Statements
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Statement of the National Task Force-West Philippine Sea
NSC Press Release 10 November 2023 Statement of the National Task Force-West Philippine Sea November 10, 2023, Manila At 0730H, today, 10 November 2023, China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese Maritime Militia (CMM) vessels recklessly harassed, blocked, executed dangerous maneuvers in another attempt to illegally impede or obstruct a routine resupply and rotation mission to […]
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STATEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE SECRETARY GILBERTO C. TEODORO, JR.
STATEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE SECRETARY GILBERTO C. TEODORO, JR. The President called a special Command Conference this morning of the national security and defense clusters in order to be briefed and to give his guidance on the latest violation by China of the sovereignty of the Republic of the Philippines. The Philippine government […]
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U.S. Support for the Philippines in the South China Sea
The United States stands with our Philippine allies in the face of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Coast Guard’s reported use of laser devices against the crew of a Philippine Coast Guard ship on February 6 in the South China Sea. The PRC’s conduct was provocative and unsafe, resulting in the temporary blindness of […]
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Op-Ed for TMT
Op-Ed for TMT Rafael M. Alunan III Feb. 14, 2023 Future ready Over a week ago, U.S. Air Force Gen. Michael A. Minihan, who heads the Air Mobility Command, told his troops to get battle ready for 2025 when he expects the U.S. and China to clash. If war breaks out, his command that transports […]
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The July 12, 2016 Arbitral Award states:
“With respect to the Philippines’ Submission No. 5, the Tribunal concludes that both Mischief Reef and Second Thomas Shoal are located within 200 nautical miles of the Philippines’ coast on the island of Palawan and are located in an area that is not overlapped by the entitlements generated by any maritime feature claimed by China. […]
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Honor and excellence in the age of disinformation
Doing what is right and telling the truth is all about honor. Doing your best is all about excellence. That is what honor and excellence means. Read More: https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/opinion-honor-excellence-age-disinformation-antonio-carpio-address-piu-gamma-international-society/
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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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STATEMENT ON THE ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT DUTERTE TO THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
By Amb. Albert Del Rosario Date: September 23, 2020 We welcome the fact that President Duterte invoked the 2016 Arbitral Award won by the Philippines against China regarding the South China Sea at the 75th UN General Assembly (UNGA). This is the first time that our President addressed the UNGA and we are heartened to […]
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Statement of Justice Antonio T Carpio (Ret.) on the Speech of President Rodrigo Duterte before the United Nations General Assembly
I personally commend the strong stand that President Rodrigo Duterte made before the UN General Assembly that the arbitral award in the South China Sea Arbitration is “beyond compromise and beyond the reach of passing governments to dilute, diminish or abandon.” It is heartening that President Duterte has welcomed “the increasing number of states that […]
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U.S. Position on Maritime Claims in the South China Sea
The United States champions a free and open Indo-Pacific. Today we are strengthening U.S. policy in a vital, contentious part of that region — the South China Sea. We are making clear: Beijing’s claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely unlawful, as is its campaign of bullying to control […]
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STATEMENT OF SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TEODORO L. LOCSIN, JR. ON THE 4TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE AWARD IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ARBITRATION
Today marks the 4th anniversary of the rendering of the unanimous award in the South China Sea Arbitration case in favor of the Philippines issued by the Tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS). The arbitration case initiated and overwhelmingly won by the Republic of […]
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Remarks on the 50th Anniversary of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties Department of Foreign Affairs 26 November 2019 Justice Antonio T. Carpio
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