Tag: South China Sea

That marker proves that the Shoal, also called Panatag and Bajo de Masinloc, 123 miles off Zambales, is Philippine boundary

In 1938, President Manuel Quezon directed Executive Secretary Jorge Vargas to review the status of Scarborough Shoal

The United States, meanwhile, vowed to preserve “a system where goods, ideas, and people flow freely"

Beijing lies when it says it is Manila’s friend. All its acts are belligerent.

Marcos said he would not "allow a single millimetre of our maritime coastal rights to be trampled upon"

It was hoped that Duterte's decision would fast-track talks with Beijing on joint exploration in the waters

Tensions over the resource-rich waters have spiked in the past week after Chinese coastguard ships fired water cannon at Philippine boats

"We abhor the recent event in the Ayungin Shoal and view with grave concern other similar developments," said Duterte

Tensions over the resource-rich seas spiked this year after hundreds of Chinese vessels were detected at Whitsun Reef

The Department of Foreign Affairs had lodged a complaint over the map which included the nine-dash line