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PH forms inter-agency council for 2021 maritime safety audit

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 11:40 AM

The Philippines has formed an inter-agency council composed of representatives from different government agencies in preparation for a maritime safety audit by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2021. Read more »

DFA chief to ask China: 'Be careful of swarming'

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Updated as of Jul 03 11:44 AM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin on Wednesday said he would ask China to be careful of deploying large numbers of vessels to avoid a repeat of the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese craft in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

PH's Recto Bank report 'doesn't paint fishermen in brightest light': DFA chief

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Updated as of Jul 03 10:05 AM

The findings of a government investigation into the sinking of a Filipino boat by a Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea "doesn't paint our fishermen in the brightest lights", Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin said Wednesday. Read more »

A fight for resources: UP institute calls for exclusive Filipino access to West PH Sea

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Posted at Jul 03 07:51 AM

Access to the West Philippine Sea should be limited to Filipinos to protect the resources there, an institute of the University of the Philippines said Tuesday, following a supposed deal between Manila and Beijing to allow Chinese fishermen in the area.    Read more »

Filipinos urged to 'keep talking' about legal victory vs China

Jofelle Tesorio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 04:50 PM

July 12, 2019 will mark the third year since Philippines won an arbitration award against China in the South China Sea.   Read more »

South China Sea arbitration a 'bargaining leverage' for Philippines: Palace

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 04:11 PM

A United Nations arbitration ruling that invalidated China's sweeping claims in the South China Sea serves as a "bargaining leverage" for the Philippines, Malacañang said Friday. Read more »

'The fish could be from China': Sotto sees no problem with allowing Chinese fishers in PH waters

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Updated as of Jun 27 03:34 PM

Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday said he sees no problem with President Rodrigo Duterte's pronouncement that Chinese fishers can venture into waters where Manila has exclusive rights over natural resources.  Read more »

Carpio: Allowing Chinese fishers in PH waters unconstitutional

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Posted at Jun 26 01:44 PM

MANILA — The Philippine government will violate the constitution if it allows Chinese fishermen to venture in waters where Manila has exclusive rights over natural resources, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Tuesday.    Read more »

Duterte can face impeach raps over Chinese fishers in PH waters: analyst

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 26 11:38 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte can face a fresh impeachment complaint if government agencies implement his pronouncement that Chinese fishers can venture into Manila's waters, a maritime law expert said Wednesday. Read more »

Gov't urged: Protect rights over sea resources - even from 'friend' China

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Updated as of Jun 26 10:24 AM

The government should protect its rights over natural resources in the West Philippine Sea, even from those it deems as friends like China, the head of an independent think tank said Wednesday, after Malacañang said that Chinese fishers can venture in Manila's waters. Read more »

Joint probe on Chinese ship incident excludes poaching issue: DOJ

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Posted at Jun 25 02:44 PM

A joint investigation by Manila and Beijing into the sinking of a Filipino boat by a suspected Chinese militia vessel "is not the proper forum to discuss" poaching in the South China Sea, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.  Read more »

Ex-DFA chief Del Rosario donates P500,000 to Reed Bank fishermen

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 02:47 PM

Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario confirmed Monday that he donated P500,000 to the 22 fishermen who were left adrift for hours near Recto Bank after their boat was sunk by a suspected Chinese militia vessel. Read more »

Joint probe of China boat incident excludes sovereignty question: justice official

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Posted at Jun 24 02:44 PM

The Philippines will not surrender its sovereignty to China by agreeing to a joint investigation on the sinking of a Filipino vessel after it was hit by a suspected Chinese militia vessel in disputed waters, a justice official said.   Read more »

OPINION: Floy Quintos pays tribute to the quiet courage of Junel Insigne

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jun 24 12:25 PM

Writer Floy Quintos wrote this poem after he watched Junel Insigne, captain of the fishing boat Gem-Ver, in a press conference June 19. Read more »

Joint Recto Bank probe 'defies logic': ex-top diplomat Del Rosario

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Updated as of Jun 24 10:31 AM

The Philippines and China's joint investigation into the sinking of a Filipino boat by a suspected Chinese militia vessel "defies logic", Manila's former foreign affairs chief Albert del Rosario said Monday.  Read more »

Lacson denies '2022 posturing' after criticism of gov't Recto Bank action

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Posted at Jun 24 08:58 AM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Monday rejected accusations that he was "posturing for 2022", following his recent criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte’s response to the ramming of a Chinese vessel of a Filipino fishing boat in Reed (Recto) Bank.  Read more »

PH-China maritime dispute 'no impact' on economy: Lopez

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 04:35 PM

Beijing and Manila's opposing claims over the sovereignty on South China sea do not have any impact on the economy, a trade official said Friday.  Read more »

Boat sinking may be part of China's 'salami slice' tactic: expert

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Posted at Jun 20 04:07 PM

The sinking of a Filipino boat by a Chinese vessel may be part of Beijing's "salami slicing" tactic to slowly but cumulatively take control of disputed maritime territories, an expert said Thursday.    Read more »

'Not at this time': Philippines shuns legal action over China boat-ramming

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Posted at Jun 20 11:45 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's Cabinet is not contemplating legal action against Beijing and the crew of a Chinese vessel that sank a Filipino boat in the West Philippine Sea, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Thursday.    Read more »

Chinese boat-ramming wasn't in PH territory, says ex-Duterte aide

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 12:02 PM

MANILA - A resource-rich area in the West Philippine Sea where a Filipino boat sank after being rammed by a Chinese vessel "is not within the territory that is owned by Philippines," a former Cabinet official said Thursday. Read more »