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President Rodrigo Duterte and President Xi Jinping on Thursday (October 20) agreed to resume their talks over disputes and issues in the South China Sea, Chinese vice foreign minister Liu Zhenmin said. “The two presidents agreed that China and the Philippines will return to the track of dialogue and consultation to properly handle the South China Sea issue,” Liu said through a translator. “China is ready for discussions with friends in the Philippines on maritime […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo R. Duterte is ready to discuss the West Philippine Sea or South China Sea dispute if the issue comes up during his upcoming two-day visit to Vietnam. This is according to Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Charles Jose. But Jose said that if ever the West Philippine Sea issue is raised, the discussion would be in the context of emphasizing the need to pursue peace, stability and security in the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he plans to put an end to the joint maritime patrolling of the Philippines and the United States of America in the West Philippine Sea. President Duterte said that he will create a new foreign policy with the goal of putting an end to the US naval patrol in the disputed territory, adding that said naval patrol endangers the Philippines as it may be seen as […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Malacañang proudly reported that China has agreed to allow Filipino fishermen to enter Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. According to Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella, this was due to the personal efforts of President Rodrigo R. Duterte who raised the issue after meeting with Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua last Friday. Abella, however, clarified that although China gave its permission, there is still no specific date on when this will actually […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte told reporters on Wednesday that Southeast Asian countries will push China to respect the final ruling of the arbitration court in Hague even if our country does not bring it at a conference in Laos on September. “Whether we like it or not, that arbitral judgment would be insisted by the whole countries in Southeast Asia,”the President said. In July, China stressed a backlash statement about the ruling, stating that […]
(Eagle News)– Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. reported on Wednesday that the Black sand taken from Philippine territory is actually being used by China for reclamation activities in West Philippine Sea. With a help from “intelligence reports”, the Department of Foreign affairs confirmed the proliferation of such mining activities. “This has been discussed, and there is evidence to show black sand has been taken from our territories and used for reclamation activities, particularly in Spratly […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol has ordered the immediate creation of the West Philippine Sea anti-illegal fishing task force, in a bid to protect the country’s marine environment. The order came after Piñol received information from a group of fisher folk in Zambales about illegal fishing activities in the area, including blast fishing and the entry of suspected foreign poachers. The fisher folk asked the agriculture chief “to apply the […]
The Philippines told its fishermen Wednesday to steer clear of a fishing ground in the disputed South China Sea to avoid harassment from Chinese authorities. The warning came despite a recent ruling by a UN-backed tribunal in favour of the Philippines, as it dismissed China’s territorial claims to large swathes of the waters. Beijing angrily rejected the court’s judgement and on Tuesday it announced penalties for “illegal” fishing in its waters including the disputed areas. […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Beijing risks triggering unintended conflict with Asian rivals through its aggressive stance in maritime disputes, Japan warned Tuesday in an annual security assessment. China’s sweeping claims over the strategic South China Sea, where it has built a series of artificial islands capable of supporting military operations despite overlapping claims from other nations, have stoked international alarm. The region’s superpower “continues to act in an assertive manner” and its actions “include dangerous […]
(Eagle News) — Mapapanood sa malaking screen sa Times Square sa New York city ang tatlong minutong video na nagpapakita sa paninidigan ng China sa pag-aangkin nito sa West Philippine Sea, kahit may inilabas nang desisyon ang artbitral tribunal na pumapabor sa Pilipinas. Batay sa ulat ang nasabing wide screen sa Times Square ay pag-aari ng isang sangay ng Xinhua News Agency na Official Press Agency ng China. Ipinalalabas ang nasabing video nang limang beses […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tiniyak ni Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte kay US Secretary of State John Kerry na sang-ayon sa desisyon ng arbitral tribunal ang anumang pag-uusap na gagawin ng Pilipinas at China ukol sa West Philippine Sea. Inulit naman ang ni Sec. of state Kerry ang paninindigan ng Estados Unidos na hindi ito papanig sa kung anumang bansa ang nagmamay ari ng West Philippine Sea. Gayunman, malinaw na dapat sumunod sa batas ang […]
Eagle News — China has discovered the “World’s Largest Hole”, state broadcaster CCTV announced on Wednesday July 27, saying a 300m cavern in a disputed area of the South China Sea is deeper than Dean’s blue hole in the Bahamas, the official world’s deepest salt water blue hole. Named the “Dragon’s hole”, the blue hole lies within the disputed Paracel Islands, administered by china but also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. Professor Yang Zuosheng of […]
