MANILA (UPDATE) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he was disappointed that Chinese leader Xi Jinping refused to heed Manila’s arbitral victory that invalidated Beijing’s sweeping claims over the West Philippine Sea. The Xi government does not recognize the Philippines’ 2016 arbitral victory, maintaining it would not “budge,” a response that displeased Duterte. “I […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shake hands during their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Aug 30, 2019. MANILA, Philippines (AP) – The Philippine president has acknowledged he’s short of solutions for having China adhere to Manila’s arbitration victory in their South China Sea […]
President Trump must put Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on notice. Trump should make clear that while the U.S. greatly values its longstanding alliance with the Philippines, that alliance cannot continue at the expense of America’s interest in upholding its liberal international order against China. The warning is necessary in light of Duterte’s continued deference […]
IN the second case* where we shot ourselves in the foot in the arbitration case against China brought by President Benigno Aquino 3rd and his Foreign secretary Albert del Rosario, the tribunal in effect ruled that we can’t have our Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), since this would violate provisions of the United Nations Convention […]
The Senkakus, a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea claimed by Japan and China, are seen from the air in 2010. CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan plans to bolster defenses around its disputed southern island chain by creating a specialized police force that will respond to any incursions in the East […]
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Talk about great expectations. Days before President Duterte’s fifth visit to China, his officials announced that the time has come for him to raise the country’s legal victory at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Mr Duterte […]
THE UK, France and Germany expressed their collective concern over the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The European countries, known as the E3, released a joint statement on the “tensions” among coastal states along the South China Sea that could lead to “instability” in the region. All three are state parties of the […]
MORE precisely, not really “us” but former President Benigno Aquino 3rd and his incompetent foreign secretary Albert del Rosario who shot our Republic in the foot by filing in 2013 the arbitration case against China, invoking the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos). They didn’t even consult Congress or any other […]
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte struck an apologetic tone during his meeting last week with Chinese President Xi Jinping where he raised the 2016 arbitral ruling that invalidated China’s claim over nearly the entire South China Sea. “The President said, ‘I didn’t want to alarm you with what I’m about to raise because […]
AN OPPOSITION senator yesterday asked the presidential palace to disclose details of the agreements signed between the Philippines and China during President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s recent visit to Beijing. “It’s our territory and it’s our natural resources,” Senator Francis N. Pangilinan said in a statement. “The Filipino people have all the right to be […]