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'ASEAN must be vigilant of Beijing on S. China Sea COC'

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 05:43 PM

ASEAN is urged to be vigilant of China's alleged attempt to undermine the Philippines' arbitral win in crafting the COC on the South China Sea. Read more »

PH thanks US for affirming in mutual defense pact

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 06:44 PM

The Philippines' top diplomat has welcomed the United States’ reaffirmation of its obligations under the Mutual Defense Treaty. Read more »

Olympics: Rio 2016 golden boy Joseph Schooling struggles in Tokyo

Simon Evans, Reuters
Posted at Jul 30 04:00 AM

Singaporean Schooling, his country's first ever Olympic gold medal winner in 2016, finished 44th in Thursday's 100m butterfly heats. Read more »

Ex-DFA chief Del Rosario tells public to vote for candidate who is good for PH, not China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 10:30 PM

Former Philippine top diplomat Albert del Rosario is unfazed by threats from President Rodrigo Duterte over his claim that China interfered in the 2016 elections. Read more »

Duterte binanatan si ex-DFA chief Del Rosario tungkol sa 'tulong' ng China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 08:32 PM

Itinanggi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na tumanggap siya ng tulong mula sa China para manalo noong 2016.  Read more »

Duterte denies China helped in 2016 elections; threatens to sue ex top diplomat

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 06:55 AM

According to Duterte, Albert del Rosario is guilty of treason, and even questioned the latter's nationality. Read more »

Duterte binatikos sa 'pagtataksil' at di pag-aksiyon sa panalo ng Pilipinas vs China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 08:08 PM

Binatikos si Pangulong Duterte at tinawag na 'taksil' dahil sa di pagtaguyod sa The Hague ruling ukol sa South China Sea. Read more »

'Duterte kowtowed to China': Reds blast 'squandering' of Hague ruling on South China Sea

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 07:56 PM

MANILA — The Filipino people must "make Duterte pay" for "betraying" the nation after the Philippines' legal victory against China's expansive claim in the resource-rich South China Sea 5 years ago, communist rebels said Monday. Read more »

Palace calls allegation of China election influence 'nonsense'

Reuters
Posted at Jul 12 07:12 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's office on Monday described as "nonsense" a suggestion by a former foreign secretary that Beijing may have helped to determine the outcome of a 2016 election that swept the mercurial leader to power. Read more »

Robredo: 'Marcos needs to concede and accept his defeat in grace'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 06:10 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Friday urged the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to junk defeated vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos’ motion for reconsideration of the ruling junking his election protest. Read more »

July 12 eyed as National West Philippine Sea Victory Day

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 10:26 AM

A senator has filed a resolution seeking to declare July 12 the National West Philippine Sea Victory Day to celebrate the country's arbitral win against China's sweeping maritime claims.   Read more »

Robredo ordered to comment on Marcos motion vs 2016 poll protest defeat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 05:00 PM

The Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) has ordered Vice President Leni Robredo to comment on the motion for reconsideration filed by Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos on the junking of his election protest that stemmed from his defeat in the 2016 polls. Read more »

PH must educate citizens on West PH Sea arbitral victory: group

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 27 11:09 AM

Government should educate its citizens on the country's arbitral victory against China on the South China Sea and internationalize the development, a multi-sectoral group said Sunday. Read more »

UP law professors to Duterte: Act in the best interest of Filipinos, retract remarks on WPS

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 05:40 PM

Faculty members of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law on Sunday reminded President Rodrigo Duterte "to act in the best interest of the Philippines and the Filipino people" as they urged him to retract his controversial statements on the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

IBP urges PH gov't to uphold 2016 arbitral win vs China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 07:38 PM

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) on Thursday urged President Rodrigo Duterte's government to uphold the legality of a 2016 United Nations-backed ruling invalidating China's expansive claims on the South China Sea, as the country continues to disregard it. Read more »

Legal analysts: South China Sea arbitral win of PH not a mere piece of paper

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 17 02:18 PM

Legal analysts believe the decision that invalidated China’s expansive claim over the South China Sea is not a mere scrap of paper as how President Duterte described it. Read more »

Liar

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at May 17 01:34 AM

No, the jet ski boast was not a joke. It was a lie. Read more »

Chinese envoy: China-PH relations ‘deepened’ under Duterte, maritime disputes ‘properly handled’

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 08:38 PM

In a virtual forum, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said the two countries have been committed to peace and friendship since Duterte came into power in 2016. Read more »

'Jetskidding': Makabayan bloc slams Duterte over West PH Sea campaign 'joke'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 10:57 PM

After President Duterte backtracked from his 2016 election promise of riding the jet ski to the West Philippine Sea and plant a flag there as a statement against Beijing, House lawmakers from Makabayan bloc said the President was "jetskidding."  Read more »

China says 'smooth channel' with PH remains, sea row 'only 1 percent' of ties

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 05:21 PM

MANILA — China on Wednesday said it has "a smooth channel" with the Philippines and that the two sides "maintain close communication" amid tensions over reports of an increased number of Chinese ships in the latter's exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea.    Read more »