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Incident last March 2 was fourth close maneuver of Chinese Coast Guard vessel with PHL Coast Guard vessel in Bajo de Masinloc (Eagle News) – The Philippines has “full sovereignty” over Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal amid a recent statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry asserting “sovereign rights” in the area. “The Philippine position is we continue to exercise full sovereignty over Bajo de Masinloc and its territorial sea, as well as sovereign […]
President Duterte says “one of these days, maybe the Filipino people should demand the truth” (Eagle News) – Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile questioned the back-channeling talks done by former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV with China in 2012 on the Scarborough stand-off, saying Trillanes’ close connection with Chinese officials should be looked into. Enrile, 97, who had also served as Defense Minister for over 14 years during the administration of the late President […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines accused China’s coast guard Friday of illegally seizing fishing equipment near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, sparking a fresh spat with Beijing. Scarborough Shoal, one of several reefs controlled by China, is one of the region’s richest fishing grounds and a flash point between the two countries. The Philippine foreign ministry said it has lodged a diplomatic protest over the “illegal confiscation” by the Chinese […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has said it will probe reports a Greek oil tanker with a Filipino crew was recently warned against passing near Scarborough Shoal by a Chinese warship that said the shoal was under Chinese jurisdiction. Online reports said on Sept. 30, the Green Aura, which had come from Thailand and was on its way to China, was nearing the shoal when it was radioed by the Chinese vessel that identified […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 3, junked the petitions filed by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and 40 fishermen aimed at forcing the government to enforce environmental laws in Ayungin Shoal, Panganiban Reef and Scarborough Shoal. In a statement, the SC said the petition for a writ of kalikasan and continuing mandamus were junked based on a motion filed by the government after some of the fishermen themselves requested for a withdrawal […]
(Eagle News) – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana branded as “bullying” China’s actions in the West Philippine Sea, particularly how it took over the Scarborough Shoal also known as Panatag Shoal. Lorenzana said that unless China matched its rhetoric with action, most people will continue to have low trust on the Asian giant. “The way they took over Scarborough Shoal, to me, that is bullying,” Lorenzana said on Tuesday. “The Chinese, since they started grabbing […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang described as “fallacious” arguments made by critics of President Rodrigo Duterte that he was surrendering the country’s sovereignty by not pressing China to recognize and abide by the 2016 arbitral ruling on the South China Sea. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo also reminded critics, including Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, that the proper way in reading the Constitution was not to read one provision in […]
(Eagle News) – The Office of the Solicitor General has filed a motion with the Supreme Court seeking the inhibition of Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio in the Writ of Kalikasan petition seeking marine protection of shoals within the West Philippine Sea. Citing Carpio’s “personal bias and manifest partiality” in the issue, Solicitor General Jose Calida said that the SC justice should inhibit from deciding the case. The case “involved the protection, preservation, rehabilitation, […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Friday, May 3, issued a writ to protect the marine environment in Panganiban Reef, Ayungin Shoal and Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. In a special en banc session, the SC granted the prayer for the issuance by members of the Kalayaan Palawan Farmers and Fisherfolk Association to “prevent violations of Philippine environmental laws” in the Philippine waters and in the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The petitioners had […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs has sent a note verbale to China complaining about the mass harvesting of giant clams by numerous large Chinese fishing boats in the disputed Scarborough Shoal. “We just caught them doing that recently, filed a diplomatic note, and will be taking legal action. With our legal department now,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddy” Locsin Jr., said in a tweet. These activities of Chinese fishermen had been […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel on Friday, Nov. 23, hailed the government’s decision to call off the deployment of the Philippine Navy to Panatag Shoal in 2016, after the international tribunal ruling that invalidated China’s excessive claims in the West Philippine Sea. “For me it was a good call,” Pimentel said, after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed the aborted plan prompted by President Rodrigo Duterte’s insistence the country employ a soft approach instead. According to […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has said it is already “taking pro-active measures” to address the problem of Filipino fishermen and Chinese Coast Guard as it noted that the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines and the Department of Foreign Affairs have also been talking about the issue. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the Philippine government has officially relayed the problem to the Chinese government to address this issue, and provide solutions, including possible sanctions […]
