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Title:
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Laos assures US it will help counter Chinese assertiveness
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Author:
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Daniel Malloy
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Source:
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Yahoo! News
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Date:
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January 25, 2016
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Description:
- VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — The prime minister of communist Laos assured U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday that his small nation will help counter China's assertiveness in the South China Sea
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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Are we safer with EDCA?
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Author:
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Rita Linda V. Jimeno
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Source:
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The Standard
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Date:
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January 25, 2016
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Description:
- If only we had a crystal ball. But, because we don’t, we will have to wait a few or several years down the road to know the impact of the decision by the Supreme Court declaring the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, better known as Edca, as valid and constitutional. Will it make us safer and more secure?
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Title:
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DND forges P2.68-B deal for air surveillance radars
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Author:
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Alexis Romero
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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January 25, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines - The Department of National Defense (DND) and an Israeli firm are close to forging a deal for the supply of three air surveillance radars worth P2.68 billion to boost the Philippines’ territorial defense capabilities.”
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Title:
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China 'Will Not Initiate Military Conflict' Over Island Disputes: Expert
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Author:
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Eric Baculinao
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Source:
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NBC News
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Date:
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January 24, 2014
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Description:
- China will not start a war over disputed islands in the South China Sea amid recent muscle-flexing, experts with close links to the country's government told NBC News.
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Title:
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Countries should play by same rules in South China Sea: Obama
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Author:
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DNA India
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Source:
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DNA India
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Date:
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January 24, 2016
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Description:
- In a clear signal to China, US President Barack Obama on Sunday said all countries should play by the same rules in international law including freedom of navigation in the South China Sea while India can be an anchor of stability in the Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean region.
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Title:
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Asia needs new approach to regional security
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Author:
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Amitav Acharya
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Source:
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AFR.com
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Date:
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January 24, 2016
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Description:
- A principal challenge to Asian security today is that the various approaches to security order seem to be working at cross-purposes. Take the United States and China. Washington insists that its rebalancing strategy enhances regional stability.
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Title:
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Joint exploration in South China Sea proposed
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Author:
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Charissa Luci
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Source:
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Manila Bulletin
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Date:
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January 24, 2016
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Description:
- The leader of House Independent Bloc said that the claimant countries in the South China Sea should start considering the possible joint exploration and development in the disputed islands to peacefully resolve the tense situation in the region.
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Title:
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Positioning the Philippines for eventual war?
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Author:
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Satur C. Ocampo
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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January 23, 2016
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Description:
- Two months ago, as the Supreme Court deliberated on the two petitions urging it to declare the Phl-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement unconstitutional, I wrote about former US Senator Mike Gravel’s warning, via his petition-in-intervention filed through Filipino lawyers, that the EDCA could lead to war.
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Title:
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China warns Philippines against 2nd Spratlys trip
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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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January 23, 2016
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Description:
- BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry urged the Philippines on Friday to exercise “restraint” over “relevant parties,” after Filipino protesters said they planned a second trip to contested islands in the South China Sea.
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Title:
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Fil-Chinese businessmen welcome Duterte’s peace, order agenda
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Author:
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Pia Ranada
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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January 23, 2016
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – “As a businessman, we welcome him because of his unorthodox way of doing things against graft and corruption, [for] peace and order," said a Filipino-Chinese businessman about Rodrigo Duterte.
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Title:
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Philippines: India Has A Solution To The Chinese Threat
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Author:
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Strategy Page
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Source:
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Strategy Page
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Date:
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January 22, 2016
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Description:
- Even if the United States bases forces in the Philippines that will not mean the U.S. will go to war over continued Chinese control of Filipino offshore waters.
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Title:
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Filipino protesters plan second trip to islands disputed with China
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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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January 22, 2016
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Description:
- Filipino protester group Kalayaan Atin Ito plans a second trip to disputed islands in the South China Sea, this time staying a month, a spokeswoman said on Thursday (January 21), after China flew a planeload of tourists to an artificial island it has built in the area.
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Title:
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Edca hysteria
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Author:
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BusinessMirror Editorial
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Source:
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BusinessMirror
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Date:
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January 22, 2016
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Description:
- THE Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (Edca), signed by Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin and US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip S. Goldberg in Manila on April 28, 2014, has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Title:
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Science – Shell trade pushes giant clams to the brink
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Author:
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Christina Larson
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Source:
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Science Magazine | Neo Mei Lin
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Date:
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January 27, 2016
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Description:
- n the most recent volume of the Science magazine (Vol. 351, Issue 6271), Christina Larson (Science correspondent in Beijing) provided insights on the current extensive shell trade in Tanmen, Hainan Island, China. This article is closely linked back to the overfishing of giant clam shells by Chinese fishermen in the South China Sea.
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Title:
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Cebu’s first direct flight to China
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Author:
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Katlene O. Cacho
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Source:
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Sun Star Cebu
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Date:
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January 22, 2016
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Description:
- AT least four new direct routes will be launched in Cebu this March with the addition of Xiamen Air which will commence its direct flight from Cebu to Xiamen, China starting March 30.
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Title:
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Defending the Philippines
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Author:
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Ricardo Saludo
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Source:
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The Manila Times
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Date:
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January 21, 2016
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Description:
- Can the Philippines have a strong external defense without the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement boosting America’s military deployment and access to Philippine bases?
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Title:
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Senate defers AIIB membership approval
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Author:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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January 21, 2016
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Description:
- It would be up to a new set of senators under the next administration to ratify the country’s membership in the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which President Benigno Aquino III green-lighted late last year.
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Title:
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Vietnam warns China over oil rig activities
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Author:
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Associated Press
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Source:
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Date:
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January 20, 2016
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Description:
- HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam said China has moved an oil rig into disputed waters in the South China Sea in a move that could result in a repeat the 2014 stand-off between the communist neighbors.
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Title:
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Philippines delicately wedged between US and China
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Author:
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Richard Javad Heydrian
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Source:
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AlJazeera
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Date:
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January 20, 2016
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Description:
- Philippines and neighbours are welcoming a growing US military footprint in the region to stave off a revanchist China.
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Title:
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IMF: China and oil will drag down global growth
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Author:
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Jim Boulden
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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January 20, 2016
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Description:
- London (CNN Money) — A slowdown in China and rock-bottom oil prices will continue to drag on growth, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. The IMF has downgraded its global growth projections for this year and the next. The world economy will continue to grow, the group predicted, but not by as much as it estimated back in October.