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(Eagle News) – The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs, again filed a protest over Chinese incursion around Julian Felipe Reef after it noted “the return of over 100 Chinese vessels illegally operating in the waters in and around” the reef recently. The DFA observed the incident which happened on April 4, 2022, “barely a year after the same swarming incident was protested by the Philippine Government.” “The lingering unauthorized presence of […]
PHL “utmost displeasure” expressed over “illegal lingering presence of Chinese vessels in Julian Felipe Reef” (Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it had summoned Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian on Monday, April 12, to express the Philippines’ “utmost displeasure” over the “illegal lingering presence of Chinese vessels” in the Julian Felipe Reef.” In a statement, the DFA stressed that the “continuing presence of Chinese vessels around the Reef […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is filing another diplomatic protest against China over the presence of Chinese fishing vessels and maritime assets in the vicinity of Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. made the announcement in a Tweet on Wednesday, April 7, while sharing a Department of National Defense infographic quoting Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s response to the Chinese embassy’s justification of why the vessels were there. […]
Us-PHL-China intl relations and in’t l studies expert says PHL did right in sending PHL Coast Guard to ward off Chinese militia to avoid a repeat of Scarborough incident (Eagle News) – China is using a tried and tested strategy of deploying its maritime militia in several land features such as reefs or shoals in the South China Sea, including those in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone such as the Julian Felipe Reef (Whitsun […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Philippine air force jet is conducting daily patrols over Chinese fishing vessels parked near a disputed reef, the defence chief said, as Beijing refuses to pull the ships out of the area. Around 220 boats were first spotted earlier this month at the boomerang-shaped Whitsun Reef around 320 kilometres (175 nautical miles) west of Palawan Island, sparking a diplomatic row. Manila has ordered Beijing to recall the vessels, describing […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has called on China to “promptly withdraw” its fishing vessels and maritime assets from the vicinity of adjacent waters of relevant features in the Kalayaan Group of Islands in the West Philippine Sea. In a strongly-worded statement, the DFA also called on China to “direct its fishing vessels to desist from environmentally destructive activities.” The DFA issued the statement two days after it formally lodged a diplomatic […]
