House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Tuesday said that President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that asserting the Philippine sovereignty will result in bloodshed and war is an admission of defeat to China.
Former Supreme Court (SC) Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday (April 14) warned that United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) will “collapse” if China is allowed to push its sweeping claim over the South China Sea.
The Philippine armed forces said Friday it was investigating a report that Chinese military boats pursued a civilian vessel carrying Filipino journalists in the disputed South China Sea.
The Philippine defence department said Thursday it was keeping “all our options open” as a diplomatic row with Beijing grows over hundreds of Chinese vessels in the contested South China Sea.
The Philippine military ordered the deployment of more navy ships to the South China Sea Thursday amid a growing diplomatic row over a fleet of Chinese boats parked near a disputed reef.
Chinese vessels gathered near a disputed reef in the South China Sea are “fishing boats” sheltering from poor weather, the foreign ministry said Monday, a day after the Philippines described their presence as an incursion.
Global military spending, driven in part by Chinese naval expansion, reached record levels in 2020 despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic contraction, a British think-tank said on Thursday.
The United States on Friday warned China against the use of force in disputed waters as it reaffirmed its view that Beijing’s assertive campaign in the South China Sea is illegal.
A French nuclear attack submarine was among two navy ships that recently conducted a patrol through the South China Sea, its defence minister announced, in a move likely to anger Beijing, which claims most of the strategic waters as its territory.
China on Friday warned off a US warship sailing near contested islands in the South China Sea, Beijing said, the first such encounter made public since the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
MANILA – The Philippines will continue to maintain its independent foreign policy to protect its sovereignty and national interest amid geopolitical issues, the country’s defense chief said on Friday.
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday said she welcomed the Department of Foreign Affairs’ filing of a diplomatic protest against China’s new Coast Guard Law allowing its coast guards to open fire at any vessel they consider intruders in disputed areas of the South China Sea.
The Mutual Defense Treaty between the Philippines and United States will play a big part in maintaining peace in the South China Sea, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Thursday.
A US aircraft carrier group sailed into the South China Sea on a so-called “freedom of navigation” exercise, the first routine operation in the region under new President Joe Biden.
President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to all claimant states in the South China Sea (SCS) not to make the disputed sea region a “locus of power play.”
President Rodrigo Duterte thanked Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison for his country’s support for the South China Sea arbitration case that favored the Philippines.
President Rodrigo Duterte urged all parties in the South China Sea disputes to ensure freedom of navigation and overflight and to exercise self-restraint.
In his intervention during the 37th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plenary, President Rodrigo Duterte called for peaceful resolution of the dispute in the South China Sea.
Japan and Vietnam agreed to step up security and defence cooperation Monday, reaching an agreement in principle for Tokyo to export defence equipment and technology to the Southeast Asian nation.
The Philippines has lifted a moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the disputed South China Sea, which the government said Friday could fast-track talks with Beijing on a joint energy project.
MANILA – The situation in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) remains volatile due to “certain actions” of both China and the United States to protect their interests in the disputed waters, the country’s military chief said on Tuesday.
MANILA – The Philippine and Chinese governments have reaffirmed the “continuing vitality” of their bilateral relations amid the constraints posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
The president of polling firm Social Weather Stations (SWS) wants the South China Sea renamed as the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Sea due to its location and the Philippines’ 2016 arbitral win.
MANILA – Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday commended President Rodrigo Duterte for raising before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) the country’s arbitral victory over disputed islets and other sea features in the South China Sea.
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