Phl, China pledge calmer ties
The Philippines and China have agreed to pursue diplomacy, maintain open communication and avoid inflammatory rhetoric amid rising tensions over the West…
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Teodoro hits back at China: Actions in West Philippine Sea amount to usurpation
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. rebuffs China's claims of obstruction at the ASEAN defense meeting, highlighting Beijing's actions in the West…
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Abject surrender
The deal, reached in 2024, was what the DFA called a ‘provisional understanding.’ It rested on three conditions.
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PCG slams Beijing’s 1990 diplomatic note ‘distortion’
A Philippine Coast Guard official rejects China’s claim that a 1990 ambassadorial letter proves Manila ceded Scarborough Shoal, calling it a distortion of…
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Phl holds ‘moral ascendency’ in WPS dispute — NSC official
Amid rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea, Major General Cornelio Valencia Jr. asserts the Philippines' moral ascendancy over China's aggression near…
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Furor over patch of sand
Of course, the public isn’t sure who to trust anymore. After all, the Philippines is the same country where red-tagging is a national pastime, and China is the…
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Invaded again
The takeover of the island happened while Philippine and United States forces were conducting the annual Balikatan exercises.
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