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Faustino-led DND to focus on sovereignty, respect for human rights

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 02:59 PM

The incoming DND chief committed Monday to prioritize the protection of the country's sovereignty and respect for human rights, among others. Read more »

House OKs PH Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act on 3rd reading

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 09:05 PM

The House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill designating sea lanes and air routes for foreign ships and aircraft passing by the Philippines. Read more »

Duterte says no president can give up West PH Sea

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 01:00 PM

President Duterte reiterated that he did not relinquish the West Philippine Sea despite his administration’s warm ties with the Chinese government. Read more »

PH forms new anti-ship missile unit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 07 08:32 PM

A new unit has been created under the Philippine Navy for the country's external defense. Read more »

Duterte's China appeasement makes pushback difficult for Manila

Maricar Cinco, Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 06 05:25 PM

Duterte has taken an accommodating stance toward Beijing's incursions in waters claimed by Manila, in exchange for promised investments from China. Read more »

Duterte: China, PH have no quarrel, can talk about Spratly

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 05 07:24 PM

President Duterte said Manila and Beijing 'do not have any quarrel' and could 'talk' as fresh tensions surfaced in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

SC junks petition to compel Duterte to defend PH territory

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 05:00 PM

The Supreme Court has junked a lawyer’s plea to compel President Rodrigo Duterte to sue China over its incursions in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

US, China trade barbs at UN over South China Sea

Reuters
Posted at Aug 10 05:07 AM

The South China Sea has become one of many flashpoints in the testy relationship between China and the United States. Read more »

Over 100 more ships spotted in West Philippine Sea, geospatial intel firm says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 10:53 AM

More than 100 additional vessels were spotted within the country's exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea this month, a geospatial intelligence firm has said, adding that the vessels were "likely Chinese ships". Read more »

Israel launches air strikes on Gaza, says Israeli army

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 18 06:18 AM

This developed after militants in the Palestinian territory again launched incendiary balloons into southern Israel, the army and AFP journalists said. Read more »

Business community backs call on China to withdraw vessels from PH reef

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 14 06:03 PM

Several of the country's top businesses groups on Wednesday expressed support in the collective call urging China to withdraw its vessels in the Julian Felipe reef.   Read more »

Taiwan says will fight to the end if China attacks

Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee, Reuters
Posted at Apr 07 02:15 PM

Taiwan will fight to the end if China attacks, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, adding that the United States saw a danger that this could happen amid mounting Chinese military pressure, including aircraft carrier drills, near the island. Read more »

Naked fugitive found in croc-infested northern Australia waters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 05:48 PM

A naked fugitive hiding out in trees above crocodile-infested waters has been discovered by a pair of fishermen, after spending days surviving on snails in swampy mangroves in Australia's far north.   Read more »

Duterte, Japan's Suga talk about S. China Sea, aid, pandemic

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 04:57 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte and Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide this week discussed various issues including the South China Sea, diplomatic aid, and the COVID-19 in a telephone conversation, the Filipino leader's office said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Duterte thanks 'close partner' Australia for 'upholding law' in S. China Sea

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 08:59 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday thanked Australia, Manila's "close partner", for "upholding international law" following its rejection of Beijing's territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea. Read more »

Gov't urged to scrap deals with Chinese firms tagged in South China Sea island-building

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 31 03:49 PM

The Philippines should drop its infrastructure deals with Chinese companies that the US recently blacklisted for building artificial islands in contested waters, a senator said Monday.    Read more »

Philippines 'kowtowing' to China? That's 'narrative of opposition,' says DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 02:17 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr denied Wednesday that the Philippines was “kowtowing” to Chinese aggression in contested waters, saying this was a “narrative of the opposition.”  Read more »

Philippines won't cease Spratly patrols despite China call vs 'provocations': DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 10:20 AM

The Philippines will sustain its patrol of the Spratly islands despite China's call for Manila to stop "illegal provocations" in sending military aircraft near the area, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr said Wednesday.  Read more »

David and Goliath: China and Taiwan's military mismatch

Amber Wang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 10 02:53 PM

Tensions are on the rise again with the US sending its highest-level delegation to Taipei since Washington switched diplomatic recognition to China in 1979.   Read more »

TikTok denies sharing Indian user data with Chinese govt

Bhuvan Baggam Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 30 01:58 PM

TikTok on Tuesday denied sharing information on Indian users with the Chinese government, after New Delhi banned the wildly popular app citing national security and privacy concerns.   Read more »