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Trillanes: Cayetano a snake, disregarding arbitral ruling
Opposition Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV hit back yesterday at Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, saying the official has done nothing to follow through on the country’s victory in its arbitration case against China ...
- August 6, 2018
Destructive China reclamation hit
Citing a study of the United Nations Environment Program, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said China's massive reclamation activities in the South China Sea have destroyed 300 acres of coral reefs systems, ...
- April 14, 2015
Duterte open to war games with China, Russia
President Duterte said he is open to joint military exercises with China and Russia, and reiterated he will no longer allow war games with the US. Duterte made the remarks in an interview broadcast yesterday with Hong ...
- October 18, 2016
US, Phl agree on 5 base locations under EDCA
The Philippines has agreed to allow the United States to use five military bases where US troops and supplies can be stationed under a security deal agreed amid rising tensions with China’s excessive claims in the South ...
- March 20, 2016
US warship sails near Mischief Reef
A US Navy destroyer carried out a "freedom of navigation" operation on Friday, coming within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built by China in the South China Sea, US officials told Reuters. The operation was the ...
- August 11, 2017
Taiwan's peace call on claimants of disputed territories welcomed
The US on Tuesday welcomed Taiwan’s call on all claimants to disputed shoals, reefs, rocks and islets in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea to exercise restraint, refrain from unilateral actions that could escalate ...
- May 28, 2015
Rody: No stopping China from fishing in Phl waters
As critics question the presence of the Chinese ship that hit a Filipino boat near Recto Bank earlier this month, President Duterte said China would continue to fish within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ...
- June 26, 2019
GMA supports joint exploration with China
Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said yesterday she supports President Duterte’s plan for the country to have joint exploration with China of some disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea. “Yes, I support that. We should ...
- August 22, 2018
'After Phl protest, best for Chinese fishermen to leave'
Chinese fishermen around Pag-asa Island in the South China Sea should start leaving the area following the diplomatic protest filed by the Philippine government, presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said yesterday. “Can ...
- April 3, 2019
US, China face off over the South China Sea
For months, Beijing and Washington have been engaged in a mounting rhetorical war over Chinese territorial claims- and island building- in contested waters of the South China Sea. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has cautioned ...
- October 31, 2015