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No time to lose: drill gas now
The Philippines must drill for gas right away at Recto Bank. The country’s sole gas field Malampaya will run out in three years. It will take five years to get a new rig operational. With no huge alternative energy source, Filipinos would plunge into blackouts. Factories, hospitals, government offices, schools and malls will shut down. […]
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[ANALYSIS] The Arbitral Award: Not just a piece of paper
For Filipino officials to parrot that the Arbitral Award is just a piece of paper is to accept that the Arbitral Award is null and void, a position that is contrary to Philippine national interest Read More -> https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/hague-arbitral-award-west-philippine-sea-china-not-just-piece-of-paper/
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Eyes wide open on China deals
Because China had failed to act on funding requests pending since 2019, former finance secretary Carlos Dominguez III canceled the Philippine government’s application with China’s Eximbank for loans to bankroll P276 billion in major railway projects, thus tarnishing Duterte’s vaunted legacy of a breakthrough infrastructure program. Read More -> https://opinion.inquirer.net/155268/eyes-wide-open-on-china-deals
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US Navy challenges Chinese claims in South China Sea for second time in a week
(CNN) — A US Navy warship on Saturday challenged Chinese claims to disputed islands in the South China Sea, the US 7th Fleet said in a statement — the second operation of its kind this week. Read More -> https://www.cnnphilippines.com/world/2022/7/17/us-navy-china-south-china-sea.html??
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Carpio: Marcos stand on WPS a ‘welcome sea change’
MANILA Philippines — Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio lauded the recent pronouncement by President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that he would assert the 2016 decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration favoring Manila against Beijing’s sweeping claims to virtually the entire South China Sea. Read More–> https://globalnation.inquirer.net/204221/carpio-marcos-wps-stand-a-welcome-sea-change
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Ambulance chasing threat to seafaring
GLOBAL shipping stakeholders identify ambulance chasing and the Philippines’ mishandling of crew claims as the biggest threats to Philippine seafaring — an industry that remits $6 billion annually into the Philippines. The market share of Filipino crew has shown a steady decline of 50 percent in a short span of 20 years. In 2000, Filipinos […]
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Chinese navy launches South China Sea drills as Biden visits Asia
The Chinese navy is holding military exercises in the disputed South China Sea as US President Joe Biden begins South Korea and Japan trips largely focused on countering the perceived threat from Beijing. Read more: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3178556/chinese-navy-launches-south-china-sea-drills-biden-visits-asia
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Biden touts wider regional cooperation in meeting with South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol, avoids direct mention of China
United States President Joe Biden said on Saturday he hoped to strengthen cooperation in Asia beyond treaty allies South Korea and Japan, as he repeated his now common expression that democratic nations needed to gird themselves against rising autocracy. Read more: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3178638/biden-touts-wider-regional-cooperation-meeting-south-koreas-yoon
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PH victory over SCS pure law: Locsin
WASHINGTON – “What is ours is ours.” Thus, said Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. on the Philippines’ claim of the South China Sea that was ruled overwhelmingly in its favor by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on July 12, 2016 – determining that major elements of China’s claim – including its nine-dash line, […]
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[ANALYSIS] All rise for Benham!
https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/analysis-all-rise-benham/
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Duterte, Xi discuss South China Sea, Ukraine in telesummit
SUMMARY MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping held an hour-long telephone summit where they discussed the South China Sea issue and the situation in Ukraine, and reviewed the bilateral relations between their countries during the Duterte administration, Malacañang said on Saturday, April 9. Malacañang said the “open, warm, and positive” […]
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CCP’s Militarization of South China Sea Islands Marks ‘Significant Change’ in Balance of Power in Region: Analysts
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinas-militarization-of-south-china-sea-islands-marks-significant-change-in-balance-of-power-in-region-analysts_4365487.html?slsuccess=1