AUSTRALIA has been urged to up its game in the South China Sea by stepping up patrols and adopting a more proactive approach as opposed to “the same old flag-waving”, a Canberra-based foreign policy think tank has said. And failure to act ran the risk of Australian itself eventually finding itself “strategically reliant on the […]
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Duterte administration of the Philippines is continuing to cede ground in the South China Sea through an “informal” and “undocumented” agreement between President Duterte and Chairman Xi Jinping. With many citizens of the Philippines already concerned over the government’s unwillingness to safeguard the territory of the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone […]
The importance of integrity — Justice Antonio T. Carpio on the South China Sea and the Philippine Constitution The Importance of Integrity Recognition Day Speech College of Social Sciences and Philosophy University of the Philippines 29 June 2019, Diliman, Quezon City Justice Antonio T. Carpio Chancellor Michael L. Tan, Dean Maria Bernadette L. Abrera, Members […]
Duterte’s betrayals actually go further and deeper. Lest anyone forget, the Philippines’ troubles with China began when President Duterte surrendered to it control over the West Philippine Sea. That it happened just after an international arbitral court had affirmed Philippine sovereignty over those waters and rejected China’s counter claim made it all the more ridiculous […]
The Philippine government has precooked the ingredients of investigation, and the resulting dish is a “lutong makaw.” I’m referring to the supposed investigation of the incident involving 22 Filipino fishermen who were abandoned drifting in open sea after their boat was rammed by a Chinese vessel. Our own government has made it utterly useless […]
Amid criticisms that President Rodrigo Duterte could be impeached for a statement allowing Chinese fishermen to trawl in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Bayan Muna party-list Representative Carlos Zarate pondered if such a statement could really translate into impeachment charges being leveled against the chief executive. “It is easy to file an [impeachment], […]
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has an informal agreement with China that allows Chinese fishermen to trawl in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, the President’s spokesman revealed Monday. Duterte earlier said he could not bar Chinese fishermen in the Philippines’ EEZ due to a “mutual agreement” he made with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Duterte’s […]
Former socioeconomic planning secretary Winnie Monsod is disappointed at President Rodrigo Duterte for continuing to treat China with kid gloves despite its aggression in the South China Sea. Monsod, an economics professor at the University of the Philippines, disputed Duterte’s description of China as a friend. “If China is our friend, we don’t need […]
MANILA, Philippines — The constitutional provision on the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is not “thoughtless” and “senseless” as President Rodrigo Duterte claims, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Saturday. A fierce critic of the Duterte administration’s handling of the country’s territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea, Carpio […]
MANILA, Philippines — Following President Duterte’s challenge to Western powers to help the Philippines tackle China, France emphasized it is committed to promote and defend international law and its Navy will continue patrolling the South China Sea. French Secretary of State Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said France made clear during the 2019 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore […]