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Title:
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Chinese coast guard ships seen monitoring Philippine, US ships in South China Sea
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Author:
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Patricia Lourdes Viray
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Source:
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Philippine Star
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Date:
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May 15, 2019
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Description:
- A Chinese coast guard ships were spotted watching Philippine and United States ships conducting joint search and rescue exercise in the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea. Photos taken by Agence France-Presse on May 14 showed a Chinese coast guard ship monitoring the activity from a distance. According to the report, two Chinese ships were seen in the area.
Political Security
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Title:
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U.S., Japan, India and Philippines challenge Beijing with naval drills in the South China Sea
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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May 9, 2019
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Description:
- In fresh show of naval force in the contested South China Sea, a U.S. guided missile destroyer conducted drills with a Japanese aircraft carrier, two Indian naval ships and a Philippine patrol vessel in the waterway claimed by China, the U.S. Navy said on Thursday. While similar exercises have been held in the South China Sea in the past, the combined display by four countries represents a fresh challenge to Beijing as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to hike tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.
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Title:
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PH, China agree to resolve South China Sea ‘irritants’
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Author:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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April 30, 2019
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Description:
- China is open to resolving through bilateral negotiations the “irritants and challenges” stemming from its dispute with the Philippines in the South China Sea, Malacañang said on Monday. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte brought up the territorial dispute with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing last week, but the specifics of the conflict were not discussed.
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Title:
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Philippines waiting for China’s response on SCS issues
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Author:
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Alexis Romero
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Source:
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Philippine Star
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Date:
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April 30, 2019
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Description:
- Five days after President Duterte’s China trip, Malacañang is still awaiting Beijing’s response to the Philippines’ diplomatic protests on various issues including Chinese vessels’ swarming around Pag-asa Island and their harvesting of endangered giant clams at Panatag Shoal.
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Title:
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PH may seek China’s help in protecting marine resources
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Author:
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Genalyn Kabiling
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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April 27, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippines may invite China and other nations to help protect the rich natural resources in the West Philippine Sea amid plans to declare the region as a marine protected area.
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Title:
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Filipino scientists seeded giant clams poached by Chinese, says maritime expert
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Author:
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Christia Ramos
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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April 26, 2019
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Description:
- A maritime expert said the giant clams that were harvested by Chinese fishermen in the Scarborough Shoal are a product of a seeding process done by Filipino scientists almost four decades ago.
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Title:
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PH to China: Stay away from Pag-asa
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Author:
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Doris Abadilla
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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April 25, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippines has asked China to exercise self-restraint and keep its military forces at an “appropriate” distance from Pag-asa, a Philippine-occupied island in the Spratly archipelago, to avoid escalation of tensions in the South China Sea.
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Title:
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Chinese harvesting giant clams in Scarborough Shoal
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Author:
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ABSCBN News
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Source:
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Chiara Zambrano
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Date:
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April 15, 2019
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Description:
- As tension in the West Philippine Sea continues, Filipino fishermen revealed that Chinese vessels are mass harvesting giant clams in Scarborough Shoal. When Michael Bernal's small boat came back from spear-fishing one morning, his catch was noticeably smaller than the day before. When asked for the reason, he said it may be because of the cloudy water due to people scouring for giant clams in the area.
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Title:
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BI rescues 2 Pinays bound for China to become surrogate mothers
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Author:
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Daphne Galvez
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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April 12, 2019
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Description:
- Two Filipino women bound for China were rescued by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) from suspected human traffickers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) on Thursday. In a statement on Friday, the BI said the Filipinas admitted that they were recruited to become surrogate mothers in China.
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Title:
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PH, U.S. officials: Warship in South China Sea not meant to stir trouble
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Author:
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AC Nicholls
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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April 12, 2019
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Description:
- Military officials from the Philippines and U.S. on Friday assured China it should not be worried by the sailing of a massive U.S. Navy warship in the disputed South China Sea. Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay, Philippine exercise director for the Balikatan, said the presence of USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship, in contested waters was purely for the joint military exercises.
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Title:
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Fish for alcohol, noodles: Filipino fishermen barter with Chinese at sea
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Author:
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Chiara Zambrano
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Source:
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ABS CBN News
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Date:
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April 11, 2019
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Description:
- Because China already has a constant and dominating presence in Scarborough Shoal, Filipino fishermen have learned to barter with the Chinese they encounter at sea. However, not much has visibly changed since November 2016, the last time ABS-CBN News came to Scarborough Shoal.
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Title:
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Controversial Chinese oil rig drills first well in east South China Sea
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Author:
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Web Desk
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Source:
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The Week
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Date:
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April 11, 2019
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Description:
- An indigenously-developed deep-sea semi-submersible drilling platform has completed drilling its first deep-water development in east South China sea, according to the Chinese state-owned publication, Global Times. With a measured wellbore depth 4,660 metres and a true vertical depth (the distance from the well to the surface) of 2,529 meters, it is claimed to be the first deep-water well in operation by a Chinese-manufactured platform.
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Title:
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Palace: China vessels have no business at PH’s Kota Island
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Author:
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Christine Avenadano
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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April 11, 2019
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Description:
- Malacañang on Wednesday said the Chinese vessels seen near the Philippine-occupied Kota (international name: Loaita) Island in the Spratlys “have no business being there.”
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Title:
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Philippine foreign minister says U.S. will remain nation's 'only military ally' as China threatens isle
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Author:
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Bloomberg
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Source:
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Japan Times
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Date:
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April 8, 2019
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Description:
- The U.S. will remain the Philippines’ only military ally, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin said, amid an increased Chinese presence near a disputed island in the South China Sea. The U.S. is “the only world power that is a bastion of democracy and human rights, is and will remain our only military ally. We don’t need any other,” he tweeted Sunday.
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Title:
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Duterte threatens 'suicide mission' if Beijing oversteps in South China Sea
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Author:
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Ben Westcott and Brad Lendon
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Source:
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CNN
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Date:
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April 5, 2019
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Description:
- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to send his troops on a "suicide mission" if Beijing doesn't "lay off" a Manila-occupied island in the South China Sea. Duterte's speech at a rally in the city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan came days after the Philippine government claimed as many as 275 Chinese boats and ships had been spotted in recent months around Manila's Thitu Island in the Spratly Island chain.
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Title:
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PHILIPPINES, CHINA CONVENE THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE BILATERAL CONSULTATION MECHANISM ON THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
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Author:
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Department of Foreign Affairs
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Source:
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Department of Foreign Affairs
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Date:
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April 3, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippines and China convened the Fourth Meeting of the Bilateral Consultation Mechanism (BCM) on 02-03 April 2019 in Manila. The Philippine delegation was led by Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Meynardo LB. Montealegre of the Office of Asian and Pacific Affairs and the Chinese delegation was led by Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou. As in the Third Meeting of the BCM in October 2018, the Fourth BCM comprised equivalent officials from the respective foreign ministries and relevant agencies.
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Title:
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Chinese-manned dredging ship alarms Batangas coastal town
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Author:
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Maricar Cinco
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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April 3, 2019
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Description:
- The sudden appearance of a large Chinese-manned dredging vessel not only caused alarm among residents of a fishing village in Lobo town, Batangas province, but also unraveled a plan by a private company to ship tons of sand from their river to build a runway of Hong Kong International Airport, the Inquirer learned on Tuesday.
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Title:
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AFP SolCom clarifies presence of dredging ship off Batangas coast
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Author:
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Francis Wakefield
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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April 2, 2019
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Description:
- The commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Southern Luzon Command (AFP-SoLCom) Tuesday said that the ship sighted over the weekend in the municipal water of Lobo, Batangas will be used for the dredging and desilting of Lobo River and nearby estuaries.
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Title:
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Chinese fishers can stay in disputed waters, but militia should go - Palace
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Author:
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ABS CBN News
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Source:
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ABS CBN News
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Date:
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April 2, 2019
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Description:
- China's fishermen can stay in disputed waters off Pag-asa Island, but not paramilitary forces, Malacañang said Tuesday. The military last week expressed concern over hundreds of Chinese vessels that have been almost stationary near the island since January. The vessels are considered as "maritime militia", which sustains Beijing’s "assertive presence" in the area, said LTC Elpidio Factor of the Western Command.
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Title:
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7,500 troops join 2019 Balikatan exercises
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Author:
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Inquirer
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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April 1, 2019
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Description:
- Over 7,500 military troopers from the Philippines, the United States and Australia will take part in this year’s Balikatan (shoulder-to-shoulder) exercises in Northern and Southern Luzon as its 35th iteration evolves from a bilateral to a multilateral activity.