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Title:
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China Coast Guard marks first visit to Philippines
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Author:
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Jun Endo
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Source:
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Nikkei Asian Review
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Date:
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January 15, 2020
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Description:
- A China Coast Guard vessel paid a friendly visit to the Philippines for the first time on Tuesday, as Beijing aggressively courts the Southeast Asian nation and downplays its maritime disputes in the region. The Philippine Coast Guard held a welcome ceremony for the ship, coded 5204, at the Port of Manila while the ship's captain Wang Zhongcai invited Philippine Coast Guard commander Joel Garcia on board for a tour.
Political Security
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Title:
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'May it be productive': Duterte receives China's new top envoy to PH
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Author:
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Pia Gutierrez
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Source:
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ABSCBN News
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Date:
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December 4, 2019
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Description:
- President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday received the credentials of China's new top envoy to the Philippines in a ceremony in Malacañang. Ambassador Huang Xilian replaced former Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua, who made his farewell call to Duterte last October
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Title:
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Duterte: China won’t shut down power grid
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Author:
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Christina Mendez
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Source:
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Philippine Star
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Date:
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December 1, 2019
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Description:
- Since a China-owned firm has a 40 percent stake in the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, President Duterte expressed doubt on Friday night that it would sabotage the power grid operations in the country by shutting it down or use the transmission system for massive spying.
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Title:
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Malacañang shrugged off China’s harassment of Filipino-manned vessel. Why is this concerning?
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Author:
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Catalina Madarang
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Source:
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InterAksyon
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Date:
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November 5, 2019
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Description:
- In a move seen as a refusal to reinforce the maritime rights in the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang dismissed the harassment of a Filipino-manned vessel by a Chinese ship even if it happened within Philippines’ exclusive economic zone. The vessel called Green Aura is not Filipino-owned. It came from Greece and carried a flag of Liberia. Filipino seafarers, however, comprise its crew. At the helm was Capt. Manolo Ebora, a Philippine Navy reservist with the rank of lieutenant commander.
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Title:
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Palace cites healthy, strong PH-China communication ties
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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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October 25, 2019
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Description:
- The country’s relations with China remain healthy and strong in the area of communication following its donation of broadcasting equipment to state-owned provincial radio stations.
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Title:
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Philippines Cozies up to India, Both Wary of China
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Author:
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VOA Cambodia
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Source:
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VOA Cambodia
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Date:
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October 23, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippines has agreed to strengthen defense ties with India, an increasingly significant Western ally in Asia, as part of its accumulation of foreign support in case fragile ties with China suddenly break down. Last week, the presidents of India and the Philippines decided to work more closely together on defense and security in light of what the presidential office in Manila called a “fast-changing geopolitical landscape in the Asia-Pacific region.”
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Title:
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India & the Philippines agree to bolster defence ties; sign 4 agreements during President Kovind's visit
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Author:
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PTI
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Source:
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The Economic Times
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Date:
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October 19, 2019
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Description:
- India and the Philippines on Friday agreed to bolster defence and maritime security partnership and to make it a key pillar of bilateral cooperation, amidst China flexing its military muscles in the region.
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Title:
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PH says war games with US, Japan ‘not related to South China Sea’ dispute
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Author:
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Frances Mangosing
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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October 9, 2019
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Description:
- The week-long maritime exercises of the Philippines, United States, and Japan are not in any way connected to the country’s territorial dispute in the South China Sea. “First of all, this is not something related to the South China Sea. Let us be clear on that,” Brig. Gen. Ariel Caculitan, exercise director for Kamandag (Venom), told reporters Monday.
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Title:
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Stronger PH-Russia ties vowed
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Author:
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Argyll Geducos
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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October 4, 2019
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Description:
- President Duterte and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev vowed to further strengthen the bilateral relations of the Philippines and Russia as the two countries committed to sustain the momentum of their ties since Duterte’s last visit in 2017.
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Title:
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Philippines files diplomatic protest vs China over ships near Ayungin shoal
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Author:
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Sofia Tomacruz
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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October 2, 2019
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Description:
- Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr makes the statement after Armed Forces of the Philippine Chief of Staff Noel Clement told senators of the Chinese ships' presence near Ayungin Shoal
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Title:
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Duterte flies to Russia for 2nd time to meet 'idol' Putin
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Author:
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Jim Gomez
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Source:
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Stars and Stripes
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Date:
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October 1, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippine president left for Moscow on Tuesday to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and press efforts to broaden relations while maintaining robust ties with treaty ally the United States. President Rodrigo Duterte left Manila with his defense, finance and economic secretaries and other key Cabinet officials for the Oct. 1-5 visit to Russia. His first trip in May 2017 was cut short due to a major attack by Islamic State group-linked militants in the southern Philippines.
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Title:
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South China Sea issue not sum total of PH-China ties – Chinese envoy
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Author:
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Roy Mabasa
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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September 27, 2019
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Description:
- The South China Sea issue will not deter Beijing’s commitment to maintaining regional peace and stability with the Philippines.
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Title:
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PHILIPPINES MILITARY DRILL SOUTH CHINA SEA
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Author:
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Bullit Marquez
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Source:
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AP Images
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Date:
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September 21, 2019
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Description:
- Philippine marines disembark from the newly-acquired AAVs (Amphibious Assault Vehicle) during their two-week military exercise that also involved four major services of the country's armed forces Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, at the former U.S. naval facility in Subic, Zambales province west of Manila, Philippines. More than 1,500 troops will take part in the air, land and sea exercise dubbed "DAGIT-PA 03-19" facing the South China Sea in a scenario that "would employ a Joint Rapid Deployment Reaction Force."
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Title:
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DND: China Coast Guard blocked PH vessels in Ayungin Shoal
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Author:
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Frances Mangosing
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Source:
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Inquirer
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Date:
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September 21, 2019
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Description:
- A Chinese Coast Guard ship had blocked the path of three Philippine civilian vessels on a resupply mission to BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.
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Title:
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US seeks to expand cooperation with Philippines as China 'undermines' regional peace, stability
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Author:
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Patricia Viray
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Source:
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Philippine Star
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Date:
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September 20, 2019
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Description:
- While the United States deems Beijing as a threat to the region, Washington sees an opportunity to strengthen ties with its Southeast Asian partners and allies. US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell told the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Trump administration is committed to efforts throughout the region.
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Title:
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Duterte says Xi offered gas deal if 2016 Hague arbitration win ignored
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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Business World
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Date:
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September 12, 2019
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Description:
- PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte said his Chinese counterpart has offered Manila a controlling stake in a joint energy venture in the South China Sea, if it sets aside an international arbitral award that went against Beijing. Mr. Duterte said Chinese President Xi Jinping told him during their recent meeting that if he ignored the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s 2016 ruling, China would agree to be the junior partner in a joint venture to develop gas deposits at the Reed Bank, located within Manila’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
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Title:
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PH-China eyes S. China Sea code draft before Duterte term ends
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Author:
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ABSCBN News
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Source:
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ABSCBN News
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Date:
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September 11, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippines and China would like to finish the draft of the South China Sea code within President Rodrigo Duterte's term, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Wednesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier said he would like the code of conduct to be crafted before Duterte steps down, according to Malacañang.
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Title:
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PH now on China's side in seeking revision of UNCLOS – Locsin
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Author:
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Eimor Santos
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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September 4, 2019
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Description:
- China has agreed to ask for permission to pass through Philippine waters, Foreign Affairs Secretary Tedoro "Teddy Boy" Locsin said Wednesday. This means the Philippines and China are now on the same side in seeking a revision of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), an international treaty that guarantees the right of innocent passage, Locsin said.
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Title:
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Ahead of Duterte's China visit, Chinese shipowner apologizes over Recto Bank allision
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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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August 28, 2019
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Description:
- The shipowner of the Chinese fishing boat involved in the Reed Bank allision incident has apologized, but maintained the incident was "accidental." In a memorandum addressed to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, the unnamed Chinese company, through an association, apologized for the June 9 incident where a Chinese vessel rammed an anchored Filipino fishing boat and left its fishers at sea.
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Title:
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Tawi-Tawi fishermen say 2 China warships patrolling Turtle group of islands
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Author:
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Nonoy Lacson
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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August 19, 2019
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Description:
- Fishermen fishing along the sea lanes of southern Tawi-Tawi province on Monday expressed fear of their safety after two China warships continued to patrol near the Turtle group of islands in Taganak, Tawi-Tawi.