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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs will file a diplomatic protest over China’s alleged firing of warning flares at Philippine military aircraft flying over the West Philippine Sea once the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency confirms the report. “When NICA confirms I fire protest,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said in a Tweet in response to a GMA News Online reporter’s question. According to Locsin, “we can trust only the Armed Forces to […]
(Eagle News)–Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has ordered the filing of another diplomatic protest against China. In a Tweet, Locsin said the filing was over the unannounced entry of Chinese vessels near Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Locsin gave the order from Moscow, Russia, where President Rodrigo Duterte is on a five-day official visit. The Philippines has filed several diplomatic protests against China in the past, one after the military reported […]
(Eagle News)–Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Friday, Sept. 13, warned against making declarations of setting aside the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling that invalidated China’s nine-dash line delineating the country’s expansive claims in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, Carpio said that although President Rodrigo Duterte in particular has “no authority” under Philippine law to “set aside” the arbitral ruling, the “unilateral declaration” by the President “could bind the Philippines under […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte was “steadfast” in raising issues on the South China Sea, including the arbitral ruling that invalidated the nine-dash line delineating China’s expansive claims there, during his meeting with China President Xi Jinping on Thursday night. But in response to Duterte, who had noted that the arbitral award was “final, binding and not subject to appeal,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Xi “reiterated his government’s position of not recognizing the arbitral ruling […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s handling of the West Philippine Sea issue has been hailed in a Chinese newspaper. Columnist Li Qingqing, in a column published in the Global Times, described China-Philippines ties amid the dispute as a “model for cooperation,” noting that “China and the Philippines are making an effort to ease tensions in the region and explore a new path of regional cooperation.” Li said this was possible because President Rodrigo Duterte, based on […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, July 24, clarified China was both “in possession of” and “in position” in the South China Sea. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the clarification after National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said President Rodrigo Duterte merely stated China was “in position” in the area also claimed by the Philippines in his State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 22. “They are positionally in advantage […]
(Eagle News) – Former presidential spokesperson and human rights lawyer Harry Roque accused Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio of “politicking” because of his repeated talks and comments on the West Philippine Sea that are critical of President Rodrigo Duterte. For Roque, Carpio should just resign and run for public office if he would continue to comment on the issue, saying this was in violation of the Canons of Judicial Ethics which advises judges […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued 30 people aboard a motor boat which drifted in the vicinity of waters off the Royal Captain Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Friday night. The Coast Guard said that the 30 passengers aboard the Motor Launch Hadzraima which was headed for Pagasa island made a distress call at 7:01p.m. that was received by the Coast Guard district of Palawan. The passengers were all residents […]
(Eagle News) – Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has decided to inhibit from the Writ of Kalikasan case pending with the high court involving the protection of the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea, saying he did this for the “peace of mind” of Solicitor General Jose Calida. Carpio’s inhibition came after a motion was filed by the Office of the Solicitor General asking the high court to direct him to inhibit […]
(Eagle News) – The Office of the Solicitor General has filed a motion with the Supreme Court seeking the inhibition of Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio in the Writ of Kalikasan petition seeking marine protection of shoals within the West Philippine Sea. Citing Carpio’s “personal bias and manifest partiality” in the issue, Solicitor General Jose Calida said that the SC justice should inhibit from deciding the case. The case “involved the protection, preservation, rehabilitation, […]
(Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon reiterated his push for multilateral talks in dealing with the West Philippine Sea issue, following the Recto Bank incident that prompted the Philippines to file a diplomatic protest against China. In an interview over radio dzbb, Drilon said the incident had shown that bilateral talks were “not effective.” “Babalewalain tayo ng China. Malakas ang kanilang ekonomiya. Malakas ang kanilang sandatahang lakas,” Drilon said. According to Drilon, in the first […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace has called on the Chinese government to investigate the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat following a collision with a Chinese vessel off Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo also urged the Chinese government to “impose the proper sanctions to the Chinese crew,” who, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana had said left the 22 Filipino crew members of FB Gimber 1 after collision. The 22 […]
