MANILA (2nd UPDATE) – Around 200 ships are still moored at West Philippine Sea, a geospatial intelligence firm bared Thursday, which the company said were likely the same fleet that were monitored over Julian Felipe Reef in March. As of May 3, some 7 ships were only spotted over Julian Felipe Reef or Whitsun Reef, […]
MANILA— Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Thursday said it was a “national tragedy” that President Rodrigo Duterte considers the 2016 arbitral ruling that invalidated China’s excessive claims in the South China Sea a mere scrap of paper. In a statement, Del Rosario said the country’s allies such as the United States, Australia, […]
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday (May 6) the historic legal victory for the Philippines against China over the South China Sea amounted to “just paper” fit for the rubbish bin. “That paper, in reality among nations, is just paper. It’s nothing… In street talk, I will tell you to give it to […]
By: Antonio T. Carpio – @inquirerdotnetPhilippine Daily Inquirer / 05:06 AM May 06, 2021 Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque praised President Duterte’s policies in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as “careful, calibrated, and calculated.” In contrast, Roque assailed proposals from former foreign secretary Albert del Rosario and myself as “illegal, impractical, and irresponsible.” Let us examine […]
MANILA – A political science professor from the University of the Philippines on Tuesday said it is wrong to blame former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario for the withdrawal of Philippine ships from Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal to end the 2012 standoff there with China. “Ang nag-mediate niyan, US. Ang ibig sabihin niyan, we are […]
The Philippines foreign minister has issued an expletive-laced post on social media over China’s incursions into its territories. https://www.news.com.au/world/get-the-fk-out-south-china-sea-dispute-escalates/video/1f90ae78cc4f82b2cd9c8e1c576bb354
China called for “basic manners” and cautioned against “megaphone diplomacy” after Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Teodoro Locsin Jr. lashed out at Beijing in an offensive tweet. On Monday, Locsin told China in a tweet to “get the f— out” as the two countries engaged in a war of words over the South China Sea. […]
The Philippines has rejected an annual summer fishing ban imposed by China in the disputed South China Sea and encouraged its boats to keep fishing in the country’s territorial waters. The fishing moratorium imposed by China since 1999 runs from May 1 to Aug. 16 and covers areas of the South China Sea as well […]
By Justice ANTONIO T. CARPIO Former Senior Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines Why is the South China Sea important? Today the South China Sea is one of the most important international waterways in the world. About $5.3 trillion in ship-borne goods traverse the South China Sea every year, four leading exporting countries use […]
MANILA, April 25 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio scored presidential spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. for denying the verbal fishing agreement that President Rodrigo Duterte admitted to have forged with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “The government is running like a headless chicken when it comes to the West Philippine Sea […]