Del Rosario chides Palace for apologetic tone on maritime dispute with China
MANILA, Philippines — Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario has reproached Malacañang for taking an apologetic tone before China while asserting the Philippines’ sovereignty in the West...
View ArticleDuterte ‘not satisfied’ with Xi response on Hague ruling
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte admitted Wednesday he was “not satisfied” with the response of Chinese President Xi Jinping who insisted China’s sovereign rights in almost all of the...
View ArticleDuterte: Energy deal OK with China if PH drops claim
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping had offered the Philippines a controlling stake in a proposed joint energy venture in the West...
View ArticleGov’t urged: bring arbitral ruling to UN
Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario has called anew on the Duterte administration to take up before the UN General Assembly the country’s arbitral win against China that upheld the Philippines’...
View ArticleCiting PCA ruling in COC talks may not be OK – DFA official
MANILA, Philippines — Invoking the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration that invalidated China’s massive claims over the South China Sea in the ongoing negotiations on the code of conduct...
View ArticleInvoke arbitral ruling in code of conduct talks, Asean urged
MANILA, Philippines — Two key figures in the Philippines’ legal victory over China in the two countries’ territorial dispute in the South China Sea on Monday cautioned Southeast Asian leaders about...
View ArticleChina is top beneficiary of 2016 arbitral ruling – Carpio
MANILA, Philippines — In terms of fishing rights and mineral resources, China is actually the “number one beneficiary” of the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration that invalidated its...
View ArticleWar with China over islands? ‘Take lead,’ Duterte tells Alejano
President Duterte has sarcastically challenged Magdalo partylist Rep. Gary Alejano, a former military man, to "lead" in fighting global superpower China, following reports Alejano will further...
View ArticlePH has ‘strong case’ vs China construction in South China Sea – Aguirre
The Philippine government has started preparing a “fairly strong” case against China in protest of its construction activities in the disputed South China Sea, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II...
View ArticleExperts dismayed by Asean’s skipping of South China Sea issue
Filipino security and maritime law experts were dismayed by the Philippines’ decision to sidestep the South China Sea dispute and set aside the country’s historic legal victory in the arbitral tribunal...
View ArticleSouth China Sea issue not raised by Asean leaders during summit – envoy
Since none of the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) raised the subject of China's reclamation activities and military build up in the disputed South China Sea in their...
View ArticleCarpio: Duterte hasn’t done anything yet to defend PH territories
President Rodrigo Duterte has not done anything yet in defending the Philippine territory and maritime entitlements, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Monday. The post Carpio: Duterte hasn’t...
View ArticleCayetano travels to China in 1st trip as foreign secretary
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano will go on his first official visit to China this week. The China foreign ministry has announced that Cayetano will visit their country from June 28 to...
View ArticleDuterte criticized for inaction on sea dispute with China despite legal victory
Two members of the Philippine legal team that won in 2016 the arbitration case against China on the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea expressed disappointment over the Duterte...
View ArticleCarpio: PH dropped ball in sea dispute
“The Philippines dropped the ball,” Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Wednesday, describing the Duterte administration’s handling of Manila’s victory over Beijing in the...
View ArticleCayetano: PH will remain an enemy to none, a friend to all
The Duterte administration remains steadfast in fighting for the country’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said on the first anniversary of the...
View ArticleDuterte warned on reaching ‘point of no return’ in sea dispute with China
What is the point of no return for the Philippines in its maritime dispute with China in the South China Sea? With the about-face policy of Duterte administration a year after the country’s victory in...
View ArticleSouth China Sea expert: Treat ruling as ‘valuable precedent’
A former Vietnamese government official and expert on the South China Sea issue has called on all the claimant countries in the territorial and maritime dispute to treat the arbitral ruling won by the...
View ArticlePH rebuked by US, Australia, Japan on sea dispute ruling
The Philippines received a rebuke for the first time from its traditional allies — the United States, Australia and Japan — for not pressing its legal victory in its territorial dispute with China in...
View ArticleTo stay relevant, let Asean use South China Sea arbitral ruling
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which marked its 50th anniversary on August 8, finds itself at a crossroads: How can it continue to be relevant as a regional bloc, in the light of its...
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