Malacanang lifts moratorium on Recto Bank oil and gas exploration
Recto Bank is within the country’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone, but is also claimed by China.
Tag Archives: West Philippine Sea
SONA 2023 PROMISE TRACKER: FOREIGN RELATIONS
Marcos made 15 foreign trips to 11 countries during his second year in office and received an increased travel fund of P1.4 billion in the 2024 national budget.
Henry Bensurto: The ‘silent hero’ who fought for PH
Henry Bensurto, Jr. is the man who worked tirelessly for the Philippines' victory over China in the West Philippine Sea dispute.
FACT CHECK: Clips show U.S. military in an exercise in Poland, NOT WPS
Snippets from a military exercise in Poland were misleadingly passed off as the United States forces in the West Philippine Sea amid rising tensions with China.
PH won back 540,000 square km of WPS after 2016 arbitral ruling – Bensurto
Unlike the claim of China and former president Rodrigo Duterte, the 2016 arbitral ruling on the South China Sea is not “just a piece of paper.”
How the Philippines beat China in The Hague
The Philippines outmaneuvered China on the West Philippine Sea dispute at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague by refusing to play the Asian superpower’s game.
FACT CHECK: Video of Chinese ship visiting Manila MISLEADS as recent
A misleading FB reel claims that a China Coast Guard ship has recently arrived in the Philippines for a goodwill visit.
PH arbitral win in South China Sea ‘more than a dispute on rocks’
The biggest impact of the ruling, Bensurto reminded, is that "we were able to prove China wrong" at a sound and legal tribunal.
FACT CHECK: OLD clips of military exercises abroad passed off as operations in WPS
Yet another Facebook page uploaded old clips of foreign warships in military exercises, misleadingly claiming they are developments in the West Philippine Sea.
Team Philippines sa The Hague: Sa Manlulupig, ‘Di Pasisiil
Gugunitain ngayong Hulyo 12 ang ikawalong anibersaryo ng pagkapanalo ng Pilipinas laban sa China sa arbitral ruling sa The Hague noong 2016.
