Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and the Philippines said Wednesday they will cautiously proceed with discussions on joint oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, further reversing years of tensions over their competing claims to the region. The two states have long been embroiled in a bitter dispute over the waterway — with China claiming nearly the entire sea — but President Rodrigo Duterte has in recent years softened his predecessors’ policy of […]
by Martin Parry Agence France-Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia and its ASEAN neighbors vowed to boost defense ties while stressing the importance of non-militarisation in the disputed South China Sea Sunday at a summit where the “complex” Rohingya crisis took center stage. Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at the three-day meeting in Sydney, also agreed to work more closely to tackle the growing menace of violent extremism and radicalization. But […]
(Eagle News) – There should be a government agency or authority that is solely dedicated to planning and thinking of ways on how to protect and preserve the country’s marine resources, including those in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. This was what Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio proposed as he answered questions after his special lecture on the West Philippine Sea in New Era University in Quezon City on Friday, March […]
(Eagle News) – China’s real intention or “grand design” in establishing air and naval bases in the South China Sea is to continue to enforce the nine-dash line, although this was already invalidated by a recent ruling of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This was according to Supreme Court Acting Chief Justice Antonio T. Carpio who detailed how China increasingly creeped into territorial waters of other countries, including […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque clarified that the ruling of the United Nations Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on the West Philippine Sea dispute has only resolved issues involving the seas, not land. In a press briefing in Palawan on Wednesday, March 7, the Palace spokesperson said that President Rodrigo Duterte’s position is that the tribunal has particularly established that “China cannot claim any of the waters of the West Philippine […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that the existing Vietnamese-Chinese setup in joint exploration and development could be a model for a possible Philippine-China joint exploration on the disputed South China Sea. He said on Monday, March 5, that the Philippines could follow the setup of the two countries in jointly exploring the body of water. Vietnam has claims in the area, which China claims almost entirely. According to Roque, the exploration is […]
DANANG, Vetnam (AFP) — A US aircraft carrier arrived in Vietnam Monday for the first time since the end of the war, as the former foes bolster military ties in the face of Beijing’s build-up in the disputed South China Sea. The USS Carl Vinson will make a four-day port call to the central city of Danang for a highly symbolic trip that will include a visit to a center for victims of Agent […]
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday said a Philippine-Chinese state firm joint exploration of the South China Sea was “likely to happen.” “We might enter into an agreement with a Chinese-owned corporation, not the Chinese state itself,” Roque said in an interview aired over national television. Roque declined to name the company, but said it was state-owned. “They’re moving forward and it’s likely to happen,” he added without giving a timetable or the exact terms of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated the country will deal with China only through diplomacy. He said before Chinese-Filipino businessmen on Monday, February 19, during an anniversary celebration of the Chinese Filipino Business Club, Inc. (CFBCI) at the Manila Hotel that the country will insist on its sovereign rights over its claims in the West Philippine Sea but in “friendly and civilized terms.” “We cannot go there ride in our, whatever, navy, grey ships, […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night reiterated the country had sovereign rights over its claims in the South China Sea. The President made the assertion before the Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua and Filipino-Chinese businessmen, among others. “It has been the claim of the Republic of the Philippines na atin ‘yan… which we call before the China Sea, now the West Philippine Sea,” Duterte said. He also noted that the Philippine Rise was ours. “So […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — United States Navy Lt. Commander Tim Hawkins said that China’s artificial islands will not stop the US Navy from patrolling international waters. “International law allows us to operate here, allows us to fly here, allows us to train here, allows us to sail here, and that’s what we’re doing and we’re going to continue to do that,” Hawkins said. Hawkins also said that the US Navy has been patrolling […]
(Eagle News)– The Palace on Monday belied a maritime expert’s claim the Philippines was giving “too much, too early, too soon” to China. “On the contrary, we have upheld our national interest and produced tangible benefits for our people in pursuing friendly and mutually-beneficial ties with China,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, for instance, “our people have been able to resume their right to fish in Scarborough and there is peace in […]
