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Marcos vows countermeasures vs China’s ‘dangerous attacks’
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – A peaceful resolution steered by a firm hand. This is what President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assured Filipinos on Thursday, March 28, in light of China’s latest intimidation in the West Philippine Sea. The President said he has already given directives to the country’s national security and defense officials and has been […]
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US defense chief reaffirms support for PH, chides ‘dangerous’ Chinese conduct
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to a mutual defense treaty with the Philippines and criticized as “dangerous” China’s use of water cannon and disruption of a Philippine resupply mission last week. In a phone call on Wednesday with his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro, Austin “reaffirmed the ironclad US commitment […]
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Journalists in Manila slam China’s manipulation claims: ‘Barefaced lie’
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – Journalist groups in the Philippines on Wednesday, March 27, criticized China’s foreign ministry and its embassy in Manila over claims that journalists who embed in the Philippines’ rotation and resupply missions to Ayungin Shoal “manipulate” their work to “project the Philippines as a victim.” “The association strongly rejects and condemns the […]
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Zubiri to world legislators: Stand with Philippines on sea dispute
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – Addressing the International Parliamentarian Union (IPU), Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri appealed to fellow members of the global organization to stand with the Philippines as China continues to bully the country in the West Philippine Sea. “In the West Philippine Sea, a number of geopolitical analysts have predicted that it could […]
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In Malacañang visit, US lawmakers affirm support for PH as row with China worsens
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – The issue of escalating tensions between Manila and Beijing in the West Philippine Sea was put into the spotlight during President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s meeting with a US congressional delegation in Malacañang on Tuesday, March 26. A press release from the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said the American lawmakers expressed support […]
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View from Manila: ‘Tama na, Lord’
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – When the Unaizah May 4 approached Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea for a second time in a month, it was greeted by a familiar and violent foe: water cannons from the China Coast Guard (CCG). On Saturday, March 23, out at sea, the wooden ship held on, but barely. […]
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[Rappler’s Best] No rest for the wicked
SUMMARY Are you reading this as blue waves sway under blue skies at the onset of your Holy Week break? Or are you, like most of us mortals in the newsroom, tied to your laptop and to the labors that must be done even in the Catholic world’s supposedly quietest week? “No rest for the wicked” […]
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Manila asks Beijing: Are you sincere in promoting South China Sea peace?
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines on Monday, March 25, questioned if China was sincere in “lowering the tensions and promoting peace and stability in the South China Sea” as it protested yet another case of harassment by the China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese Maritime Militia (CMM) during a mission to bring soldiers and […]
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Manila asks Beijing: Are you sincere in promoting South China Sea peace?
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines on Monday, March 25, questioned if China was sincere in “lowering the tensions and promoting peace and stability in the South China Sea” as it protested yet another case of harassment by the China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese Maritime Militia (CMM) during a mission to bring soldiers and […]
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After Ayungin harassment, China tells PH: Prepare ‘to bear all potential consequences’
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – Beijing on Saturday, March 23, warned Manila that it “should be prepared to bear all potential consequences” if it “insists on going its own way,” just hours after China Coast Guard (CCG) ships blocked, harassed, and used water cannons against Philippine vessels trying to bring personnel and supplies to the BRP […]
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Foreign governments stand with Philippines after latest incident in Ayungin Shoal
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – Foreign governments on Saturday, March 23, rallied behind the Philippines after the China Coast Guard again used water cannons against a Philippine vessel on a routine rotation and resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, damaging the boat and causing injuries among some […]
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China causes ‘heavy damage’ on Philippine resupply ship in Ayungin Shoal – AFP
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – The China Coast Guard (CCG) on Saturday, March 23, used water cannons against a Philippine resupply boat that was en route to the BRP Sierra Madre, a makeshift Philippine military outpost in Ayungin Shoal, the Philippine military said. The boat, the wooden Unaizah May 4, “sustained heavy damages at around 08:52 […]