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By Aurea Calica and Jaime Laude The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Despite China’s latest incursion into Philippine waters and other acts of provocation, Manila is exercising maximum restraint and is sticking to diplomacy in addressing the situation, Malacañang said yesterday. “Of course, we view it (China’s provocation) with grave concern, which is why we have chosen the path that we did – we are Read More …
BABE’S EYE VIEW By Babe Romualdez The Philippine Star The rising tension over the recent incursions in areas considered as Philippine territory – the latest of which is in Ayungin Shoal with a Chinese military frigate spotted – heightens the debate once again about our country’s military and defense capability. While President Aquino’s resounding declaration that “what is ours is ours” and Defense Secretary Voltaire Read More …
By Mark Merueñas GMA News Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has said that even if the Philippines wins in the arbitral dispute it has lodged against China on the West Philippine Sea, the decision would most likely go unenforced. In a speech he delivered before graduating law students of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Carpio noted that under the United Nations Charter, Read More …
By Delon Porcalla The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – With tensions escalating over maritime claims, President Aquino yesterday vowed that the country would repel any threat to its territorial integrity and sovereignty. “In the agenda of our good governance, our message to the world is clear: what is ours is ours, and we will repel any and all attempts to claim what is ours, and Read More …
ON DISTANT SHORE By Val G. Abelgas On August 23, 2010, President Aquino had barely warmed his seat in Malacanang when a disgruntled police officer hijacked a tourist bus and took hostage several Hongkong tourists, touching off a crisis that tested Aquino’s mettle in leadership and diplomacy. Eight of the tourists were killed along with the hijacker in the bungled rescue operation that was witnessed Read More …
By Miles Yu The Washington Times China is challenging a key American policy toward Japan: the unambiguous U.S. support of Japan’s sovereign rights to the Ryukyu island chain, including the key strategic island of Okinawa. The United States does not officially take sides in disputes between China and Japan over the hotly disputed Senkaku Islands, also called the Diaoyu, but Washington repeatedly and unequivocally has Read More …
By Jaime Laude The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – The government has expressed concern over last Wednesday’s incident in the disputed Spratly Islands wherein a Chinese warship chased the utility boat of the Kalayaan island town for almost one hour. “Our national government is concerned on the latest incident,” re-elected Kalayaan Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon said after he reported to higher authorities the alleged bullying by Read More …
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel The front page of all local newspapers Friday were again dominated by the dispute with the Philippines over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman, with one of the main emphases being the show of force by Taiwan’s Navy warships, Coast Guard cutters and Air Force fighter jets in or over waters near where the May 9 incident occurred. The Read More …
Taiwan recalled its top diplomat in Manila and announced that it was no longer accepting applications for Filipino workers, after the Philippine Coast Guard killed a fisherman last week. By Ralph Jennings, Correspondent The Christian Science Monitor TAIPEI, TAIWAN The Philippines offered a high-level apology Wednesday in an attempt to salvage relations with Taiwan after its coast guard killed a fisherman, but Taipei rejected the Read More …
By Erick San Juan In the midst of the mid-term election fever and the tensions that went with it after the voting hours and during the canvassing of votes, our country was once again put in a very critical position with our neighboring countries. Most Filipinos were caught unaware of the dangers posted by the incident that happened last Thursday when the Philippine Coast Guard Read More …