Senators have urged the government to exhaust all legal means, including a possible international arbitration, to hold China accountable for its repeated and dangerous maneuvers against Philippine vessels. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada and Sen. Loren Legarda...
The ambassadors of the United States and Japan denounced China for launching flares at Philippine aircraft operating in the Scarborough Shoal and Subi Reef last week. (Photos courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) In a post on X (formerly Twitter), US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson expressed...
Senators on Thursday, June 20 called for a deescalation of tensions at the West Philippine Sea as they express alarm over the increasing aggressiveness of the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) in the country’s maritime territory. Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said he will be calling...
China rejected the Philippines’ submission to a United Nations (UN) body a request to extend its continental shelf in the West Philippine Sea to explore and exploit natural resources. Philippine-occupied Thitu island, locally called Pag-asa island on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, at the disputed South...
Taiwan said it will work with like-minded countries to address the effects of China’s Coast Guard Order No. 3 which it said increased regional tensions. Philippine authorities and Filipino fishermen in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal). (File photo) Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign...
Vice President Sara Duterte has chosen silence over China’s aggressive moves in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the highly disputed West Philippine Sea. Joint naval drills of the Philippines, United States, Japan, and Australia in the West Philippine Sea on Sunday, April 7,...
China conducted its own “combat patrols” in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday, April 7, the same day joint naval drills were conducted by the Philippines, the United States, Japan, and Australia. A statement published on state-owned Global Times said that the “Southern Theater...
The Philippines has rebuked China for its latest statement accusing the Philippines of instigating tensions in the disputed waters of South China Sea and instead maintained a “firm stand” against China’s “misguided claims and irresponsible actions.” Personnel of the Philippine...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday, March 12, denied recent reports that the Philippine government has ignored China’s proposals on resolving the disputes in the West Philippine Sea and said instead that such proposals were denied because they were “contrary to our national...
Allies are standing by the Philippines after two Philippine vessels experienced dangerous maneuvers from China, with one of them colliding with a Chinese vessel and left four Filipinos injured. The United States, the European Union, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France,...
China said on Monday, Feb. 26, it was necessary that it installed floating barriers in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal), an atoll that is part of the Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Mao Ning, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, justified Beijing's action, saying it was a...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo has spoken against a “tendency” to make the South China Sea dispute the Philippines has with Beijing as a result of the rivalry between the United States and China, diminishing the country’s legitimate rights and interests in the region. (Photo...
