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'Multilateral approach needed vs China tactics'
The government should now consider a “multilateral approach” to dealing with China’s “bullying” at sea, underlined on Sunday by the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel, which hurriedly sailed away without ...
- June 14, 2019
South China Sea row tearing world apart - Obama
US President Barack Obama yesterday described the South China Sea issue as one of the current crises tearing the world apart. In his final address to the United Nations General Assembly as US president, Obama appealed for ...
- September 22, 2016
Satellite images confirm surge of China vessels in WPS
Satellite, radar and infrared images taken over a span of six months last year showed an alarming increase of fishing vessels – mostly Chinese – in the West Philippine Sea that not only have further degraded marine resources ...
- January 12, 2019
Asean airs concern on new China sea law
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has expressed concern over recent developments in the South China Sea, after China imposed a controversial new fisheries law requiring all foreign vessels to obtain approval ...
- January 20, 2014
Phl seeks gentleman's agreement on sea code
With no legally binding mechanism to enforce any deal on the South China Sea dispute, China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) may, in the meantime, settle for a “gentleman’s agreement” to prevent war ...
- May 20, 2017
DFA denies dropping Phl claim to Sabah
The Philippines has never offered to drop its Sabah claim in exchange for Malaysia’s support for Manila’s arbitration case against China over the West Philippine Sea issue, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said ...
- March 31, 2015
Situation in South China Sea stable, says Beijing
With China’s massive and nearly completed reclamation and infrastructure development activities in the South China Sea, Beijing on Friday said the situation in the disputed territory is “stable.” Chinese Foreign Ministry ...
- February 1, 2015
Phl protests China weapons systems on islands
The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China in response to a report by the US think tank that Beijing appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven ...
- January 17, 2017
Phl fires off diplomatic protest over boat sinking
The Philippines has lodged a diplomatic protest over the sinking of a fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank on June 9, with the Chinese abandoning the Filipino fishermen in the sea. Presidential spokesman Salvador ...
- June 14, 2019
China installs cruise missiles on Phl reef
The move, if confirmed, would mark the first Chinese missile deployments in the Spratly Islands, where several Asian countries including the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan have rival claims. Chinese officials did not ...
- May 4, 2018