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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT order Navy, PCG to surround Chinese ships at Recto Bank

By VERA Files | Jul 19, 2023 5:25 PM

A Facebook page (FB) reposted a YouTube video falsely claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the country’s Navy and Coast Guard to surround Chinese ships at Recto Bank. Marcos has made no such order, contrary to the video narrator’s claim quoting the chief executive as saying he would defend the Philippines’ sovereignty and rights […]

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Editor's Pick News South China Sea: Waters of Contention

Carpio urges Marcos to protect Philippine oil exploration vessels in Recto Bank

By Ivel John M. Santos | Nov 10, 2022 9:43 AM

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.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Paghingi ng tawad ng asosasyong Tsino mali sa pagsasabi na ang Recto Bank ay teritoryo ng China

By VERA Files | Aug 28, 2019 9:44 PM

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.

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FACT CHECK South China Sea: Waters of Contention

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Apology from Chinese association falsely claims Recto Bank is China territory

By VERA Files | Aug 28, 2019 8:51 PM

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.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ang nagbabagong paninindigan ng Palasyo sa pagpapahintulot sa China na mangingisda sa PH EEZ

By VERA Files | Aug 02, 2019 3:38 PM

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.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sotto mali sa pagsabi na ‘mahirap’ ipaglaban na pansarili lamang ang PH EEZ

By VERA FILES | Jul 30, 2019 2:50 PM

Mali si Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III sa pahayag na “napakahirap” matukoy ang sovereign rights ng Pilipinas sa exclusive economic zone (EEZ) nito.

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FACT CHECK South China Sea: Waters of Contention

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: The evolving Palace stance on allowing China to fish in PH EEZ

By VERA FILES | Jul 13, 2019 12:17 PM

Watch how the Palace’s position on the issue evolved.

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FACT CHECK South China Sea: Waters of Contention

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sotto wrong in saying it’s ‘difficult’ to claim exclusivity in PH EEZ

By VERA FILES | Jul 03, 2019 3:56 PM

The law establishes the country’s baselines, which were used to map out its EEZ.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral Robredo quote on Recto Bank allision FAKE

By VERA FILES | Jun 24, 2019 11:29 AM

This story is fake. Don’t believe it.

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Commentary Editor's Pick South China Sea: Waters of Contention

UNCLOS explained, yet again

By Romel Regalado Bagares | Jun 24, 2019 7:56 AM

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is correct when he questioned recently whether China can actually claim a huge swath of the ocean – by which he meant the Chinese Nine Dash Line Claim over practically the entire South China Sea (including portions we refer to as the West Philippine Sea).

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