Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga recently conducted a site visit to Pag-asa Island in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS). A fifth-class municipality, Pag-asa is the biggest in the Philippines in terms of area with 290 sq. km, but the least populated with a…
AS many as 300 boats loaded with Chinese commercial vessel fishermen disguised as paramilitary forces and whose operations are heavily subsidized by the Chinese government are now operating in the West Philippine Sea on any given day, a report by two US-based think tanks said. A report published last week…
Published May 25, 2021, 8:39 PM
Malacañang has no information about the reported lingering presence of Chinese ships in the West Philippine Sea based on data obtained by a United States-based technology firm.
The Chinese vessels spotted by local authorities at the Julian Felipe Reef on March 2021 (Photo courtesy of National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea)
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque has deferred to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to verify the reported stay of the foreign vessels in local waters and decide whether or not to file a diplomatic protest.
“Unang-una, hindi ko po alam kung totoo iyan because ang naging sistema na po natin ay ang National Task Force on West Philippine Sea ay bibigyan po tayo ng data kung ano ang nangyayari sa West Philippine Sea. Wala naman po akong natatanggap na ganitong report (First of all, I don’t know if that is true because our system is the National Task Force on West Philippine Sea provides us with data on what’s h
DND backs Duterte remarks on arbitral court ruling vs China
Published May 6, 2021 12:20pm The Department of National Defense on Thursday backed the statement of President Rodrigo Duterte that the Philippines’ arbitral victory against China’s massive claim in the West Philippine Sea is just a paper fit to be thrown in trash. “According to (Defense) Secretary (Delfin) Lorenzana, what Presidente Duterte said last night regarding the PCA ruling is correct. There is no international law enforcement body that can enforce it,” DND spokesperson Arsenio Andolong said in a message to reporters. However, he said, even without the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague, Netherlands, the government will continue to defend “what is rightfully ours.”
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