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US reiterates mutual defense treaty terms after China rams, tows PH ships in Ayungin
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – The United States State Department on Tuesday, June 18 (Monday, June 17 in Washington) reaffirmed that armed attacks on Philippine armed forces and public vessels could be basis to invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty between Washington and Manila, a day after a “ramming and towing” incident in the West Philippine Sea. […]
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Retired seaman builds mini BRP Sierra Madre models, symbol of West PH Sea struggles
SUMMARY Aldwin Pagaoa retired as a seaman 10 years ago and started in his hometown of Candon City, Ilocos Sur, a cottage industry to build scale models of ships mainly for seafarers like him. But recently, he has been busy building scale models of a grounded Filipino ship that has become a symbol of the […]
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Countries slam China’s ‘dangerous’ acts during Philippines’ Ayungin mission
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ treaty-ally, the United States, condemned on Monday, June 17, China’s “aggressive, dangerous maneuvers” during a Philippine resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal. In a statement, US Ambassador to Manila MaryKay Carlson said Chinese actions “caused bodily injury, damaged Philippine vessels, and hindered lawful maritime operations […]
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‘Ramming and towing’: Philippines says China disrupted mission to Ayungin Shoal
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ National Security Council (NSC) said Monday evening, June 17, that China used “dangerous maneuvers, including ramming and towing,” to disrupt a routine resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. The statement came more than 12 hours after the China Coast Guard, in a statement, claimed a […]
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[Rappler’s Best] US does propaganda? Of course.
SUMMARY Angela Bofill, my generation’s senti icon, passed away at the age of 70 last week. Her songs’ lasting stirrings in our hearts reverberated on the Rappler site; her death was the most read story on the day we published it on Saturday, June 15. “Break it to me gently,” crooned a Bofill classic for […]
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US, Canada, Japan, and Philippines conduct exercises in South China Sea
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – The United States, Canada, Japan, and the Philippines conducted a two-day joint maritime exercise in Manila’s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, the US Pacific Fleet said on its website on Monday, June 17. The maritime cooperative activity was aimed at “upholding freedom of navigation and overflight, reaffirming the […]
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China Coast Guard: Philippine supply ship bumped Chinese ship at Ayungin Shoal
SUMMARY BEIJING, China – A Philippine supply ship dangerously approached a Chinese ship resulting in a slight collision after it illegally intruded into waters adjacent to the Second Thomas Shoal or Ayungin Shoal in the South China Sea, the Chinese Coast Guard said on Monday, June 17. The Philippine transport and replenishment ship ignored China’s […]
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G7 leaders express serious concern over situation in East and South China Seas
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – As the China Coast Guard began implementing its “trespass” rules in the South China Sea on Saturday, June 15, Group of Seven (G7) leaders expressed their opposition to China’s “dangerous” actions against Philippine vessels in the area. “We remain seriously concerned about the situation in the East and South China Seas […]
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Philippines files claim over extended continental shelf in West PH Sea
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has filed before the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) a claim over an extended continental shelf (ECS) in the West Philippine Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday, June 15. “The Philippines today, through the Philippine Mission to the United […]
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Newsbreak Chats: Where’s the PH-China tension headed?
MANILA, Philippines – Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) harassing Filipino fisherfolk and vessels have unfortunately become so common that it’s not anymore surprising when media organizations report such incidents. Each incident – whether it’s the use of water cannons or blockades – adds to the growing list of intimidation and harassment tactics, a mark of intensifying tension between […]