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Title:
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SLOW AND STEADY: VIETNAM’S SPRATLY UPGRADES
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Author:
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AMTI
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Source:
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AMTI
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Date:
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April 8, 2019
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Description:
- Vietnam continues to quietly upgrade its facilities in the Spratly Islands, though apparently without facing the same reaction from China’s maritime militia forces as the Philippines recently has. Vietnam occupies 49 outposts spread across 27 features in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands. Of those 27 features, only 10 can be called islets while the rest are mostly underwater reefs and banks.
Information Archive on Philippine Foreign Policy
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Title:
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China-backed trade pact RCEP to be finalized this year, Southeast Asian official says
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Author:
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Reuters
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Source:
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GMA News
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Date:
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April 6, 2019
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Description:
- Southeast Asian countries engaged in talks on a major China-backed trade pact expect to finalize it this year, the finance minister of Thailand, which is the current chair of the 10-nation ASEAN grouping, said on Friday.
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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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U.S. hopes for second aircraft carrier visit to Vietnam this year: official
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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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April 3, 2019
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Description:
- The United States hopes to reach agreement for another aircraft carrier visit to Vietnam this year and for such port stops to become a regular feature of the increasingly close relationship between the former Vietnam War enemies, a senior U.S. defense official said on Wednesday.
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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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Duterte: China just wants to be a friend of PH
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Author:
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Dharel Placido
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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:
- President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday defended anew his administration's relationship with China, saying Beijing just wants to become a friend of the Philippines. Since assuming the presidency, Duterte has chosen to forge closer ties with China, setting aside Manila’s dispute with Beijing over the South China Sea.
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Title:
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Beijing asks Manila to check if Chinese workers suffer exploitation
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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 1, 2019
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Description:
- China on Monday asked the Philippines to look into the possible exploitation of Chinese citizens working in illegal gambling operations in Manila.
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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.
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Title:
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Hundreds of Chinese vessels circling Pag-asa Island: military
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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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March 29, 2019
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Description:
- Over 600 Chinese vessels have been circling Pag-asa Island (Thitu Island) in the West Philippine Sea since January this year, the military said Friday. The Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines expressed alarm over the presence of Chinese vessels, noting that these are very near the Philippine island and are almost stationary.
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Title:
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Philippines has no say in loan deals with China – Panelo
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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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March 25, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippine government is powerless when it comes to determining the terms of loan agreements it enters into with China, said Malacañang on Monday, March 25. Amid growing alarm over the Duterte administration's loan deal with China for the Chico River Pump Irrigation Project, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said China, as lender, dictates the terms of such deals. The Philippines, meanwhile, has no choice but to abide by China's terms.
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Title:
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Palace: China controls West Philippine Sea
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Author:
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Patricia Lourdes Viray
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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March 25, 2019
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Description:
- The Philippine government can only do so much as protest China's actions in the West Philippine Sea as Beijing has control over the area, Malacañang said Monday.
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Title:
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Pinoy fishermen being shooed from Scarborough Shoal: documentary
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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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March 23, 2019
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Description:
- Filipino fishermen are being driven away from the Scarborough Shoal by China, according to a short documentary released by opposition senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares. In a Facebook video, two Filipino fishermen detailed how the Chinese Coast Guard would seize their catch and drive them away from the area.
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Title:
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PH will disclose infra deals with China, Palace assures
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Author:
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Julie M. Aurelio
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Source:
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ABS CBN News
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Date:
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March 19, 2019
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Description:
- Malacañang is open to disclosing infrastructure agreements with Chinese companies to promote transparency in the bureaucracy. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the assurance on Monday, as Philippine officials head to Beijing this week to discuss possible infrastructure cooperation with China.
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Title:
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China-funded Kaliwa dam a done deal: MWSS
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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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March 18, 2019
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Description:
- The government agency in charge of ensuring Metro Manila's water supply said on Monday that the China-funded plan to build a new dam in the town of Infanta, Quezon is a "done deal" despite opposition from environmentalists and local residents. Local officials and residents of Infanta have opposed the dam's construction over concerns it would flood several villages and displace residents. Members of the indigenous Dumagat who live in the Sierra Madre mountains have also said that they don't want the Kaliwa dam constructed on their ancestral domain.
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Title:
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New U.S. military budget focused on China despite border talk
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Author:
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Rober Burns
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Source:
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PBS News
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Date:
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March 16, 2019
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Description:
- Chinese bombers. Chinese hypersonic missiles. Chinese cyberattacks. Chinese anti-satellite weapons. To a remarkable degree, the 2020 Pentagon budget proposal is shaped by national security threats that acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has summarized in three words: “China, China, China.”
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Title:
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Peso weakens on fears of delayed trade war resolution
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Author:
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Business World
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Source:
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Business World
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Date:
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March 15, 2019
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Description:
- THE peso declined further against the dollar on Friday, following reports of delays in a meeting between US President Donald J. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The peso ended the week at P52.65 against the dollar, five centavos weaker after closing at P52.60 on Thursday.
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Title:
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Australia to help boost digital trade in the Indo-Pacific
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Author:
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Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Marise Payne Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, and Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham
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Source:
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Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Date:
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March 13, 2019
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Description:
- The Morrison Government has today launched a new $4.5 million program to help developing countries in the Indo-Pacific maximise the benefits of digital trade. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham said the ‘E-commerce Aid for Trade Fund’ would have a major focus on building e-commerce capacity and capability across the Indo-Pacific, including within the ASEAN region. “Digital trade is an increasingly important way for our region to connect and do business with the rest of the world,” Minister Birmingham said.