Archive - South China Sea

An online post claiming that the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China have agreed on a 60-40 profit-sharing scheme on their joint oil exploration in disputed maritime areas is misleading.

He said China could be recognizing the sovereign rights of the Philippines in the disputed waters through service contracting arrangements.

The Philippines and China have started the undertaking of joint exploration of disputed maritime areas in the South China Sea with the signing on Nov 20 the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation on Oil and Gas Development by Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi .

We will be watching out for the details of the agreement on the joint exploration in the Spratlys that is expected to be signed in the presence of President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping when the latter comes to Manila on Nov. 20 and 21. If there would be any agreement on joint exploration at all.

Silent No More PH published fake news on Nov. 14, attributing a fabricated quote to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who supposedly declared the Benham Rise and the "entire eastern Philippine sea" as Chinese territory.

SINGAPORE - A Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea could be concluded in as early as three years, just about the same time that President Duterte completes his six-year term as president of the Philippines.

A netizen's online post last Oct. 28 claiming that the administration of former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III sold the Spratly Islands to China is false and misleading.

As Manila prepares for the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping two weeks from now, Beijing steps up its control of the Spratlys islands in South China Sea, the latest of which is the announcement that they have started the operation of a marine observation center in the artificial islands that they have built in areas that the Philippines and four other countries claim.

Duterte blurted out something that he never said before: “ So it's very clear that the gambit really is the China Sea.”

Months before the second anniversary of the Arbitral Tribunal’s decision on the case filed by the Philippines to nullify China’s nine-dash line map and other issues in the South China Sea, China commissioned a study which was completed in December 2017.

Mischief Reef – lost under Ramos presidencyScarborough Shoal – lost under Benigno Aquino III presidencySpratlys including Sandy Cay- surrendered to China under Duterte presidency

Last Sunday, former Solicitor General Florin T. Hilbay tweeted, “12 July 2016 was an interesting day. I, with Justices Carpio & Jardeleza, went to Malacanang to explain to the President the decision in Phils. v. China. I received the decision by email from the tribunal. The President that we briefed was Rodrigo Duterte and his full cabinet.”