West Philippine Sea

Retired Supreme Court (SC) Justice Antonio Carpio has called on the country to conduct joint patrols with other nations in the West Philippine Sea due to continued Chinese incursions.

Senator Risa Hontiveros demanded China on Wednesday (April 22) to foot the bill for the Philippines' coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response as payback for the the losses incurred by the country over the West Philippine Sea maritime…

Retired Supreme Court (SC) justice Antonio Carpio warned President Rodrigo Duterte that the country would lose the West Philippine Sea (WPS) if he forsakes the United States as an ally.

Former Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Solita "Mareng Winnie" Monsod warns that Filipinos stand to lose over $10 trillion in the mineral and fishing resources in the West Philippine SEA (WPS) if President Rodrigo Duterte continues to do…

Malacañang has shrugged off the suggestion of former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario for President Rodrigo Duterte to attend the US-Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit to be held in Las Vegas this March.

Malacañang said President Rodrigo Duterte did not raise China's incursions into the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and the ruling of an arbitral tribunal favoring Manila over Beijing during the ASEAN-China Summit with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang…

This was what Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo had to say, after Leni Robredo said China should recognize the Philippines’ sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea first before the two countries enter into any joint exploration…

The proposed 60-40 sharing in the planned joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea is “fair” because China is spending for the exploration, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said.

Supreme Court (SC) Justice Antonio Carpio on Friday (Oct. 18) has vowed to continue to fight China’s claims over the West Philippine Sea.

Senator Francis Tolentino wants Filipino songs to be aired by the state-run radio station near the disputed West Philippine Sea so those in the area will know they are within Philippine territory.

Senator Francis Tolentino is proposing the construction of military bases and facilities to beef up security in the West Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea and Philippine Rise. Tolentino wants the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA), which…

Malacañang rejected the call former foreign secretary Albert del Rosario to raise the arbitral ruling on the West Philippine Sea at the 74th United Nations (UN) General Assembly, saying it's an exercise in futility.

ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Niña Taduran on Monday proposed a radical solution to retake the New Bilibid Prison from detained powerful drug lords who continue to lord it over the national penitentiary: Exile them to the West Philippine Sea.

Party-list Cong. Niña Taduran (ACT-CIS) said convicted high-profile drug personalities should be transferred to some of the country’s occupied territories in South China Sea (SCS) as these inmates enjoy special treatment inside the national…

The arbitral ruling that favored Manila's claims in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) “can’t be set aside,” Malacañang said Friday.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin said the Aquino administration did right in filing an arbitration case with the United Nations-backed court on the West Philippine Sea issue in 2012.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin believes that waging war against China should always be an option for the Philippines in defending its boundaries in the West Philippine Sea despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s fears that it would lead…

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday (September 3) has dismissed the petition seeking for the issuance of a writ of kalikasan due to the withdrawal of fisherfolk petitioners.

Malacañang said it will not waste time responding to Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison’s recent criticism against the Duterte administration.

China President Xi Jinping respects Philippine sovereignty but not where it matters most - the country's rights over the West Philippine Sea which he continues to treat with scorn.