A British navy survey vessel sailed through the Taiwan Strait, it was announced on Saturday, as the United Kingdom steps up its presence in the Indo-Pacific region. Taiwan’s defence ministry said in a brief statement that HMS Enterprise had travelled northwards through the Taiwan Strait and the military had kept a close watch on […]
MANILA, Philippines — Delays have yet again hampered the construction of the beaching ramp on the Philippines’ biggest island outpost in the West Philippine Sea, which Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said will not be completed before year-end. In a Viber message to reporters on Friday, Lorenzana said bad weather on Pag-asa Island caused the breakdown […]
FORMER OMBUDSMAN CONCHITA CARPIO-MORALES SAYS THERE’S MORE TO THE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING EVEN AFTER THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) RULED THAT IT HAS NO JURISDICTION OVER THE CASE. Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 6) — Former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales said there’s more to the complaint she filed against […]
Taiwanese newspapers reported on Friday that at least two B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers believed to be from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam had overflown parts of the East China Sea a day before, close to Taiwan’s littoral waters and those claimed by China, after they hurtled past the Miyako Strait between Taiwan and […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed the complaint filed by former Philippine officials against Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese officials over the alleged crimes against humanity they committed in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS or South China Sea). In the report on its preliminary activities for 2019 released on Thursday, […]
In its “Report on Preliminary Examination Activities 2019”, the court based in The Hague said it lacks “territorial and personal jurisdiction” to tackle the case, reasoning that the purported crimes happened outside Philippine territory. FORMER PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS ACCUSE XI JINPING OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AT ICC “The information available confirms that the alleged conduct […]
PROSECUTORS at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have thrown out a case against China brought by the Philippines which accused its superpower neighbour of crimes against humanity for its “atrocious actions” in the South China Sea. The court said it has no jurisdiction over the complaint filed against President Xi Jinping and other Chinese […]
HANOI’S NEW DEFENSE WHITE PAPER REFLECTS FEARS OF CHINESE ENCROACHMENT. Defense is serious business in Vietnam, a country that has a history of fighting off foreign aggressors. Today, in the context of more contested strategic environment and increasing pressure from a more aggressive China, Vietnam needs an update to its defense policy. The 2019 defense […]
SOUTH CHINA SEA tensions have resulted in territorial tussling between the US and China as both superpowers try to assert their dominance over the region, but Washington was not helped by a huge French blunder which exposed their weaknesses to Beijing. In 2015, the French Ministry of Defence published a report had and then quickly […]
MANILA, Philippines – Former Philippine foreign secretary Albert del Rosario and former ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales were undeterred following the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to junk their case against China, vowing to continue pursuing their complaint against Chinese President Xi Jinping for violations in the West Philippine Sea. The two former Philippine officials […]