West Philippine Sea
-
China is using debt traps to control the South China Sea
China’s One Belt One Road project and massive infrastructure loans are helping to weaken opposition to its claims in the South China Sea. The South China Sea is of critical importance to China which has created new islands through dredging for military bases, and consistently defended its claims despite protests and legal battles with other […]
-
America Changes The Tone In South China Sea Disputes
America has assured the Philippines that it would come to that nation’s defense if it comes under attack in the South China Sea. That’s according to reports in early March, when Washington reaffirmed a defense code that Manila has sought to revise. And it’s something that could deter China’s aggression in the South China Sea, […]
-
Yes, the Chinese loans are onerous
The Department of Finance (DOF) recently uploaded on its website a summary of infrastructure flagship projects funded in part through official development assistance, with signed agreements. It also uploaded all the loan agreements involved. Don’t roll your eyes just yet, Reader. This week a “controversy” arose between Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio (whom I consider […]
-
What about US war crimes?
I PROPOSE the question as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s counter charge against former Foreign Affairs secretary Albert del Rosario and former Ombudsman Conchita Morales-Carpio. The two erstwhile top officials of the Philippine government have lodged against the Chinese president a charge of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Fanned by the notorious […]
-
Carpio just joking — Panelo
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson Salvador Panelo yesterday downplayed the statement of Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that China was monitoring his phone calls and emails. Panelo was among those who attended the 17th national convention of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in Iloilo City on Thursday where Carpio delivered a lecture on the South […]
-
Panelo: Carpio joking about China monitoring his emails, calls
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Friday downplayed the statement of Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that China was monitoring his phone calls and emails. Panelo was among those who attended the 17th national convention of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines in Iloilo City on Thursday where Carpio delivered a lecture on the […]
-
Lacson’s unsolicited advice to Carpio: Be paranoid of Chinese surveillance
Be paranoid. This was the unsolicited advice given by Sen. Panfilo Lacson to Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, who earlier claimed that China had been eavesdropping on his phones calls and tracking his e-mail. Carpio, a member of the Philippine delegation to The Hague when the country pressed its claims against China in […]
-
From jetski to appeasement: Opposition bets blast Duterte; Roque comes to the rescue
ILOILO CITY – Senatorial candidates Neri Colmenares, Florin Hilbay and Chel Diokno faced off with former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque at a forum in Iloilo City on Friday. At issue at the forum organized by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines were the Philippines’ foreign policy and the West Philippine Sea. Former Rep. Neri Colmenares […]
-
Duterte’s critics target China relations ahead of midterm elections
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte remains a popular figure in the country with a high approval rating, which he hopes to lend to his allies in the midterm elections in May. © Reuters MANILA — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s political opponents are zeroing in on his government’s dealings with China ahead of his visit to Beijing […]
-
US Navy and Marine Exercise Tests New Island Warfare Concepts
Ten thousand sailors and marines from the U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet and U.S. Marines’ I Marine Expeditionary Force recently completed a two-week exercise in Southern California to explore new concepts for fighting in littoral environments among small islands like those in the found in the South and East China Seas. “Pacific Blitz” combined existing large […]