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Election officials to fly to Pag-asa Island for plebiscite on dividing Palawan

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 09:13 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday said it has requested military assistance to fly some of its election officers to Kalayaan town on Pag-asa Island next month for a plebiscite on the move to divide Palawan into 3 provinces. Read more »

Report shows possible construction on Mischief Reef amid COVID-19 pandemic

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 04:48 PM

In their February 2021 report titled “New Construction on Mischief Reef,” the firm Simularity pointed to significant changes in 7 areas of Chinese-occupied Mischief Reef. The movement also seemed to have occurred in late 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 29, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 11:21 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

'Defy China Coast Guard Law'

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 12:03 PM

Protesters urged the Philippine government to show its defiance against Beijing’s recently passed Coast Guard Law ordering theiThe group urged the Philippine government to defy Beijing’s recently passed Coast Guard Law ordering their fleet to shoot anyone they consider as foreigners in the West Philippine Sea, an area also claimed by the Philippines and other ASEAN countries.r fleet to shoot anyone they consider as foreigners in the West Philippine Sea, an area also claimed by the Philippines and other ASEAN countries.  Read more »

China warns Asian countries to be vigilant on US strategy

Mei Mei Chu and Liz Lee, Reuters
Posted at Oct 13 09:38 PM

KUALA LUMPUR - The Chinese government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, on Tuesday urged Asian countries to remain "vigilant" over the risk of US strategy stoking geopolitical competition in the South China Sea and other parts of the region.   Read more »

PH can go to UNCLOS tribunal over 2019 boat-ramming incident in Recto Bank: Carpio

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 11 03:28 PM

The Philippines can go to an international tribunal to demand reparation from China over last year's ramming incident by a Chinese fishing vessel of a Philippine fishing boat in the Recto (Reed) Bank in the West Philippine Sea, retired Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio said Thursday.   Read more »

ANALYSIS: Indonesia’s new diplomatic bombshell vs Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea

Romel Regalado Bagares, VERA Files
Posted at May 30 10:25 PM

In its running territorial tiff with China over the Natuna islands, Indonesia had just lobbed a diplomatic bombshell.    Read more »

Joint sea patrol sought vs China's 'hostile' acts during pandemic

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 27 02:12 PM

The Philippines should jointly patrol disputed areas in the South China Sea to fend off Beijing’s assertiveness, which persisted even if countries were grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio said Monday. Read more »

Tolentino wants Pinoy songs broadcast in China-occupied areas in West PH Sea

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 06:03 AM

MANILA - Sen. Francis Tolentino on Thursday said the government should broadcast Filipino songs in areas occupied by China in West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Vietnamese fishermen call for action against China

Khanh Vu, Reuters
Posted at Jul 30 10:03 PM

A Vietnamese fishermen's group has called on the government to take stronger measures for the removal of a Chinese oil survey vessel that Vietnam accuses of violating its sovereignty in the South China Sea. Read more »

OPINION: Duterte’s SONA speech on West Philippine Sea made matters worse for PH

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jul 24 12:47 PM

To help save our claim in the South China Sea, we all must pretend we are hard of hearing and we misheard Duterte. Okay, it’s “position”, not “possession.” Read more »

China: US criticism over South China Sea is 'slander'

Reuters
Posted at Jul 22 09:03 PM

BEIJING - Remarks by US officials on China's role in the South China Sea are slanderous, its foreign ministry said on Monday, after the United States voiced concern over reports of Chinese interference with oil and gas activities in the disputed waters. Read more »

China denies South China Sea missile tests

Reuters
Posted at Jul 06 02:45 AM

BEIJING - China's Defense Ministry on Friday denied US accusations that the Chinese military had recently carried out missile tests in the disputed South China Sea, saying instead that they had held routine drills that involved the firing of live ammunition. Read more »

'Soaking wet, shivering': Vietnamese boat captain recalls rescue of PH fishers in Reed Bank incident

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 08:56 PM

MANILA - A Vietnamese boat captain who gave refuge to Filipinos thrown overboard after their boat was rammed by a Chinese vessel on June 9 has told of the rescue in the West Philippine Sea, his narration appearing consistent with the story of the Philippine fishers.  Read more »

Beijing slams US warship sail-by in South China Sea

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 10:36 PM

China said two US warships sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea without permission on Monday in the latest US challenge to Beijing's territorial claims in the region. Read more »

Alejano sinagot ang hamon ni Robin Padilla na lusubin ang Spratlys

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 09:33 PM

Sumagot si Gary Alejano sa hamon ni Robin Padilla na lusubin ang Spratlys. Read more »

Pangilinan bats for resumption of oil exploration in Reed Bank

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 08:57 PM

PXP Energy Corp chairman Manny Pangilinan said he has asked the government to lift the ban on energy exploration in a disputed area of the West Philippine Sea where the company has a service contract.  Read more »

China deploys paramilitary troops near Pag-asa Island

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 11:08 PM

A blatant act of intimidation against Manila. That's how an international political risk analyst views Beijing's recent deployment of a paramilitary force near a Manila-occupied island in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

There’s ‘massive overcapacity’ of Chinese vessels in Spratlys, says US think-tank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 10:18 PM

Chinese fishing vessels account for the largest number of ships operating in the Spratlys in the West Philippine Sea, satellite images taken in 2018 show. Read more »

US think-tank casts doubt on South China Sea code

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 04:15 PM

Chances of signing a code of conduct in the South China Sea any time soon may be slim, an analyst from a US think-tank said on Friday.   Read more »