Philippines
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‘Arbitration, better ties can go together’
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines does not see the need to withdraw its case before the international arbitral tribunal against China to move its relations with Beijing forward, Malacañang said yesterday. At the same time, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda told a press briefing that the country would stick to the multilateral approach in resolving its […]
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Large-Scale South China Sea Reclamation Projects Raise Questions Under International Law
Artificial Islands, ASEAN, China, Code of Conduct, Philippines, Reclamation, South China Sea Dispute, SpratlysThe international media has reported that China is undertaking large-scale South China Sea reclamation works on several of the seven reefs it occupies in the Spratly Islands. The 2002 Asean-China Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea states that the parties undertake to exercise self-restraint in the conduct of activities that […]
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China assures PH is part of Maritime Silk Road plan
China has denied excluding the Philippines from its planned revival of an ancient Maritime Silk Road, which aims to build infrastructure across the region to bolster trade among nations. “The media report of ‘China bypassing Philippines in its 21st century Maritime Silk Road’ is incorrect,” the Chinese embassy in Manila said in a statement, referring […]
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Noy tells China: Stay out of West Phl Sea
ASEAN, China, Code of Conduct, India, Myanmar, Philippines, President Benigno Aquno III, South China Sea Dispute, VietnamNAYPYITAW – President Aquino has asked China to remove its ships illegally deployed in the West Philippine Sea. Speaking at the ASEAN-China summit yesterday at Myanmar International Convention Center, Aquino said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations values practical cooperation and early harvest measures, including hotlines and search and rescue arrangements. “These activities, however, can […]
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South China Sea territorial dispute continues to be a hot topic
ASEAN, Brunei, China, Code of Conduct, Malaysia, Oil Rig, Paracels, Philippines, South China Sea Dispute, USA, VietnamNAYPYITAW: The South China Sea territorial dispute continues to be a hot topic at the 25th Asean Summit that began here yesterday as leaders of the grouping are expected to address the issue in a statement to be issued by current Asean chair, Myanmar, today. The dispute is made more complex with China, one of […]
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China offers ASEAN friendship, loans as South China Sea tension bubbles
(Reuters) – China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang proposed a friendship treaty with Southeast Asian countries and offered $20 billion in loans on Thursday but held firm on the line that Beijing will only settle South China Sea disputes directly with other claimants. China, Taiwan and four members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) […]
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President Aquino seeks support of India, U.N. member nations in sea dispute
NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar, Nov 13 — President Benigno S. Aquino III has sought the support of India and other members of the United Nations in easing tensions in the West Philippine Sea. The President made the appeal in his intervention during the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-India Summit held at the Sapphire […]
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Scarborough is Phl, antique maps show
Cartographic Exhibit, China, History, IMOA, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Maps, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea Dispute, UPBeijing’s Communist rulers claim Scarborough Shoal by virtue of “ancient historical facts.” Yet, China’s own antique maps and official declarations debunk that line. Made in 1136 to 1933, the 18 old maps consistently show Hainan island-province always to have been China’s southernmost territory. Five Constitutions of the Republic of China – in 1912, 1914, 1924, […]
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2014 IMOA Maps Exhibit
Atty. Elma Christine Leogardo, Cartographic Exhibit, China, De La Salle University, DLSU, History, IMOA Maps Exhibit, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Manila, Maps, maritime history, Maritime Law, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, Philippine Maritime Disputes, Philippines, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of Justice, Secretary of National Defense, South China Sea Dispute, Supreme Court Justice Antonio T. CarpioThe Institute for Maritime and Ocean Affairs (IMOA) Maps Exhibit was hosted at De La Salle University in Manila on September 10, 2014. The event featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Atty. Elma Christine Leogardo, accompanied by notable government officials including Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, Secretary of National Defense Voltaire Gazmin, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert F. Del Rosario, Secretary of…
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PH-China trade growth ‘significant’
BEIJING—The bilateral relations between the Philippines and China continued to improve even as both countries continued to lock horns over their conflicting territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea, President Benigno Aquino III said here Sunday. He made the statement during the APEC CEO Summit when a business leader asked him about the relations between […]