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BEIJING, China (Reuters) — The Chinese and U.S. militaries are having “unimpeded” talks about the return of U.S. underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea last week, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday (December 19). The drone, known as an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), was taken on Thursday (December 15) in waters off the coast of the Philippines, the first seizure of its kind in recent memory. U.S. President-elect […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kabayan Representative Harry Roque recommended that the Philippine government should protest the activities of the United States of America and China in the Philippine territory in the West Philippine Sea. Roque made the recommendation after an unmanned underwater probe belonging to the US was confiscated by China inside the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone, indicating that both countries are active inside Philippine territorial waters.
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing rapped Washington Tuesday for its interventions in Asia, as tensions grow between the two powers over territorial disputes in the South China Sea and how to handle increasingly erratic North Korea. Speaking at the 7th annual Xiangshan regional defence forum in Beijing, Chang Wanguan, China’s defence minister, levied thinly veiled criticism at recent US involvement in Asia’s trouble spots. Washington has conducted freedom of navigation operations close to artificial islands […]
An international ruling striking down China’s claims to most of the South China Sea was chiefly a victory for the Philippines, which launched the David v Goliath legal challenge. The verdict, by a UN-backed tribunal in The Hague on Tuesday, is meant to be legally binding on just those two countries. However it has wider ramifications for the region. Here are some key questions and answers on those impacts: Who are the other winners? The […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — Philippines and Japan coastguards took part in joint drills in Manila Bay on Wednesday (July 13) as part of the efforts to improve maritime security in the region. About 50 coastguard personnel from Japan and 15 from the Philippines held simulated rescue exercises aimed at combating piracy and armed robberies at sea. Philippine coastguard spokesperson Armand Balilo told journalists the exercise was not part of territorial disputes in the South China […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The United States Navy sent two aircraft carriers to the West Philippine Sea. The aircraft carriers are expected to stop any disturbances in the region as military tensions rise due to the actions of China. The aircraft carriers were sent before the international court issues its decision regarding the Philippines’ case against China. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Two US aircraft carriers have started exercises in the Philippine Sea, defense officials said Sunday, as Washington’s close ally Manila faces growing pressure from Beijing in the South China Sea. The US Pacific Command said the USS John C. Stennis and USS Ronald Reagan, among the world’s largest warships, began conducting air defense drills, sea surveillance, and long range strikes on Saturday. The command said the operations marked America’s continued presence […]
A fleet of U.S., Japanese and Indian warships will hold a large-scale joint naval exercise over eight days from Friday in the western pacific; close to Japanese island chain, part of which china claims. As china pushes its territorial claims in the neighboring South China Sea, Tokyo and Washington worry it will look to extend its influence into the western pacific, with a growing fleet of submarines and surface vessels to ply distant oceans. The […]
SINGAPORE (AFP) — China on Sunday hit out at US “provocations” and said it does not fear “trouble” over its territorial disputes with neighbors in the South China Sea. “Countries outside should play a constructive role in this regard, not the other way around. The South China Sea issue has become overheated because of the provocations of certain countries for their own selfish interests,” Admiral Sun Jianguo told a security summit in Singapore. Sun spoke […]
Kapwa nababahala ang Japan at Canada sa isinasagawang reclamation at militarization ng China sa West Philippine Sea. Kasunod ito ng joint news conference ni Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bago ang Group of Seven (G7) Summit na isasagawa ngayong linggo. Asahan umanong tatalakayin sa summit ang maritime security, global economy at terorismo. Nabatid na nagbabatuhan ng akusasyon ang China at United States kaugnay ng militarisasyon sa South China Sea. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — US and Philippine troops began major exercises on Monday as China’s state media warned “outsiders” against interfering in tense South China Sea territorial disputes. The official Xinhua news agency gave the warning as Manila and Washington launched the 11-day Balikatan (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) exercises with a low-key opening ceremony in Manila. US Defence Secretary Ash Carter is to fly to the Philippines next week to observe live-firing of artillery and visit US Navy […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines asked China to be a responsible member of the international community by respect the ruling that will be laid down by the international arbitral tribunal regarding the disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea. China refused to acknowledge the case filed by the Philippines in the international court. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
