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Boat sinking reported to IMO
As groans of disbelief greeted China’s version of the Recto Bank incident, the Philippines has formally called the attention of the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) to the Filipino fishermen’s being ...
- June 16, 2019
Rody to Vietnam: Phl not abandoning SCS ruling
President Duterte assured Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc that the Philippines is not abandoning the favorable ruling of the international arbitration tribunal on the West Philippine Sea dispute with China. ...
- April 29, 2018
Phl protects 'illegal' presence of Chinese ships around Pag-asa
With hundreds of Chinese vessels swarming around Pag-asa Island, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is calling China’s attention to their “illegal” presence and “clear violation” of Philippine sovereignty. “The presence ...
- April 5, 2019
G7 hits large-scale reclamation at sea
The leaders of the Group of Seven nations issued a communiqué on Monday voicing opposition to island-building and other coercive activities in the West Philippine Sea, South China Sea and East China Sea. “We strongly oppose ...
- June 10, 2015
Asean defense ministers seek lawful resolution of sea row
A united regional voice is building up against China's muscle flexing to support its aggressive occupation of islets and other strategic areas in the disputed Spratlys archipelago. Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin made ...
- November 8, 2015
Rody’s Philippine Rise visit a gimmick — lawmaker
Opposition congressmen yesterday branded as a publicity gimmick President Duterte’s plan to visit Benham Rise, also called Philippine Rise, suggesting that he should instead sail to contested territories in the West ...
- April 29, 2018
China avoiding clash with US in south china sea
China is willing to tolerate higher levels of tension in the South China Sea in pursuit of its interests but seeks to avoid direct conflict with the United States, the Pentagon said. China is using coercive tactics short ...
- May 19, 2016
Rody not satisfied with Xi response on SCS
President Duterte yesterday admitted he was not satisfied with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s response when he raised the landmark arbital ruling on the South China Sea during their meeting in Beijing last week. Speaking ...
- September 5, 2019
US calls for int'l pushback vs aggressive sea acts
The United States has called on claimant states in the South China Sea to spurn antagonistic behavior that does not follow international protocol, given China’s “gross” manifestation of its forces in the disputed waters. ...
- July 24, 2019
China lighthouses beckon in Spratlys
The next time the United States sends warships by China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, officers aboard will have to decide how, if at all, they will engage with a pair of giant lighthouses that Beijing ...
- October 19, 2015