China has said it is opposing the Philippines' plan to construct any facilities on the Spratly Islands, which is part of the latter’s exclusive economic zone.Quoting a news article from Chinese state media, Xinhua, the Chinese Embassy in Manila said China's military was against any form of...
BEIJING — China renewed calls Tuesday for the Philippines to remove an ageing ship from a reef that Manila uses to press its stake in the Spratly Islands in defiance of Beijing's claim to nearly the entire South China Sea.The move comes after the Philippines accused the China Coast Guard of...
BEIJING - China said on Monday that a maritime clash in which it fired water cannon at Philippine vessels in the disputed South China Sea was "professional and restrained.”A foreign ministry spokesperson said a Chinese coast guard ship "lawfully stopped" two Philippine vessels, adding: "This...
Five navigational buoys marked by a Philippine flag have been installed in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to assert the country’s sovereignty and guide mariners in the tricky waters, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed Sunday, May 14.
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The West Philippine Sea and the South China Sea are all over the headlines again following China's increasing activities in the said waters.
The two terms are not necessarily the same and interchangeable, though. And not everybody knows about it.
So here's the difference.
West Philippine...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has called out China for its supposedly continuous reclamation activities in the unoccupied features in the South China Sea as they violate the existing agreement on the contested water.
DFA issued on Tuesday night a statement following the release of a...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Friday condemned the report released by a United States-based geospatial intelligence firm about the alleged involvement of Chinese ships in the dumping of human “poops” in the Spratly Islands in South China Sea.
One of the satellite images showing the...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Wednesday, July 14, that they are verifying information that Chinese vessels dumped human waste in the disputed waters in Spratly Islands, but stressed that the Philippines is not a dumpsite.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO /...
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...
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said a person will know when President Duterte is just making a joke if he will just use his common sense.
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo (Malacañang/Manila Bulletin)
Panelo made the statement after Duterte was criticized for...
