Duterte says he won’t rely on US
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday his country would not rely on long-term security ally the United States, signaling greater ...
Tag: South China Sea
Hopes up for Bajo de Masinloc
FOR the first time in years, Zambales fishermen said that last week, they were no longer being harassed by Chinese ...
Palace says treason raps vs PNoy baseless
President Aquino has neither betrayed the country nor violated any law in pursuing a peaceful resolution to the territorial conflict ...
Former DFA chief Siazon passes away
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Domingo L. Siazon Jr., who negotiated the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States in 1998, ...
Aquino sees chaos if China ignores ruling
President Aquino has cautioned about possible chaos in the region if the rule of law is totally ignored in dealing ...
China only recognizes own laws
If China truly believes that it owns almost all of the South China Sea, it should have asserted its claims ...
S. China Sea row sours defense talks
A meeting of Asia-Pacific defense ministers has scrapped plans for a joint declaration after the Chinese delegation lobbied to block ...
US to return to S. China Sea
"International seas and airspace belong to everyone and are not the dominion of any single nation," Admiral Harry Harris said, ...
Tolentino: Multi-lateral approach on sea row
Independent senatorial candidate Francis N. Tolentino yesterday cited the importance of a multi-lateral approach in resolving the lingering issue in ...
Poe hails Hague decision
Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares joined other lawmakers in lauding the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague to ...
‘UN court ruling may be out by mid-2016’
The chief counsel for the Philippines in its Hague tribunal case against China over competing claims in the South China ...
Senators hail Hague decision
Two senators hailed yesterday the decision of the Philippine Court of Arbitration at the Hague that it has jurisdiction to ...
China hits US sail-by in disputed sea
Chinese media denounced the US Wednesday after Washington sent a warship into disputed South China Sea waters and vowed to ...
Aquino to attend ASEAN Summit
President Benigno Aquino III will once again underscore the importance of a peaceful resolution of the disputes in the West ...
PH downplays foreign paper’s warning
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. del Rosario dismissed as nothing but a "grossly irresponsible sabre rattling statement" yesterday the recent ...
Aquino: China to be ‘reasonable’
NEW YORK (AFP) – President Aquino said Tuesday that he expected China to be “reasonable” over tense territorial disputes so ...