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Tag: exclusive economic zone

Solon to House: Pass PH maritime zone bill

Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez appealed to Congress to finally pass a bill delineating the country’s maritime boundaries, including its 200-mile exclusive...

Offshore drill to assert EEZ rights

Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel on Sunday said deep-water drilling in the Sampaguita gas field in Recto Bank is a move to assert the...

Duterte chides China for ‘bully’ act in SCS

President Rodrigo Duterte said there can be no real peace if strong nations bully the weak as he reminded fellow leaders participating in the...

Credibility problem

"Good neighbors don’t grab your islands."   China, has a credibility problem, and its name is Xi Jinping. Since Xi became the country’s paramount leader in 2012,...

Navy, PCG train with US forces via ‘Sama-Sama’

The Philippine Coast Guard and Navy have teamed up with the United States armed forces for training that aims to boost interoperability and maritime...

WPS in May 2022

"The issue of the West Philippine Sea is still largely ignored."   One major issue at stake and yet still largely ignored in the May 2022...

DFA urged to summon China envoy over latest incursions

Senator Risa Hontiveros is calling on the Department of Foreign Affairs to summon the Chinese Ambassador once again due to the presence of 100 additional...

Shield our critical infrastructure from foreign states

"How should we address this risk?"   Last Saturday, we celebrated an expectedly muted celebration of our 123rd Independence Day, our second under pandemic conditions. Amidst...

Making a mess out of the party-list system

"It has become an anomaly."   Clearly, the biggest anomaly of the 1987 Constitution, otherwise known as the Cory Constitution, was the introduction of the so-called...

‘Up to DFA to file more WPS protests’

Malacañang on Tuesday said it will let the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) decide on the lingering presence of Chinese vessels in the disputed...

Confidence man

"Mr. Enrile did what was expected of him."   The President’s decision to trot out former Senate president and former defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile on national...

Talk 

"Loose lips sink ships, the trite saying goes."   The President last Monday night ordered his officials to clam up on the West Philippine Sea issue. “Refrain...

Chinese corrosive investments have bred simmering distrust and hostility

"Here are the highlights of our recent foreign policy forum."   Renewed swarming of 287 Chinese militia vessels in our exclusive economic zone (EEZ) proves the...

Rody puts China on notice

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