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The United States has expressed its support for the Philippines in its call for China to “respect international law” as the Asian giant continues to conduct alarming activities in the South China Sea, including swarming the waters.

The Philippine Postal Corporation (Phlpost) has issued a new stamp that is commemorative of the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

It is just about time for the world to review the implementation and the provision of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as new challenges and threats to maritime security have arisen four decades since its passing, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said.

A House leader and legal luminary is supporting “100 percent” President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s call for a code of conduct (COC) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and in the entire South China Sea (SCS).

Congess must pass a bill delineating the country’s maritime boundaries as well as its 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez said on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

NEW YORK, USA — “The Philippines shall continue to be a friend to all, and an enemy of none.”

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to bring up several concerns of the Philippines during his participation in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next week, but it is still not clear if he will assert the country’s position on the West Philippine Sea​.​

Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Luis Enrique Austria Manalo has emphasized that his department would execute President Marcos’ ‘’marching orders’’ which is not to surrender a single inch of Philippine territory in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed its support to a legislative move that seeks to institutionalize the use of the term “West Philippine Sea” to pertain to the air space, seabed, and subsoil on the western side of the Philippine archipelago.

The Philippines is committed to address concerns related to the South China Sea ​with​ its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) neighbors and other countries from outside the bloc as it asserted again its position over the disputed waters.

The Philippines, its fellow Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and China have begun to tackle several details regarding the future Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday, July 28.

While China continues to reject the South China Sea arbitral ruling, the Philippines has conducted a workshop with other Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) countries on how to peacefully settle maritime disputes.

China has rejected anew the Award on the South China Sea Arbitration in favor of the Philippines, by saying it is “null and void” and “violates international law.”

The Canadian government on Tuesday expressed concern on China’s “ongoing coercive activities” in the South China Sea, particularly in the parts of the Philippines, as the latter still rejects an arbitral ruling already made six years ago.

The Philippines wants peace in the South China Sea in the present and in the future as it asserts, despite other countries’ contests, its rights over the waters by citing international law and the arbitral ruling made six years ago.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. revealed that China has backed the Philippines in its bid in the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS).

The Philippines has won a seat in the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), a body of the United Nations that facilitates the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has expressed disappointment in Australia for not supporting the Philippines’ bid for a seat in the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS).