovereignty over islands and features in the West Philippine Sea yesterday, emphasizing that it is the Chinese who are encroaching on Philippine waters. ...
- April 29, 2021
A sustainable future for the West Philippine Sea
It takes a foreigner to sound the alarm on the devastation occurring in the West Philippine Sea. For years, the Chinese Communist Party and the Philippine government have downplayed the wreckage happening to the fragile ...
- September 9, 2020
Phl warns China vs human waste dumping in WPS
China can expect “harsh words” if the report about its supposed dumping of human waste in the West Philippine Sea is true, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque maintained that the government has ...
- July 16, 2021
'Drive out tambay in SCS, not those in the streets'
Sen. Risa Hontiveros yesterday challenged President Duterte to drive out Chinese occupants in Panatag or Scarborough Shoal before apprehending the tambays in the streets. “That’s the problem with President Duterte – he’s ...
- June 20, 2018
China releases white paper on military strategy
The Chinese military is advocating active defense, which the country’s foreign ministry said is in cognizance of external environment and is no threat to stability in the region. “It has nothing to do with the current ...
- May 29, 2015
'Nothing suspicious about Chinese research at Phl Rise'
There is nothing suspicious about the country’s decision to allow a Chinese scientific agency to conduct research at the Philippine Rise, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said over the weekend. Without providing ...
- January 14, 2018
China to Phl, Vietnam: Keep sea row issues bilateral
China's President Xi Jinping, in separate meeting with the leaders of the Philippines and Vietnam, said disputes over the south China Sea should be resolved bilaterally, state media reported yesterday. The comments underscore ...
- November 21, 2016
China to US: Help cool down Phi on sea row
The US should help "cool down" the Philippines and realize that its meddling in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) dispute would only stir tensions, a Chinese newspaper reported. In an editorial dated May 28, China ...
- May 30, 2015
China on Ayungin incident: Phl boats trespassed
Beijing has defended its coast guard’s driving away with water cannons two Filipino vessels on a resupply mission to a garrison at the Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, saying the boats had trespassed in Chinese waters. “On ...
- November 20, 2021
'China has shown great restraint in south china sea'
China has shown “great restraint” in the South China Sea by not seizing islands occupied by other countries even though it could have, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday ahead of two regional summits where the ...
- November 18, 2015