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(Agence France Presse) — US President Donald Trump told his Vietnamese counterpart Sunday he is ready to help resolve the dispute in the resource-rich South China Sea which Beijing claims most of. “If I can help mediate or arbitrate, please let me know… I am a very good mediator,” the dealmaking American leader told Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang during an official state visit Sunday. Vietnam has long courted support from Washington in its dispute […]
President Rodrigo Duterte ordered troops to scrap plans of building a fishermen’s shelter on a sandbar in the disputed South China Sea in August, Defense Chief Delfin Lorenzana said on Wednesday. He said the plan to build the structures on a 500-square-meter (5,382-square-foot) outcrop located just off Thitu island was shelved after Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano advised Duterte there was an agreement between the two nations not to put up structures on new South […]
Talks on the framework for a Code of Conduct on the South China Sea have made important progress, even as the code will be discussed during the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Manila, according to Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong on Monday. The important meetings will be attended by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Last August, foreign ministers of ASEAN and China adopted a negotiating framework for a code of conduct on the […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magdalo Party-List Representative Gary Alejano expressed alarm after China launched its dredging vessel which was dubbed its “magic island-maker.” Alejano said that with the recent addition to China’s maritime arsenal, the move will allow China to aggressively reclaim more areas in the West Philippine Sea. “This newest addition to China’s maritime arsenal provides increased and faster capacity to dredge and reclaim islands,” said Alejano. He is referring to the […]
(Eagle News) – Balik Panatag Shoal ang mga mangingisdang Pilipino sa kabila ng mga namataang Chinese Vessel sa paligid ng lugar na bahagi ng pinag-aagawang Spratly Islands. Ito ang inihayag ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) sa unang anibersaryo ng tagumpay ng Pilipinas laban sa China matapos ang paborableng desisyon ng International Court of Arbitration sa territorial dispute sa West Philippine Sea. Ayon kay Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, naniniwala si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will start building facilities in the Philippine Rise, previously known as Benham Rise, next year. Senate Committee on Environment and Committee on Agriculture Chairperson Cynthia Villar said that the planned construction of facilities in the Philippine Rise can be included in the 2018 budget. Based on studies conducted by DA and DENR, the experts concluded […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is planning to construct a naval operating base in Casiguran, Aurora which is near Benham Rise. Lt. Gen. Roberto Tanalgo clarified that the Benham Rise issue is not the reason the AFP is planning to construct the naval base. He said the construction of the naval base was already planned even before the issue started. “We continuously patrol the Benham Rise by […]
(Eagle News) — Magpapadala ang Philippine Coast Guard ng dalawa sa kanilang mga barko para magsagawa ng maritime security patrol sa Benham Rise. Sa panayam ng Liwanagin Natin, sinabi ni acting Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson Robespierre Bolivar na magsisimula ang pagpapatrolya ng PCG sa Benham Rise sa Linggo, may 7. Aniya mahalaga ang gagawing pagpapatrolya sa benham Rise bilang bahagi ng pagpapahalaga at pagprotekta sa teritoryo ng bansa. Kabilang sa idedeploy ng pcg sa Benham […]
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday said that China is willing to work with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to fully implement the declaration on the conduct (DOC) of parties in the South China Sea. In his regular press conference, Geng Shuang said that China is also willing to deepen maritime practical cooperation to arrive at a code of conduct or COC “based on consensus at an early date.” On the occasion […]
(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 […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Sinusulong ngayon sa Senado ang panukalang ideklarang ecotourism destination at protected area ang Kalayaan Group of Islands, kabilang na ang Pag-asa island, na inaangkin din ng Tsina at iba pang bansa. Sa Senate Bill 944, ipinanukala ni Senador Sonny Angara ang pagbuo ng governing board na mangangasiwa sa development ng grupo ng mga isla upang maging mga major tourist destination ang mga ito. Ang Pag-asa island, halimbawa, aniya, ay isang magandang isla at hindi […]
