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(Eagle News)—-The Department of Foreign Affairs on Monday, May 21, said it was “taking the appropriate diplomatic action necessary to protect our claims and will continue to do so in the future.” The DFA issued the statement following reports of China’s aggressive militarization in the South China Sea, with the recent deployment of bombers allegedly on Woody Island, which is also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan. “While appropriate language, whether expressions of condemnation or concern, […]
BEIJING, China — China has for the first time landed several bombers on an island in the disputed South China Sea. Several bombers of various types — including the long-range, nuclear strike capable H-6K — carried out landing and take off drills at an unidentified island airfield after carrying out simulated strike training on targets at sea, the Chinese airforce said in a statement Friday. Wang Mingliang, a defense expert cited in the statement, said the takeoff and […]
(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) — President Duterte said there was no point in “declaring war” against China over its militarization in disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea, even as he said he had told China’s President Xi Jinping that he would be still be asserting the arbitral ruling that the Philippines won. “There was this arbitral ruling because of the conflicting claimants. You must remember that it’s not only China — in reality, not China […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 15, may ride a jet ski to the Philippine Rise on the day the country marks the first year since it renamed the vast undersea plateau in Aurora province. When he was still a candidate for the presidency in 2016, the President had promised to ride the vehicle to the South China Sea when asked how he would handle China and its alleged “expansionism.” […]
(Eagle News) — Muntinlupa Rep. Ruffy Biazon is seeking an inquiry into what he said was China’s “creeping militarization” in the West Philippine Sea. House Bill 1856–which asked the Committee on National Defense and Security to conduct the probe—was filed following reports of China’s installation of missiles “capable of hitting surface to surface and surface to air targets on reclaimed islands..,” Biazon said in a statement. According to Biazon, in particular, Q-9 surface-to-air missiles and YJ-12 […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, May 4, blamed the United States and former President Benigno Aquino III for Chinese militarization in the South China Sea. The President made the pronouncement following reports the Chinese have been successful in deploying missiles in Subi Reef, Mischief Reef and Fiery Cross Reef, reefs claimed by the Philippines in the Spratlys. “So Aquino filed an arbitration case. We won. He was still there. Bakit hindi niya ginawa […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing Thursday reasserted its right to build “defense” facilities in the disputed South China Sea but declined to confirm reports it had installed new missiles on artificial islands it has built in the region. The Chinese army-installed anti-ship and air-to-air defenses on outposts also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines over the last 30 days, US network CNBC reported Wednesday, citing sources close to US intelligence. If the information is verified, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his stand he was “not prepared to go to war” amid criticisms the Philippines was not doing enough to protect its claims in the South China Sea. “We just don’t have the capability..,” the President said in a speech at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command Headquarters at Camp Lapu-Lapu in Cebu City on May 1, Tuesday. According to Duterte, in the first place, America should […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated the Philippines was “not abandoning, not ignoring, not setting aside” the arbitral tribunal decision that favored it over China in the South China Sea dispute. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the move was done by the President in a bilateral meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the sidelines of the 32nd Association of Southeast Asian Summit in Singapore. “He will deal with the arbitral […]
(Eagle News) — Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the Philippines in November. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the revelation on Tuesday night. According to Roque, the visit will take place after Xi’s participation in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Papua New Guinea. This will have been Xi’s first visit to the Philippines since his visit in November 2015, when the 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit was held under then-President Benigno […]
by Laurent Thomet Agence France Presse Beijing flexed its military muscle this week as its sole operational aircraft carrier apparently took part in a huge naval drill with dozens of other vessels in the South China Sea, satellite images showed. The pictures, taken by Planet Labs Inc., appear to show the Liaoning carrier at the center of a formation of more than 40 other ships lined up in pairs south of China’s Hainan province island […]
