With the 2022 presidential election fast approaching, former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario on Thursday called on the Filipino people to choose a leader who will offer good governance and political will and reverse President Duterte’s policy of “loving and embracing” China. ADR...
Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday proposed five measures that the Philippines can take following the inaction of the Duterte administration to enforce the 2016 Arbitral Award in the South China Sea or the West Philippine Sea. Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said China will get an earful from the Philippine government if it would be proven that Chinese vessels were indeed dumping waste, including human waste, in the West Philippine Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Roque made the statement after...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque revealed his plans to go to Bajo de Masinloc and the Kalayaan Islands in the West Philippine Sea to check if Filipinos were really being barred from fishing in the disputed waters. Members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and some Filipino fishermen in the West...
Fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) on Wednesday, July 14, prodded maritime authorities to conduct an investigation on the ground to verify and substantiate the report that Chinese chips have been discharging wastes in the West Philippine Sea....
Senator Joel Villanueva lamented on Wednesday, July 14, the continued refusal of China to recognize the 2016 arbitral ruling that affirmed the Philippines' sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea (WPS). President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jin Ping (Malacañang File Photo/PCOO) "It is sad,...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is now currently working with the government agencies to verify a report of the alleged dumping of raw sewage from hundreds of Chinese ships within the country’s territory in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Crew members of the PCG and BFAR vessels have started...
Malacañang was not surprised after China rejected anew the historic July 12, 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, saying the ruling was already part of international law. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson Commodore Armand Balilo said on Wednesday, July 14, that he has not received any reports that prohibited the local fishermen from entering off Bajo de Masinloc, Zambales in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Crew members of the PCG and BFAR vessels have...
Simularity, the United States-based geospatial intelligence company that disclosed the alleged dumping of raw sewage from hundreds of ships in the Spratlys, has welcomed any investigation into the methods and results that they use in the wake of allegations that their report is “not true” and...
Opposition Senators Francis Pangilinan and Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, July 13, reiterated their call to China to leave the West Philippine Sea (SWS) after it was reported that some of the country's ships have been dumping human waste and sewage in the area. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan...
“Sana all.” This is what Vice President Leni Robredo has to say about China’s assertion of maritime rights in the West Philippine Sea, noting the “unnecessary and unfortunate” tone it used during the fifth anniversary of the Philippines’ arbitral win on July 12. (Vice President Leni...
