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President must give weight to Senate reso on S. China Sea - analyst

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 09:00 PM

A resolution of the Senate, such as a recent one criticizing China's continuing intrusions in the West Philippine Sea, must be given weight by the president of the country, a political science professor said Thursday. Read more »

Canada to increase military presence in West Philippine Sea

Rowena Papasin | TFC News Vancouver
Posted at Dec 10 07:40 PM

This is part of Canada's new Indo-Pacific strategy that seeks to enhance trade and cooperation with 40 countries in the region. Read more »

Chinese ships enter Japanese waters near Senkakus, 15th this year

Kyodo News
Updated as of Jul 05 11:54 AM

Two Chinese coast guard vessels entered Japan's territorial waters near the Senkakus on Tuesday, a day after a Chinese naval ship was spotted near the China-claimed islands. Read more »

F/B GEM-VER fishermen to get P6-M compensation: DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 29 06:32 AM

Filipino fishermen who were on a boat that was rammed by a Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea in 2019 will finally receive compensation, the DOJ said Thursday. Read more »

China is a trespasser at Ayungin Shoal: DND chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 08:27 PM

China is a trespasser at the Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea as the Philippines' claim over the area is affirmed by the UNCLOS and the 2016 arbitral award, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. Read more »

Ayungin resupply: Esperon cries 'harassment' vs China

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 03:00 PM

Chinese documentation of a resupply mission for Filipino troops at a West Philippine Sea outpost is a form of "harassment", an official said. Read more »

PH: Ayungin Shoal resupply mission successful after Chinese attack

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 25 12:42 PM

Government said a resupply mission reached troops stationed at Ayungin Shoal on Tuesday, after it was aborted last week when it was blocked by China. Read more »

Duterte to China: Philippines 'abhors' sea standoff

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 03:44 PM

Manila 'abhors' the Chinese coast guard's use of water cannon against Filipino resupply boats, President Rodrigo Duterte said. Read more »

Marcos agrees with Duterte China policy; confuses ICC, arbitral tribunal

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 05:19 PM

Bongbong Marcos said President Rodrigo Duterte was employing the right way approach on China and the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Suspected Chinese submarine seen in Japan waters

Reuters
Posted at Sep 12 02:48 PM

Japan's defense ministry said on Sunday that a submarine believed to be from China was spotted in waters near its southern islands, as maritime tensions persist in the Pacific. Read more »

Locsin to raise equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, S. China Sea issue at ASEAN meeting

ABS-CBN News and Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 01 03:42 PM

The Philippines will bring up the issues of equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and the South China Sea, among others, when foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meet virtually for five days beginning Monday, its foreign ministry said. Read more »

South China Sea: Calls to honor Hague ruling 5 years on, but Beijing digs in

Sarah Zheng and Rachel Zhang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 26 02:41 PM

China has asserted itself more aggressively in the disputed waters since the tribunal ruled against it, while the US has challenged its ‘excessive claims’. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has faced pressure to enforce the ruling more firmly, but has largely preferred to maintain friendly ties with Beijing. Read more »

Palace 'confident' no China oil exploration in Scarborough despite device found

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 03:45 PM

Malacañang said on Thursday it was "confident" that China was not exploring for oil at Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, despite reports that Filipino fishermen found a device use for this effort in the area.  Read more »

US defense chief to highlight freedom of the seas in Southeast Asia visit

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 01:19 PM

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday he would emphasize his country's commitment to freedom of the seas when he visits Southeast Asia this month. Read more »

US Defense secretary to visit Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 20 02:09 PM

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Southeast Asia later this month, the Pentagon said, a trip that will include stops in the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam, according to the US embassy in Hanoi.   Read more »

Palace says coast guard drove away Chinese ship from West Philippine Sea

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 02:03 AM

The coast guard last week drove a Chinese ship away from the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang said on Monday.    Read more »

Roque says 'no reaction' after media groups hit his treatment of reporter

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 03:23 PM

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman said on Thursday he had "no reaction" to two press organization's criticism of his supposedly disparaging remarks against a journalist over her report of alleged Chinese harassment of Filipino fishermen.    Read more »

Palace spox says he'll go to Panatag on own accord, not fishers' dare

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 02:43 PM

Malacañang spokesman Harry Roque said on Thursday he would go to Panatag Shoal (Scarborough) of his own accord, and not because of dare for him to visit the area over reports of Chinese harassment of Filipino fishermen there.  Read more »

Palace says 'no one can diminish' PH arbitral win that China calls 'wastepaper'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 06:23 PM

Malacañang said on Wednesday “no one can diminish” the 5-year-old arbitral award that junked Beijing's claims to the West Philippine Sea, despite China's recent remark that the award was a piece of “wastepaper”. Read more »

Philippines says giving China 'presumption of good faith' on alleged 'sewage-dumping'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 02:35 PM

The Philippines is giving Beijing "presumption of good faith" pending the results of an investigation into a US-based tech firm's report that hundreds of Chinese vessels were dumping sewage into contested areas of the South China Sea, Malacañang said on Wednesday.  Read more »