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Palace denies Duterte-Xi 'fishing deal' in West PH Sea

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 01:41 PM

Malacañang denied on Friday a supposed 2-year-old verbal agreement between President Rodrigo Duterte and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, which an official said allowed China to fish in Philippine waters.  Read more »

Palace mum on China ships' chase of Filipino vessel in PH waters

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 10 11:51 AM

Malacañang on Friday refused to comment regarding Chinese ships armed with destructive missiles that chased a boat carrying a Filipino news team in the West Philippine Sea.  Read more »

US, Philippine top diplomats express concerns over Chinese militia boats

Reuters
Posted at Apr 09 11:15 AM

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, in a phone call on Thursday, expressed their shared concerns about Chinese militia vessels in South China Sea, the US State Department said in a statement.  Read more »

Duterte says China boats in West PH Sea no obstacle to COVID-19 vaccine cooperation

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 06 05:27 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said a swarm of Chinese boats in the West Philippine Sea was "not be an obstacle" to Beijing and Manila's COVID-19 vaccine cooperation, despite days of strong rebukes by his aides.  Read more »

Palace: Duterte backs Lorenzana in row with China over West PH Sea incursion

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 05:34 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte "stands by" his Defense chief, who recently alleged that Beijing was looking to occupy more areas in the West Philippine Sea, citing the continued presence of Chinese vessels that Manila believes are manned by militias.  Read more »

Philippines turns up heat on China over boats massing in South China Sea

Neil Jerome Morales, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 05 05:43 PM

Territorial "incursions" by hundreds of Chinese vessels in the South China Sea are straining ties between Manila and Beijing, and could lead to "unwanted hostilities", an aide to President Rodrigo Duterte's said on Monday.   Read more »

Locsin seeks concessions on Beijing trip

Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at Apr 02 03:22 PM

Manila has demanded more than 200 Chinese vessels leave Whitsun Reef as a South China Sea dispute again threatens to escalate into confrontation. Read more »

US, Philippine officials discuss Chinese activities at Julian Felipe Reef

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 01 11:32 AM

The national security advisers for the United States and the Philippines discussed their shared concerns over Chinese activities in the South China Sea in a call on Wednesday, the White House said.   Read more »

DFA says West PH Sea features, even with Chinese structures, are 'ours'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 01 09:36 AM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said features in the West Philippine Sea are "ours", even those with structures China built.  Read more »

Gov't should block China construction on Fiery Cross Reef- Carpio

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 04:53 PM

The Philippines should protest China's recent construction efforts on the Fiery Cross Reef, locally known as the Kagitingan Reef, Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio said Thursday. Read more »

Palace says PH should be 'thankful' China built rescue center on PH-claimed reef

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 04:37 PM

MANILA - The spokesman of President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said the Philippines should perhaps be “thankful” for the “maritime rescue center” that China claims to have built on Kagitingan or Fiery Cross Reef, one of the reefs being claimed by the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea. Read more »