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Defense pact can be invoked if US recognizes Panatag as PH territory: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 09:42 AM

MANILA - The US will be able to defend Panatag Shoal, also called Scarborough Shoal, if it decides to recognize the area as Philippine territory, a maritime expert said Wednesday. Read more »

'Barter iyan': Noodles, yosi ng mga Tsino para sa isda ng mga Pinoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 18 11:54 PM

Hindi lang daw tugma ang pagtaya sa halaga ng kalakal na kanilang ipinagpapalit, pero 'barter' daw ang pagkuha ng mga Tsino ng mga isda ng mga Pinoy kapalit ng noodles, sigarilyo, at tubig.  Read more »

Kaunting huli dahil sa ulan, daing ng mga mangingisda sa Scarborough

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 10:28 PM

Iniinda ng mga mangingisdang Pilpino sa Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) ang ilang araw nang kakaunting huli dahil sa masamang panahon. Read more »

Pagkuha ng ilang Tsino sa huli ng mangingisdang Pinoy, di harassment: Palasyo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 11:18 PM

Tsina pa rin ang malinaw na may kontrol sa Scarborough o Panatag Shoal, ayon mismo sa mga mangingisdang Pinoy na naghahanapbuhay roon. Read more »

DFA scores Alejano claim on West PH Sea patrol 'halt'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 01:30 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Sunday denied Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano's claim that President Rodrigo Duterte supposedly ordered government troops to stop patrols in the disputed West Philippine Sea.  Read more »

Philippines taking 'diplomatic actions' vs China over South China Sea activities

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 31 07:39 PM

The Philippines has taken diplomatic actions, including filing protests, against China over its activities in the West Philippine Sea, the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea.  Read more »

Ilang kongresista, di kumbinsido sa paliwanag ni Cayetano ukol sa West PH Sea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 02:34 AM

Bigo si Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano na makumbinsi ang ilang kongresista sa ginagawa ng pamahalaan sa isyu. Read more »

PH attitude toward maritime claims vs China ‘defeatist,’ analyst says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 01:31 AM

Gregory Poling, director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, said the country seems to have adopted "a narrative that China basically has already won." Read more »

Bomber planes ng China, ikinababahala pero di kinokondena ng Palasyo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 12:32 AM

Hindi pa rin itinuturing ng Malacañang na banta sa seguridad ang Tsina dahil maganda raw ang relasyon nito sa Pilipinas.  Read more »

Philippine Navy naglayag sa Philippine Rise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 17 06:45 PM

Iwinagayway ang bandila ng Pilipinas sa tuktok ng barko ng Philippine Navy na nagtungo sa pinakamababaw na bahagi ng Philippine Rise bilang simbolo sa pag-aari ng Pilipinas sa naturang teritoryo.  Read more »

Duterte, di natuloy sa PH Rise; 'Baste', Bong Go, nag-jetski sa Casiguran Bay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 11:16 PM

Sabi ng Palasyo, hindi naman talaga puwedeng mag-jet ski sa Philippine Rise dahil nasa ilalim ito ng dagat. Read more »

China missiles directed at us, says ex-Solgen

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 09:39 AM

MANILA - A former solicitor general took exception to a Palace official's statement that China's reported missile system in the South China Sea is not directed at the Philippines. Read more »

Duterte risks impeachment over failure to protect West PH Sea, says ex-SolGen

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 09:12 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte may be impeached if he fails to protect the country's territory in the West Philippine Sea, a former solicitor general said Tuesday.   Read more »

Ex-SolGen tells Duterte: Stop blame game on South China Sea issue

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 05:25 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte should stop blaming others for China's continuing militarization of its artificial islands in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, a former solicitor general said Sunday. Read more »

Duterte comments on China missiles 'misinterpreted' - Cayetano

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 02:39 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Saturday defended President Rodrigo Duterte's comments blaming the United States and the Aquino administration for their supposed failure to stop China from building military installations in the South China Sea. Read more »

PH 'softness' on China's territorial claims not working - law expert

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 05:39 PM

The Philippines' "soft position" on China's territorial claims in the South China Sea is putting the country at a disadvantage, an international law expert said Sunday. Read more »

'Cha-cha' proposal boosting territorial claims will have no impact: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 20 11:36 AM

A provision strengthening the Philippines' sovereignty rights in a new federal constitution is not necessary, the director of UP Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea said Friday. Read more »

China says South China Sea drills routine, no word on carrier

Reuters
Posted at Mar 29 06:22 PM

Dozens of Chinese naval vessels are exercising this week with an aircraft carrier in a large show of force off China's Hainan island, satellite images obtained by Reuters show. Read more »

Satellite images reveal show of force by Chinese navy in South China Sea

James Pearson and Greg Torode, Reuters
Posted at Mar 27 07:59 PM

Dozens of Chinese naval vessels are exercising this week with an aircraft carrier in a large show of force off Hainan island in the South China Sea, satellite images obtained by Reuters show. Read more »

China air force drills again in South China Sea, Western Pacific

Reuters
Posted at Mar 25 12:08 PM

China's air force has held another round of drills in the disputed South China Sea and the Western Pacific after passing though Japan's southern islands, the air force said on Sunday, calling such exercises the best preparation for war. Read more »