Manila's special envoy to Beijing for special concerns Teddyboy Locsin does not believe other countries would back the Philippines once it confronts China in its fight for territorial sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea. "'Right-thinking' nations won't stand by us in a fight if China...
China should be "sensitive" to concerns of other countries, especially when it comes to territorial issues, Indian Ambassador to the Philippines Shambhu Kumaran said Friday, Sep. 1. Kumaran's remark came as China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told countries concerned of its...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the Philippines will respond to China's new map featuring the 10-dash line that occupies the entire South China Sea but did not divulge how. Pesident Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Ali Vicoy/ Map from China's Ministry of Natural Resources) Instead,...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri on Thursday, August 31 vowed to expedite the passage into law of the proposed Philippine Maritime Zones Act in a bid to quell any attempts by China to expand and include the country's maritime territories as part of its own. The “standard map”...
The Philippines has rejected the 2023 standard map of China, which includes the West Philippine Sea as part of its territory, and become the third nation to ward off Beijing's attempt to assert its purported sovereignty over territories it claims as its own. Manila on Thursday, Aug. 31, joined New...
