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China pushes for joint probe into PH boat sinking

Jun 20, 2019 - 7:10 PM

China echoes Duterte government officials pushing for a joint Philippines-China investigation into the sinking of a Filipino boat by a Chinese ship in Recto Bank

DAMAGED. Filipino fishing boat Gem-Ver is damaged after it was sunk by a Chinese ship in the West Philippine Sea on June 9, 2019. Photo by LeAnne Jazul/Rappler

After Duterte tirade, China asserts right to warn planes

Aug 16, 2018 - 5:58 PM

China 'rebuffed' President Rodrigo Duterte for his criticism of Chinese radio warnings in the South China Sea, according to Reuters

PHILIPPINE LEADER. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at the launch of Go Negosyo'€™s €˜Pilipinas Angat Lahat€™ program at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang on August 14, 2018. Malacañang photo

Building in Spratlys? PH 'can't even fix Manila airport'

May 01, 2015 - 12:41 PM

Denying China s claims the Philippines says it simply wants to undertake some repairs and maintenance on its existing runway in the South China Sea

DAMAGED FACILITIES. The Philippines' Rancudo Air Field on Pag-asa Island (left) and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila (right) both need repairs. File photo of NAIA by Agence France-Presse

China assistant foreign minister sacked amid graft probe

Jan 02, 2015 - 2:27 PM

Zhang s dismissal comes as China s President Xi Jinping presses a much publicized anti graft campaign

CORRUPTION PROBE. Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhang Kunsheng is sacked and faces an investigation for alleged corruption. File photo courtesy of China’s foreign ministry website

China warns citizens to avoid the Philippines

Sep 12, 2014 - 6:03 PM

Given the worsened security situation in the Philippines the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges citizens not to travel to the Philippines for the time being

Philippines' problem: China thinks there's no problem

Aug 12, 2014 - 5:40 PM

You can t solve a problem if you don t recognize that there is one the Philippines says after China rejected its South China Sea plan

REGIONAL SUMMIT. Philippine Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario attends the Plenary Session of the 47th Association of South East Asian Nations Foreign Ministers' Meeting at Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on August 8, 2014. Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA

PH hits China over sea plan: 'We're humoring ourselves'

Aug 11, 2014 - 7:04 PM

Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario says while China rejected the South China Sea plan Manila s proposal got no objections from ASEAN

TOP DIPLOMAT. Philippine Secretary Albert del Rosario reads as he attends the meeting of the Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone commission in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on August 8, 2014. Photo by Lynn Bo Bo/EPA

Philippines denies violating own South China Sea plan

Aug 11, 2014 - 4:22 PM

The Philippines says China might have misunderstood the triple action plan that the Southeast Asian country proposed to ASEAN

SEA ROW. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) shakes hands with Philippine Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario (right) during the the Association of Southeast Asian Nations-China Ministerial Meeting at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on August 9, 2014. Photo by Nyein  Chang Naing/EPA

Follow the law, China tells fishermen amid PH ruling

Aug 07, 2014 - 5:00 PM

China also vows to assist the 12 Chinese fishermen whose ship ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef found outside the disputed South China Sea

File photo of the 12 Chinese nationals arrested for illegal fishing in Tubbataha Reef, April 2013. Photo from Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Facebook page

China hits Philippines over extended oil drilling

Jul 11, 2014 - 4:29 PM

The Philippines extends the permit of Forum Energy a Pangilinan led company to conduct oil drilling activities in the disputed South China Sea

'FURTHER DAMAGE.' Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei warns the Philippines about submitting its historic pleading against Beijing. File photo by AFP

China: Vietnam rammed our ships 1,400 times

Jun 09, 2014 - 12:44 PM

China claims Vietnam – an economic dwarf compared to Beijing – provoked the Asian giant first in the South China Sea

EVIDENCE? A screenshot of a video played during a press conference on the growing dispute with China over the South China Sea shows a Vietnamese sinking boat (R) which was allegedly rammed by Chinese vessels near disputed Paracel Islands, near a Marine Guard ship (L), in Hanoi, Vietnam June 5, 2014. Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA

China slams PH 'hype' over West PH Sea

Mar 30, 2014 - 8:08 AM

Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario is expected to announce that Manila has filed a formal plea before the UN arbitration tribunal

DAVID VS GOLIATH. A much smaller Philippine ship arrives at the disputed Ayungin Shoal. Photo by AFP

China digs up details vs PH on Ayungin

Mar 18, 2014 - 7:09 AM

Prepare for consequences China says as it warns the Philippines against further possible provocations in the South China Sea

China on Ayungin: PH broke its promise

Mar 14, 2014 - 6:50 AM

UPDATED The Philippines brushes off China s claim that Manila promised to remove a stranded ship from Ayungin

SEA BASTION. This undated handout photo released by the Philippine Government on May 23, 2013 shows an aerial view of BRP Sierra Madre, a 100-meter (328 foot) amphibious vessel built for the US in 1944 and acquired by the Filipino navy in 1976, grounded at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. AFP PHOTO / Philippine Government

China to PH: Remove ship from Ayungin

Mar 13, 2014 - 3:15 PM

The Philippines is making unfounded countercharges by staging the so called protest the Chinese Foreign Ministry says

SEA BASTION. This undated handout photo released by the Philippine Government on May 23, 2013 shows an aerial view of BRP Sierra Madre, a 100-meter (328 foot) amphibious vessel built for the US in 1944 and acquired by the Filipino navy in 1976, grounded at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. AFP PHOTO / Philippine Government

Resolve case of 78 Chinese, China asks PH

Dec 13, 2013 - 2:52 PM

China comes to the rescue of its citizens detained for alleged overstaying

China denies 'concrete facilities' in Panatag

Sep 05, 2013 - 8:02 PM

Besides Beijing says the disputed shoal is China s inherent territory

92 VESSELS? Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei denies China has 92 vessels in Scarborough Shoal. File photo from China Foreign Ministry

Aquino dodges China dispute in SONA

Jul 22, 2013 - 8:43 PM

He unleashed stinging words against Beijing in 2012 What happened?