G7 ministers blast China for use of water cannon vs PHL in WPS
FOREIGN ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) criticized China for firing water cannon on a Philippine supply ship in the West Philippine Sea.
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FOREIGN ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) criticized China for firing water cannon on a Philippine supply ship in the West Philippine Sea.
The Philippine Coast Guard will participate in the annual “Balikatan” exercises for the first time and will deploy six of its ships for the seagoing phase of the military drills slated for April 22 to May 10.
MEMBERS of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have differing views on the increasing tension between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea. But one thing that “unites” them is the fact that no member-country wants to play “proxy” or “vassal” of either of the world’s superpowers China and the United States.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said the country will be playing a crucial role in promoting regional “infrastructure development and economic ties” when it hosts the sixth Indo-Pacific Business Forum (IBF) next month.
CHINA scoffed at the Philippine government for sending another rotation and resupply mission (RORE) to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, which it described as “irregular,” coming only 18 days after its last RORE mission.
CHINA Coast Guard (CCG) fired water cannon again on a Philippine vessel going to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
A CYBERSECURITY firm has discovered that at least two legitimate software—a PDF editor and an anti-virus solution—contain malicious malware that could enable Chinese hackers to attack Philippine government websites.
FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo arrived in Kampala, Uganda, Friday to represent President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. at the 29th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
CHINESE Coast Guard (CCG) accused the Philippines of “deliberately” colliding with one of their vessels during their latest maritime altercation near the Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
THE United States ambassador to the Philippines and at least 10 of her counterparts in Manila quickly called out China at the weekend for engaging Philippine vessels in “dangerous” sea maneuvers in the West Philippine Sea.
BANGKOK—The United States and the Philippines are conducting joint air and maritime patrols in the South China Sea, which come as the two countries step up cooperation in the face of growingly aggressive Chinese activity in the area.
The Philippines and US reiterated their commitment to strengthen their alliance, which helped keep the peace in the region for the past seven decades.
THE US government is steering its other allies in increasing military presence in the South China Sea (SCS) and helping the Philippines improve its capacity to deter China’s continuing harassment and coercion in the disputed seas.
The US has backed the Philippines’ removal of a South China Sea (SCS) barrier supposedly installed by Beijing, with a Pentagon official describing the move as a “bold step” to defend maritime claims.
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—A Royal Canadian Navy’s Halifax-class frigate steamed into Subic Bay here on Thursday, days after it was reportedly shadowed by Chinese warships while transiting the Taiwan Strait north of the Philippines in a joint maneuver with a United States Navy destroyer.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday pushed for regional order and cooperation amid intensified geopolitical tensions and accelerating climate change during the 18th East Asia Summit in Indonesia.
LAST week, I met a group of Maranaoans who trace their roots from the Austronesians and are the descendants of the Iranūn ethnic group—the prehistoric seaborne race from the Pacific islands. They claim that they have evidence to prove that their ancestors were the first to have conquered the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea (SCS/WPS).
AS the Philippines and the US Navy hold joint training in the South China Sea (SCS), the Japanese Navy conducted its own anti-submarine warfare exercise in the disputed area.
WHILE the United States government expressed its solid support for the Philippines during the August 5 blocking and water-cannoning incident in Ayungin Shoal and even invoked the possible use of the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) should things go worse, some of its legislators seemed to think that the treaty is sufficient and does not need any amendments.
CHINA’S mapping agency has released an updated version of its standard map Monday, drawing the ire of India.
IN the aftermath of the August 5 Ayungin Shoal incident in the West Philippines Sea (WPS) which highlighted Chinese efforts anew to prevent the resupply of a detachment sheltering in the BRP Sierra Madre (LST-57), the question that struck the minds of most Filipinos is whether the US, its long-time ally, will commit itself to the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) should matters go from bad to worse.
DIPLOMATIC and maritime officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China are arriving in Manila on Tuesday to resume the decades-long negotiations for a set of rules on how claimant countries should behave in the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea (SPS/WPS).
THE United States, Australia and Japan — three members of the Quad — immediately called out China for blocking and firing water cannon on a Philippine Coast Guard resupply mission off the Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
The Philippines is now set to receive millions of euros worth of economic packages and relaunch its negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) as the regional bloc continues to “derisk” its supply chains.
The country’s holding of joint military exercises with China or even Vietnam is not impossible as such exercises could be considered as acts of diplomacy and part of efforts to prevent war with the country’s neighbors or any other countries, according to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr.
VARIOUS parties on Tuesday marked the seventh anniversary of the Award of the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague in the case lodged by Manila against Beijing for the latter’s “excessive claims” in the South China Sea, with the European Union stressing its usefulness as basis for resolving continuing disputes involving claimants and freedom of navigation impairment.
SENATORS weighed in on Tuesday on calls to ban the cinema exhibition of the movie “Barbie” for showing an image of the 9-dash line map that China has been using—amid objections by other claimants—to illustrate its claim over most of the South China Sea.
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