MANILA, Philippines — Publicly-available satellite images show the considerable damage supposedly made by Chinese clam diggers in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal since 2012, an international maritime law expert posted on social media yesterday. Jay Batongbacal, director of the UP Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea, shared satellite images taken from Google Earth that […]
Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Antonio Tirol Carpio answers questions from the Inquirer Multimedia Editors and reporters during the Meets Inquirer Multimedia program held at Inquirer office in Makati City. Justice Carpio’s personal advocacy is “to protect and preserve Philippine territorial and maritime sovereignty specifically in the West Philippine Sea. […]
The Philippines is not conceding to China the country’s legal rights to fish on Scarborough shoal, Malacañang said on Thursday, even calling as “fish thievery” the actions of Chinese Coast Guard officers taking the catch of Filipino fishermen in the West Philippine Sea. “We do not concede,” Roque said in a Palace briefing after […]
France is increasing its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region, sending warships through the South China Sea and planning air exercises to help counter China’s military build-up in disputed waters. In late May, the French assault ship Dixmude and a frigate sailed through the disputed Spratly Islands and around a group of reefs that China […]
(CNN)A series of Chinese missile systems have reappeared on a disputed island in the South China Sea, days after satellite imagery appeared to show they had been removed. The initial discovery of their disappearance was made by ImageSat International (ISI) in early June, who provided images showing bare sand where previously there had been a […]
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 12) — The Chinese plane that refuelled in Davao City was here to probe the Philippines, a military historian warned on Tuesday. Security expert Jose Custodio told CNN Philippines’ The Source that it was a way for the eastern giant to “see how our reactions would be.” “They could […]
At a top regional security forum on Saturday, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said China’s recent militarisation efforts in the disputed South China Sea were intended to intimidate and coerce regional countries. Mattis told the Shangri-La Dialogue that China’s actions stood in “stark contrast with the openness of [the US] strategy,” and warned of “much […]
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – It was just a one liner among a host of policy shifts announced by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad after the weekly Cabinet meeting. Malaysia, said the Prime Minister, preferred if there were no warships within its waters in the South China Sea and Straits of Malacca. When pressed, […]
MANILA, Philippines — Staying true to its commitment to uphold freedom of navigation in the disputed South China Sea, France might be leading other European nations to stand up against China’s aggression in the region. China, however, continues to guard international ships passing through the South China Sea, which they claim as their own. In […]
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 12:14 p.m.) — Despite the “red lines” that the Philippines has set for China, the Chinese continue to harass Filipino fishermen in Panatag or Scarborough Shoal. Cayetano hails fishermen’s access to West Philippine Sea; Alejano questions continued harassment Duterte clueless on Chinese harassment of Filipino troops on Ayungin Shoal In the report, […]