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Other boats near F/B GEM-VER? Palace cites new info on PH fishing boat sinking

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Updated as of Jun 18 11:28 AM

Fresh information on the sinking of a Filipino boat rammed by a Chinese vessel is shedding new light on the incident that has raised tensions in the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »

Lacson: Duterte left us heartbroken

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 12:33 PM

MANILA - Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday lamented President Rodrigo Duterte’s response to the ramming of a Chinese vessel of a Filipino fishing boat in Reed Bank (Recto Bank) last week. Read more »

'Parang balewala lang': Fisherman laments Duterte remark on Chinese 'hit-and-run'

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Updated as of Jun 18 09:05 AM

The captain of a Filipino fishing boat sank by a Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea lamented Tuesday President Rodrigo Duterte's remark that the incident was does not justify sending Navy ships to the resource-rich waterway.    Read more »

Duterte: Banggaan lang ng barko iyan

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Posted at Jun 18 12:17 AM

Tinawag niya itong simpleng "maritime incident" at muling iginiit na hindi kayang makipaggiyera ng Pilipinas sa China. Read more »

'Simple maritime incident' at Recto Bank 'blown out of proportion: Agri chief

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Updated as of Jun 17 03:40 PM

The sinking of a Filipino boat hit by a Chinese vessel is "a simple maritime incident" that is being blown "out of proportion", Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said Monday.  Read more »

Gov't urged: Raise Recto Bank 'hit-and-run' before international community

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 17 12:29 PM

The Philippines should raise before the international community the sinking of a Filipino boat by a Chinese vessel to gain leverage over Beijing, a lawyer who helped challenge the Asian giant's claims to the South China Sea said Monday.    Read more »

Filipino captain in Chinese vessel incident not meeting with Duterte Monday: wife

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Updated as of Jun 17 07:59 AM

The captain of a Filipino fishing vessel that collided with a Chinese ship will no longer meet with President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, his wife said.  Read more »

Chinese who sank Filipino boat must stand trial in PH: Robredo

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Updated as of Jun 17 02:12 AM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday said the crew of the Chinese vessel which hit and sank a Filipino fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea should be made to stand trial in the Philippines. Read more »

Captain of boat sunk by Chinese to meet Duterte, demand justice

Raphael Bosano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 17 02:02 PM

The captain of a Filipino ship sunk by a Chinese vessel in a collision said Sunday that he will meet with President Rodrigo Duterte and demand accountability over the incident that stirred tension in the South China Sea. Read more »

Business groups pledge aid for Pinoy fishers rammed by Chinese

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Posted at Jun 16 03:10 PM

Several business groups on Sunday pledged to help Filipino fishermen whose boat was hit and sunk by a Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Duterte cancels Cabinet meeting about China 'hit-and-run': Palace

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Updated as of Jun 16 08:37 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has called for a SPECIAL Cabinet meeting on Monday to tackle the sinking of a Philippine fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in a collision that has increased tensions in the West Philippine Sea.  Read more »

Go condemns Chinese ship-ramming incident of Filipino boat in West PH Sea

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Posted at Jun 15 04:10 PM

Senator-elect Bong Go on Saturday condemned the Chinese vessel that rammed a Filipino fishing boat earlier this week, amid the silence of President Rodrigo Duterte on the issue. Read more »

Experts call for calm amid PH-China tensions over sea ramming incident

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 07:01 PM

MANILA — Business, political and security experts on Saturday called for calm amid renewed tensions in the West Philippine Sea following a Chinese ship's ramming of a Filipino fishing boat near Recto (Reed) Bank off Palawan last Sunday. Read more »

Opposition lawmakers blast China for 'preposterous,' 'ridiculous' claim on sea ramming incident

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Updated as of Jun 15 02:27 PM

The Philippines' ties with China should be downgraded after Asia's largest economy issued "preposterous" claims to "cover-up" the ramming of a Filipino fishing vessel, a senator said Saturday. Read more »

Pinoy boat rammed by Chinese vessel returns to Occidental Mindoro

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Posted at Jun 15 06:35 AM

GEM-VIR1 was brought early Saturday to its home port in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro after towed by another fishing boat. Read more »

Militia vessel under Chinese Navy command rammed Filipino fishing boat: Carpio

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Updated as of Jun 15 11:52 AM

MANILA - It was an "aggressive" Chinese militia vessel under the command of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) that rammed a Filipino fishing boat anchored off the coast of Recto (Reed) Bank in the West Philippine Sea on Sunday, a senior Supreme Court justice said Friday. Read more »

How the Vietnamese rescued Pinoy fishermen rammed by Chinese vessel

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 10:59 AM

MANILA (UPDATE) - In the dead of night of June 9, most crew members of GEM-VIR1 were asleep, dog-tired from nearly 2 weeks of catching fish in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 14, 2019

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Posted at Jun 15 01:20 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

US urges PH, China: Avoid coercion, intimidation in asserting sea claims

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Posted at Jun 15 12:51 AM

The United States has urged the Philippines and China to avoid using "coercion and intimidation" in asserting their claims in the disputed South China Sea, its embassy in Manila said Friday. Read more »

'The ship was rammed': PH Navy chief says Reed Bank incident not normal

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Updated as of Jun 14 10:52 PM

The Philippine Navy on Friday asserted that the Chinese vessel's ramming of an anchored Filipino boat near Reed Bank last weekend was "not a normal maritime accident." Read more »