Archive - South China Sea

When former president Rodrigo Duterte buckled under China’s bullying and reimposed a 2014 moratorium on drilling in the Reed Bank, off the coast of Palawan, in April, he and his advisers most likely did not realize that it would cost the government at least $13.78 million (about P800 million with today’s exchange rate) in unnecessary spending.

Retired Justice Antonio Carpio has urged President Ferdinand Marcos to provide security for the drilling operations of Forum Energy Ltd. when the company resumes its stalled oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea.

Sa ika-pitong episode ng What the F?! podcast ng VERA Files, alamin ang mga tamang impormasyon tungkol sa mga kalituhan at disinformation tungkol sa arbitral award na nakamit ng Pilipinas noong 2016.

Six years after the Philippines' arbitral tribunal victory against China regarding the South China Sea, mis- and disinformation about it continue to spread.

Hopes for joint oil and gas exploration between the Philippines and China, especially in the disputed Recto (Reed) Bank, have been shattered with the termination of bilateral talks, leaving it up to the incoming administration to possibly breathe life into them and prevent a debilitating energy crisis in the country.

The WPS issue, including the harassment that Filipino fishermen suffer, was raised in past national elections.