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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 »

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 »

'Fabricated report': Chinese embassy dismisses report on waste-dumping in South China Sea

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Posted at Jul 16 11:36 PM

MANILA - The Chinese embassy in Manila has downplayed a satellite analysis showing Chinese ships allegedly dumping untreated wastes in the South China Sea.  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

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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 »

More Chinese ships may be dumping wastes in Spratlys: satellite imagery expert

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 02:34 PM

In an online news forum, Liz Derr, CEO of AI-based satellite image analysis firm Simularity, said that based on their calculations, 2,596 pounds or over a ton of human wastes are being dumped around the Spratly and Paracel Islands every day. Read more »

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

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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'

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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 »

Philippines to probe report of Chinese sewage-dumping at sea

Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 09:58 PM

MANILA - The Philippines' defense minister on Tuesday ordered the military to investigate a report by a U.S.-based tech firm that hundreds of Chinese vessels were dumping sewage into contested areas of the South China Sea. Read more »

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

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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 »

How the late former President Aquino reacted on the day PH won arbitral case vs China

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 11:07 PM

The late former President Benigno Aquino III was promptly notified about the upcoming decision then on the Philippines' arbitration case against China on the South China Sea on the day it was set to be issued, but he was not keen on issuing an immediate statement until "he understood it fully," one of his former spokespersons said Monday. Read more »

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

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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 »

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

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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 »

Duterte lauds China's Communist Party on 100th anniversary

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Posted at Jul 06 11:31 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday paid tribute to China's Communist Party as its celebrated its centenary, adding that the Manila trusts Beijing would "use its newfound strength in defense of what is good and just for all humanity."  Read more »

China assures Philippines of 'stable' COVID-19 vaccine supply

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 09:51 PM

China's Tan Qingsheng pointed out the Philippines is procuring 25 million doses of Sinovac vaccines this year and is in talks for the entry of Sinopharm vaccines.   Read more »

Imelda Marcos, 9 others awarded for promoting 'PH-China understanding'

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Posted at Jun 28 03:42 PM

Imelda Marcos, former First Lady and wife of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, was recognized, along with 9 other "laureates," for "fostering and promoting understanding" between Philippines and China.  Read more »

PNoy’s move vs. China on W. Philippine Sea won't be forgotten: Kalayaan town mayor

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 02:02 PM

The decision of former Philippine President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to challenge China's vast claims over almost the entire South China Sea will always be remembered, the mayor of Kalayaan town in Palawan where Beijing's incursions continue, said Friday. Read more »

US approves possible sale of fighter jet, military equipment to Philippines: agency

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Posted at Jun 25 01:21 PM

The US State Department has approved the possible sale of $2.43 billion or P118 billion worth of military equipment and fighter jets to the Philippines, a United States agency said.    Read more »