VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Agreement sa Ayungin, ano ba talaga?
Itinanggi ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na meron silang "gentlemen's agreement" ni Xi Jinping, ang pinuno ng China, tungkol sa Ayungin Shoal.
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When bullies agree, is it a gentleman’s agreement?
Duterte could not stand being questioned; otherwise, he would shoot back with personal insults to divert from the issue thrown at him.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: US envoy to China makes two false claims on 2016 South China Sea arbitral award
U.S. ambassador to China Nicholas Burns was asked about Beijing’s “strategic goal” in its continuously increasing pressure on the Philippines over the disputed South China Sea and “how far they will go in testing the U.S. willingness” to defend its former colony.
Why China blocks bringing of construction supplies to BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal
When former president Rodrigo Duterte agreed with Chinese President Xi Jin Ping to not repair the BRP Sierra Madre, he was, in fact, abandoning the Marines valiantly manning the rusting ship, which has become a heroic symbol of the Philippine’s resistance against the creeping invasion by China. That was treason.
Civilian groups to deliver Christmas gifts to soldiers in BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin shoal
Members of several organizations concerned about China’s aggressive activities in West Philippine Sea are organizing a trip Christmas time to Ayungin Shoal where the rusting BRP Sierra Madre manned by Marine soldiers stands, asserting Philippine sovereignty in the waters also claimed by China.
On board the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal: A journalist’s first-hand account
True to a Biblical reference on the wise man who built his house on a rock, BRP Sierra Madre stands defiantly on Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) even as one of Asia Pacific’s top military superpowers has been trying to have it removed for almost 30 years now.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PCG did NOT fire water cannon vs China
A YouTube channel concocted a fake story that the Philippine Coast Guard engaged in a water cannon fight with Chinese militia near Ayungin Shoal.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos contradicts DFA, NTF-WPS on Ayungin Shoal
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. contradicted the assertions of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea that the 2016 arbitral court decision had declared the area as part of the Philippine exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos kinontra ang DFA, NTF-WPS sa Ayungin Shoal
Ang Ayungin Shoal ay isang low-tide elevation na hindi maaaring angkinin o maging paksa ng isang sovereignty claim sa ilalim ng international law. Malinaw na nakasaad sa final at binding award sa South China Sea arbitration noong Hulyo 12, 2016 na ang Ayungin Shoal ay "nasa loob ng exclusive economic zone at continental shelf ng Pilipinas" kung saan ang Pilipinas ay may sovereign rights at hurisdiksyon, sinabi ng Department of Foreign Affairs sa isang pahayag, na sinang-ayunan ng National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bahagi ng EEZ ng Pilipinas ang Ayungin Shoal, taliwas sa sinasabi ng China foreign ministry spokesman
Ang Ren'ai Reef, na kilala bilang Ayungin Shoal sa Pilipinas at Second Thomas Shoal sa buong mundo, ay bahagi ng 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone at continental shelf ng Pilipinas, batay sa arbitral win ng bansa noong 2016 laban sa China.
