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Tag: Scarborough shoal

  • 052421-false-masinloc-fake-news-fishing.png
    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ABS-CBN did NOT publish ‘fake’ report on Bajo de Masinloc fisherfolk

    By VERA Files  |  May 26, 2021 6:00 PM

    The video erroneously used a two-year-old report about fisherfolk working in the disputed waters, also called Bajo de Masinloc, and incorrectly presented it as recent.

    ABS-CBN, Bajo de Masinloc, Karen Davila, Scarborough shoal, west philippine sea

  • Chinese Coast Guard ship guarding Scarborough Shoal. Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard.jpg
    Categories Commentary South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    ​ Paving the way for China’s occupation of Scarborough Shoal?

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Mar 01, 2020 5:23 AM

    Senate President Vicente Sotto III has told reporters that the Senate will be asking the Supreme Court Monday to rule on whether the president can unilaterally abrogate a treaty without the concurrence of the Senate that ratified the pact.

    EDCA, Mutual Defense Treaty, Scarborough shoal, visiting forces agreement

  • 20190731_duterte_scarborough.jpg
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tatlong bagay na mali si Duterte sa PH-China maritime standoff

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 31, 2019 9:22 PM

    Tatlong maling pahayag ang ginawa ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nang sinabi niya na China ang nagmamay-ari ng buong West Philippine Sea, at nakawala sa Pilipinas at napunta sa China ang buong Spratly Islands sa isang standoff noong nakaraang administrasyon.

    Duterte, Scarborough shoal

  • 20190731_duterte_scarborough.jpg
    Categories FACT CHECK South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Three things Duterte got wrong on the PH-China maritime standoff

    By VERA FILES  |  Jul 31, 2019 12:35 PM

    President Rodrigo Duterte made three wrong claims when he said China is in possession of the entire West Philippine Sea, and that the Philippines lost the entire Spratly islands to China in a standoff during the previous administration.

    Duterte, Scarborough shoal

  • Full shot of the Murillo Velarde map.jpg
    Categories News South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    VERA FILES AT 10: PH to submit 300-year-old map to UN in case vs China

    By Ellen Tordesillas  |  Apr 25, 2018 11:13 AM

    10 years, 10 stories.

    Murillo map, Panatag shoal, Scarborough shoal, vera files at 10

  • Chinese Marine Surveillance  vessel in Scarborough Shoal in during the 2012 standoff..jpg
    Categories Editor's Pick News South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    ​No Chinese withdrawal from Scarborough shoal seen despite improved relations between Manila and Beijing

    By Arianne Christian Tapao  |  Dec 04, 2017 7:34 PM

    Ambassador to China Santiago “Chito” Sta. Romana does not see Chinese leader Xi Jinping ordering the withdrawal of Chinese Coast Guard ships from Scarborough shoal and returning to the pre-April 8, 2012 situation, when the area was under the control of the Philippines, despite Beijing’s improved relations with the Rodrigo Duterte government.

    Chito Sta. Romana, Scarborough shoal

  • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Foreign Secrecretary Alan Peter Cayetano.jpg
    Categories Commentary South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    No ASEAN role in Scarborough conflict between PH and China

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Aug 16, 2017 7:58 AM

    The agreed framework for a Code on South China Sea was the most important achievement of the recently-concluded meeting of the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations which segued to more meetings with its dialogue partners and the Asean Regional Forum.

    ASEAN50, Scarborough shoal, South China Sea, spratlys

  • Wang Yi.jpg
    Categories ASEAN at 50 Editor's Pick South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    South China Sea Code will not cover bilaterally disputed areas, says China

    By Charmaine C. Deogracias  |  Aug 06, 2017 9:48 PM

    China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have adopted a framework for a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, but its character and mechanics are still up for negotiation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. One thing is certain, though: it will not cover bilaterally disputed areas such as the Scarborough shoal, also known as Bajo de Masinloc, which is claimed by both Beijing and Manila.

    Code of Conduct, Paracels, Scarborough shoal, south china sea dispute

  • Murillo map update for thumbnail
    Categories Editor's Pick News South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    ​1734 Murillo Velarde map is back in Manila

    By Ellen Tordesillas  |  May 06, 2017 12:05 PM

    Sharing the spotlight at the launching of Senior Justice Antonio T. Carpio’s E-Book, “The South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Sovereign Rights and Jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea” at the Manila Polo Club Thursday was a glass- encased 1734 Murillo-Velarde map.

    Murillo map, Scarborough shoal, south china sea dispute

  • Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio, University of Asia and the Pacific..jpg
    Categories Commentary

    When silence means consent

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Mar 26, 2017 5:55 AM

    China has denied that they are building an environmental monitoring station in Scarborough Shoal which they call “Huangyan Dao” as reported by Reuters last week based on a news report in the Chinese language newspaper Hainan Daily.

    Antonio Carpio, Rodrigo Duterte, Scarborough shoal, South China Sea

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