A statement issued on New Year’s Day by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs against alleged Chinese encroachments over the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Natunas may prove to be a diplomatic and legal game changer in the increasingly volatile South China Sea.
The sinking of a Filipino fishing boat and the near-release of an ex-mayor convicted of rape and murder are but some of the issues that made headlines in President Rodrigo Duterte’s third year in office.
Kinontra ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddyboy Locsin, Jr. ang mga naunang pahayag nina Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at ang kanyang hinalinhan at ngayon ay Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano sa posibilidad ng giyera laban sa China dahil sa pinagtatalunang teritoryo sa South China Sea — ang pinakabago sa serye ng mga umuusbong at nagkakasalungat na mga pahayag ng mga opisyal ng gobyerno sa isyu.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddyboy Locsin, Jr. has contradicted previous statements of President Rodrigo Duterte and his predecessor, now House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, on the possibility of war with China over disputed territories in the South China Sea -- the latest in the series of government officials’ evolving and conflicting pronouncements on the issue.
Mula sa kanyang limang araw na opisyal na pagbisita sa China, si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ay nagpalit ng posisyon – mula sa "gagamitin" naging "huwag pansinin" ang makasaysayang panalo ng Pilipinas sa pinagtatalunang teritoryo sa South China Sea sa Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).
Fresh from his five-day official visit to China, President Rodrigo Duterte went from “invoking” to “ignoring” the Philippines’ historic win on the South China Sea dispute at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).
Isang samahan ng mga Tsino, sa paghingi ng paumanhin na ipinaabot sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) bunga ng insidente noong Hunyo 9 kung saan isang barkong Tsino ay napalubog ang isang bangka ng mga mangingisda mula sa Pilipinas, ay mali sa pagsasabi na ang Reed Bank, na lokal na kilala bilang Recto Bank, ay bahagi ng Nansha Island Group.
A Chinese association, in an apology sent to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on the June 9 incident where a Chinese vessel sunk a Philippine fishing boat, is wrong in saying Reed Bank, locally known as Recto Bank, is part of the Nansha Island Group.
The PH-China Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation on Oil and Gas Development, considered a breakthrough in the jagged relationship of the Philippines and China, is expected to move forward when the two governments submit the names who will compose the Working Group during the bilateral meeting of President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping in China on Thursday.
Tatlong taon na ang nakalipas, inilabas ng Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ang makasaysayang desisyon nito na pumabor sa Pilipinas laban sa China tungkol sa pinagtatalunang teritoryo sa South China Sea.
