
Time to drop landlubber mentality
For a nation bound by a complex maze of over 7,000 islands, our true destiny and our gravest vulnerabilities have always been written on the water.
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Latest Daily Tribune news and analysis on Ayungin Shoal Chinese interference.

For a nation bound by a complex maze of over 7,000 islands, our true destiny and our gravest vulnerabilities have always been written on the water.
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China's actions in the West Philippine Sea aim to weaken Philippine resolve, AFP spokesperson Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad said, as the military vowed to…
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Viewed from Manila, Ayungin is the whole dispute. Viewed from Washington or from Beijing, it is just one item on a long list.
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China hits back at the US after Washington condemned Beijing’s actions during a Philippine resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal, intensifying tensions in the West…
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The United States condemned Chinese maritime forces after they interfered with a Philippine resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal on 24 September.
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The AFP says Chinese warships and coast guard vessels disrupted a Philippine rotation and resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal, forcing a temporary suspension.
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CIDG authorities arrested a Chinese businessman and a Filipina employee after seizing about 80,800 alleged counterfeit rice sacks worth P800,000 from a…
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Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. rejected China’s call to remove the BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal, saying Beijing has no right to make such a…
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The AFP said Chinese ships spotted in Bajo de Masinloc for 28 days were conducting surveillance and research, with no confirmed drilling activity detected.
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Two Chinese nationals have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Philippines for importing 240 kg of shabu worth P1.6 billion. The Pasay court upheld the…
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Winnie Monsod criticized the Marcos administration’s China arrangement over Ayungin Shoal, warning it could threaten Philippine sovereign rights and interests…
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AFP spokesperson Roy Vincent Trinidad accused China of rewriting history over the BRP Sierra Madre’s presence at Ayungin Shoal and cited Mischief Reef’s…
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The absence of conflict is proof that the arrangement is working exactly as Beijing designed it to work.
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Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro disputes China’s claim of a provisional deal on Philippine resupply missions to BRP Sierra Madre, as experts warn the…
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Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. could face impeachment if he authorized the provisional…
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It makes no sense for the Philippines to negotiate with China over terms that would allow the Philippines to enter its own waters.
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The DFA challenges former Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio to propose alternative solutions to its provisional RORE deal with China, defending the…
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