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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 »

US defense chief to highlight freedom of the seas in Southeast Asia visit

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 22 01:19 PM

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday he would emphasize his country's commitment to freedom of the seas when he visits Southeast Asia this month. 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 »

Duterte denies China helped in 2016 elections; threatens to sue ex top diplomat

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 06:55 AM

According to Duterte, Albert del Rosario is guilty of treason, and even questioned the latter's nationality. Read more »

Palace says coast guard drove away Chinese ship from West Philippine Sea

ABS-CBN News
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

ABS-CBN News
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 »

China todo-deny sa 'pagtatapon ng dumi' sa West PH Sea; DENR mag-iimbestiga

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 06:41 PM

Itinanggi ng China na nagtatapon sila ng human waste o dumi ng tao sa West Philippine Sea.    Read more »

Beijing rejects claim raw sewage from Chinese fishing boats is harming reefs

Catherine Wong and Tedd Ng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 16 03:11 AM

Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian calls it "serious defamation" and says the report is not based on fact. 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 »

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 »

Simularity stands by report in alleged waste dumping in South China Sea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 09:49 PM

A virtual fecal fight between the Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary and a company which alleged that Chinese ships are dumping human waste into the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

US calls for ASEAN action on Myanmar, rejects China maritime claims

James Pearson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 06:36 PM

HANOI - The United States rejects China's "unlawful" maritime claims in the South China Sea and stands with Southeast Asian nations faced with Beijing's "coercion", Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. 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 »

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 »

Gobyerno sinabing 'peke' ang ulat na nag-iwan ng 'dumi' ang ilang China vessels sa EEZ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 08:07 PM

Umalma ang ilang senador sa ulat na nag-iiwan ng dumi ang mga barko ng China na ayaw umalis sa EEZ ng Pilipinas.  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 »

Lorenzana on South China Sea issue: Don’t ‘exacerbate’ already tense situation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 02:26 AM

Lorenzana said the Defense department wants to achieve a "peaceful and friendly management" of all maritime disputes involving the Philippines. Read more »