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(Eagle News) — The Philippines has filed another diplomatic protest against China over what it said was the illegal presence of Chinese vessels in the vicinity of Pag-asa Island. In a brief statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the protest was filed on May 28. The department said, in particular, the Philippines protested the “incessant deployment, prolonged presence, and illegal activities of Chinese maritime assets and fishing vessels” in the vicinity of the island. […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte already invoked the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling on the Spratly Islands even before a Palace statement that invoked the same over the weekend, Malacañang said on Monday, April 15. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, Duterte “effectively” did this when he told China to “lay off Pag-Asa Island.” “Effectively his previous statement earlier—when he said ‘do not touch our property and if you do any harm to our soldiers, we […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Thursday, April 11, said the country’s sovereignty was “non-negotiable.” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement even after the Department of Foreign Affairs filed a diplomatic protest against China over the presence of Chinese vessels near Pag-Asa Island. Panelo had said the government would file a diplomatic protest if media reports on the presence of Chinese vessels near Kota island were also proven to be true. “We are just reciprocating the […]
(Eagle News)–You are not a friend. Senator Richard Gordon had this to say to China, amid the presence of Chinese vessels near Pag-asa Island. “Sabi ng China kaibigan natin sila, pero a friend does not send hundreds of army, hundreds of navy, does not send hundreds of vessels to harrass our fishermen in our territory,” Gordon said, expressing support for the diplomatic protest filed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. Gordon as such reiterated […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday, April 5, volunteered to join President Rodrigo Duterte if the chief executive decides to visit Pag-asa Island. Lacson made the comment after Duterte said he would not allow the Chinese to occupy the island in the South China Sea but also reiterated the country was not ready to go to war. Hours before, the Department of Foreign Affairs issued a strongly worded statement over the “illegal” presence […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, April 4, said he would not allow the Chinese to seize Pag-asa Island, but reiterated the Philippines was not ready to go to war. “Let us be friends but do not touch Pag-asa Island otherwise things would be different,” Duterte said. But Duterte clarified China “would never do that..” ” I assure you unless China wants a war with us, eh di ako papayag kung pati yung Pag-asa i-occupy […]
(Eagle News)–Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has ordered the military to validate a report Filipino fishermen were harassed by Chinese vessels near Pag-Asa Island in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, Lorenzana said that while there has been “no substantiated report” on the supposed incident reported by Kalayaan, Palawan Mayor Roberto del Mundo from the Western Command, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, “through the Naval Forces West under WESCOM, will nonetheless continuously validate and report […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ recent construction work on Thitu Island (Pag-asa Island) has provoked a “paramilitary response” on the part of China, which has claims on the same as well, an American think-tank said in a recent report. In its report published on Feb. 6, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative said China deployed a “large fleet of ships from Subi Reef, just over 12 nautical miles southwest” off the island after satellite imagery from […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has started repairing a runway on Pagasa Island in the West Philippine Sea, a United States thinktank said on Saturday, May 26. According to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (Amti) of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, based on satellite images on May 17, there were two barges located at the island’s airstrip constructed years ago. “It appears that a grab dredger, consisting of a crane with a clamshell bucket, is installed […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte will visit Pag-asa Island in the South China Sea within his term, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Friday, May 18. Roque made the statement after the President failed to “jet ski” in the Philippine Rise reportedly to assert the country’s rights over the Philippines’ extended continental shelf. Roque had said the trip to the Philippine Rise was “not feasible,” given the fact that it was underwater. Presidential […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday, May 2, asserted its claim that the Pag-asa Island and Kalayaan Island Group were part of the Philippines. “Pag-asa Island and the larger Kalayaan Island Group are a municipality of Palawan,” DFA spokesperson Robespierre Bolivar in an interview said. The statement was made after Chinese ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua claimed that any occupation, activity and claim by the Philippines on the islands […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — It is about time that the Philippines exert its sovereign rights over the Pag-asa Islands, this according to Dr. Renato De Castro, an international relations expert. The expert from Dela Salle University also said that the Philippines should fund projects to construct facilities in the island in order to match the aggressiveness of China and Vietnam in the disputed territories, especially with the ruling of the United Nations arbitral tribunal holding […]
