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DFA chief orders check on Chinese survey vessel near Reed Bank

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 11:51 AM

MANILA - Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. on Friday instructed the DFA Office of Asian and Pacific Affairs (ASPAC) to check on reports that a Chinese survey vessel is currently near Reed Bank within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone. Read more »

China praises Duterte administration for skipping international maritime drills in West PH Sea

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 06:04 AM

China on Thursday lauded the Philippines for rebuffing "attempts" of some countries to "incite tensions" in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

As PH sits out maritime drills, Locsin tells China: What is ours is ours

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 08:56 AM

The Philippines' top diplomat on Thursday invoked the country's arbitral award against China as it said Beijing was "reading too much" into Manila's refusal to join military exercises in the disputed South China Sea. Read more »

PH refusal to join South China Sea maritime drills impacts credibility: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 05 10:33 AM

The Philippines' refusal to join maritime exercises with other nations in the disputed South China Sea sends a signal that it is not willing to "put its money where its mouth is," an analyst said Wednesday. Read more »

Editorials of The Times: China’s claims to the South China Sea are unlawful. Now what?

The Editorial Board, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 29 03:46 AM

Pompeo has said the right things about China’s unlawful behavior. But unless words are accompanied by a credible U.S. re-engagement in the region, including a clear commitment to diplomacy, investment and security, the words are just more election-year bluster. Read more »

Duterte's South China Sea remarks may have legal implications, expert warns

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 29 04:02 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte was slammed for his supposed defeatist statements on the South China Sea dispute during his fifth State of the Nation Address. Read more »

OPINION: 'Inutil'

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jul 28 06:23 PM

Yesterday, Chinese President Xi Jinping must have been happy listening to “ínutil” Duterte giving him more ammunition to demolish the Philippines’ win in The Hague. Read more »

Duterte's 'defeatist' statement on maritime disputes with China undermines DFA, DND position: expert

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 04:11 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's "defeatist" statement on the Philippines' maritime disputes with China in the South China Sea when he delivered his 5th State of the Nation Address, undermines the improved positions espoused by Manila's foreign and defense ministries, a maritime law expert said Tuesday. Read more »

Chinese envoy says China-PH relations better under Duterte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 28 01:38 PM

Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian on Monday reiterated the improved relationship between China and the Philippines under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte as he warns against a superpower "stirring up rivalry and geopolitical tensions" in the region. Read more »

Duterte says he is ‘inutile, cannot do anything’ against China sea aggression

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 27 09:31 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday he was "inutile" and "cannot do anything" in the face of Beijing's continued aggression in the South China Sea, parts of which are also claimed by Manila.  Read more »

Australia rejects Beijing’s South China Sea claims, backing US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 25 04:24 PM

Beijing claims almost all of the South China Sea based on a so-called nine-dash line, a vague delineation from maps dating back to the 1940s. Read more »

How the cold war between China and US is intensifying

Rick Gladstone, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 24 04:20 AM

In defense, trade, technology, human rights and other categories, actions and reprisals by one side or the other have escalated sharply under President Donald Trump’s administration, despite his repeated expressions of admiration for President Xi Jinping of China. Read more »

Locsin rejects predecessor Del Rosario's call to raise S. China Sea arbitral victory to UN

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 22 05:54 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. rejected Wednesday the call of his predecessor Albert del Rosario to raise the Philippines' arbitral win on the South China Sea before the United Nations General Assembly. Read more »

'It's a free world': DFA's Locsin says China can disagree with PH on arbitral award

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 03:41 PM

"The point is, we won it. If they don't want to recognize it, okay, they can say that. But we know we have the law on our side. We have the Hague on our side," Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. said. Read more »

US defense chief plans to visit China as tensions grow

Sylvie Lanteaume, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 22 05:49 AM

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper plans to visit China for talks on how to improve two-way communications in a crisis as geopolitical tensions between the superpowers rise and concerns mount over a potential South China Sea flashpoint. Read more »

More Chinese projects in PH seen to 'upgrade' nations' ties: envoy

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 21 01:24 PM

Ties between Philippines and China is expected to be "upgraded" through more Chinese projects in Manila, Beijing's envoy said Tuesday despite earlier rejecting Manila's claims over the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Chinese ambassador warns vs US 'meddling' in South China Sea dispute

Willard Cheng , ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 20 11:02 PM

MANILA - Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian warned against what he described as "intensified meddling" of the the United States in the South China Sea maritime disputes, accusing the US of turning the territorial and maritime row into a “geopolitical game.” Read more »

Malaysia urges peaceful resolution to South China Sea disputes

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 16 11:23 PM

Unlike Vietnam and the Philippines that have publicly rebuked China over a series of incursions into its maritime territory, with the latter even taking Beijing to the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague, Malaysia has opted for quiet diplomacy and rarely spoke about the incursions until Tuesday. Read more »

OPINION: The Philippines' future floats in the West Philippine Sea

U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim
Posted at Jul 16 01:05 PM

Marine conservation begins with securing territorial integrity; when any nation uses coercion, subversion, disinformation, and other underhanded tactics to further its position in the South China Sea, it denies our friends and partners the right to build a sustainable future.  Read more »

Palace tells Pinoys: We continue to assert West PH Sea rights

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 02:00 PM

Malacañang assured the nation on Wednesday that the country continues to fight for its rights in the West Philippine Sea after a poll showed that the majority of Filipinos think the Philippines should assert its authority in the disputed waters. Read more »