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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 »

Del Rosario to Pinoys: Vote for a candidate good for PH, not China in #Halalan2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 07:31 PM

"For this coming election, our humble view is our people should vote for the candidate who is good for our country — and not one who is good for China," former foreign affairs secretary Albert Del Rosario's statement on Tuesday read.    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

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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 »

PH to reap consequences of Duterte 'abandonment’ of S. China Sea ruling: Del Rosario

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 07:15 PM

1Sambayan’s leading figures on the West Philippine Sea issue, former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and del Rosario, stressed that Duterte’s foreign policy have put Filipino fishermen at the losing end. 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 »

Robredo urges gov't to 'show a little courage' as China dubs PH arbitral win 'waste paper'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 06:20 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday called on President Rodrigo Duterte's administration to "show a little courage" against Beijing, after it said Manila's arbitral triumph against China's sweeping claims to Philippine waters was nothing but a piece of "waste paper." Read more »

Duterte admin says it did 'all we could' in sea row vs China

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 03:48 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's administration has "done all that we could" in the maritime row against China, Malacañang said on Monday, on the fifth anniversary of the ruling by a United Nations-backed court that junked Beijing's economic claims in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Five years after West PH Sea ruling, China's presence around Philippines only growing

Karen Lema, Reuters
Posted at Jul 09 12:30 PM

Filipino fisherman Randy Megu has often braved the storms that spring up in the South China Sea, but these days he has a greater fear: seeing a Chinese maritime enforcement vessel on the horizon.  Read more »

Chinese envoy confident China, PH will keep 'good neighborhood'

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 03:43 PM

Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian said on Thursday that he is confident his country and the Philippines would maintain a “good neighborhood” where both countries help each other.   Read more »

Duterte, Arroyo celebrate PH-China relations

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 09 11:49 PM

MANILA (UPDATED)- For former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the golden age of relations between the Philippines and China began under her administration and reached new heights under President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Xi Jinping says ready to work with Duterte for 'win-win results, mutual benefits'

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 09:59 PM

 Chinese leaders have sent letters of congratulations to their Philippine counterparts as the 2 countries marked their 46th year of diplomatic relations and as the Philippines is set to commemorate its Independence Day. Read more »

Pagbabago ng posisyon ng Duterte admin sa West PH Sea, may koneksyon ba sa Halalan 2022?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 09:59 PM

Naniniwala ang isang maritime law expert na bahagi ng paghahanda ng mga nasa pamahalaan ang bahagyang pagbabago ng posisyon nito sa paninindigan kaugnay sa pinag-aagawang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea.  Read more »

AFP chief Sobejana visits Pag-asa island in West Philippine Sea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 04:09 PM

The visit comes after recent diplomatic protests made by the Philippines over what it says is the illegal presence of hundreds of "Chinese maritime militia" vessels inside its exclusive economic zone and near its occupied islands. Read more »

Philippines files fresh protest vs China's 'incessant' presence in West PH Sea

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 30 01:02 AM

MANILA— The Philippines on Friday filed a diplomatic protest against China over its "incessant" presence around the Pag-Asa Islands in the West Philippine Sea, the latest in a string of filings to counter Chinese encroachment in Philippine waters. 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 »

Retired soldiers call for unified government stand on West Philippine Sea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 12:49 PM

MANILA - Two retired soldiers on Saturday called for a unified stand in addressing continuous Chinese incursions in the West Philippine Sea.   Read more »