New subs might not be enough for Vietnam to defend its South China Sea claims. The fifth Kilo-class submarine procured for the Vietnamese People’s Navy (VPN) arrived at Cam Ranh Bay at the beginning of February. The Russian-built submarine started its journey from St Petersberg on the 16th of December on the Dutch-registered cargo ship […]
Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio advised the country’s next president to push through with the territorial dispute case before the United Nations-backed Arbitration Tribunal because withdrawing it would be catastrophic and a big blow against our Sovereignty and Constitution. In a open forum on the dispute on the West Philippine Sea Thursday night, Carpio was […]
Regional fence-sitters on the South China Sea issue might be better convinced by highlighting China’s disregard for peaceful settlement of disputes, not contested rules of the sea, writes Xiaodon Liang. On January 30, the USS Curtis Wilbur sailed past Chinese-controlled territory in the Paracel Islands. The Wilbur operation was an exercise of innocent passage, traditionally […]
MANILA: With the symbolic handshakes and unity photo ops, U.S. President Barack Obama’s high-profile summit with Southeast Asian leaders in California this week aims to step up pressure against China’s increasingly worrisome behavior in disputed waters. Forging a common front and encouraging bolder rhetoric against Chinese assertiveness in the South China Sea, however, will be […]
Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said the presence of Chinese coast guard ships outside the Gugusan Beting Patinggi Ali (Luconia Shoals) waters, about 84 nautical miles from the coast of Miri is under control. He was confident that direct communication between the Chinese Embassy in Malaysia and the Sarawak state leadership would be able to help […]
China’s increased reliance on non-naval ships to assert its claims in the South China Sea is complicating U.S. efforts to avoid a clash in the disputed waters, according to 7th Fleet commander Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin. While the U.S. and Chinese navies are working more closely under an agreed code for unplanned encounters at sea, […]
SINGAPORE – Any move by China to fly jet fighters from runways on its new man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea would be destabilizing and would not deter US flights over the area, a senior US naval officer said on Monday. Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin, the commander of the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet, […]
Full Text: 12 February 2016 COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS Palacio del Gobernador General Luna Street Intramuros, Manila 1002 Attention : Chairman Andres D. Bautista Comm. Christian Robert S. Lim Comm. Al A. Parreño Comm. Luie Tito F. Guia Comm. Arthur D. Lim Comm. Ma. Rowena Amelia V. Guanzon Comm. Sheriff M. Abas Subject . Debate of Presidential […]
BEIJING – China on Thursday responded to a Reuters report that the U.S. and India are discussing joint naval patrols in the disputed South China Sea, warning that interference from countries outside the region threatens peace and stability. “No cooperation between any countries should be directed at a third party,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong […]
Asian nations could unite and resolve South, East China Sea conflicts – showing they don’t need US as enforcer. Having moved at a snail’s pace for years, the international dispute over control of the South China Sea is reaching a new stage. The United States military is openly challenging China’s claim of some 90 percent […]