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Tag: Spratly Islands

95 China ships all over WPS–think tank

China has deployed a large fleet of ships near the Spratly Islands in response to the Philippines’ construction of a new beaching ramp on...

ASEAN stability needs a rules-based order

"We have yet another opportunity to reassert the legitimacy of our victory in the Permanent Court of Arbitration."   Another incident in the South China Sea...

US warship sails through waters off disputed islets

Washington—An American warship has sailed through waters off the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, in the latest implicit challenge to Beijing’s...

US shrugs off China challenges: No game-changer

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China told: Keep out of Spratlys

President Rodrigo Duterte has asked China to stay away from the Philippine claimed the Spratly Islands, Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano told his pre-departure...

Philippine repairs sea outposts

The Philippines has begun long-delayed repairs to its crumbling runway in the country’s territory in the disputed Spratly Islands, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative reported. The...

Duterte going to Pagasa–but when?

Presdent Rodrigo Duterte will visit Pagasa Island, the second largest of the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea before his term ends,...

Soft stance on China hit

THE government’s soft approach to China’s militarization of the South China Sea will erode the advantage the Philippines gained when the UN arbitral tribunal...

Not what good neighbors do

IF a neighbor were to build a guard house in your backyard then mount a machine gun on its window, would you say, “We...

DND to confirm report on Chinese jammers at WPS

Disturbed over reports that China has installed a jamming system within Mischief and Fiery Cross Reefs on Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea,...

‘Sino rocket over PH reef’

THE Foreign Affairs Department said Wednesday it is verifying reports that China has built up rocket launchers in Fiery Cross Reef or Kagitingan Reef...

Rubber band diplomacy

WE have learned to take what President Duterte says in stride. In his nine months in office, he has often made dramatic declarations, only...

China offered PH isles

DAVAO CITY—President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said that he will offer to sell islands that Manila controls in the South China Sea to Beijing...

‘PH can’t stop China’

FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. admitted Friday that the Philippines cannot do anything about China’s move to militarize a series of contested artificial...
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