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Philippines' UN appeal on Scarborough standoff will also benefit China - DFA chief MANILA – The Philippines’ request for arbitral proceedings under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) will also benefit China, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del...

China's position hasn't changed. It's using its superior size and military strength to bully its weaker neighbors to claim those islands that are thousands of miles away from its shores. 80 km from the Malaysian coast 1800 km from the Chinese mainland

China really needs to revisit one of the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea III (UNCLOS III), specifically the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), and understand this law. This EEZs by definition "extend from the edge of the territorial sea out to 200 nautical miles...

What are they doing there? This is a clear violation of our territorial rights. Tubbbataha Reef is well inside Philippine territory. It is never even close to nine-dash idiot line. :disagree:

PH-Indonesia RORO trips to start mid-2013 MANILA -- A Philippine roll-on, roll-off (RORO) vessel will start its service to Indonesia in the middle of the year, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry said. The project, a first between two members of the Association of Southeast Asian...

Well Taiwan is also an ally of the US. It may still be an advantage for us anyway against China because Taiwan is fiercely anti-communist and a strongly allied to the U.S. :P

Taiwan needs to be slapped in the face to wake it up from dreaming. It can't even announce independence from China and still not a sovereign nation, so how can they claim anything without being a country of their own? :what:

Philippine, US Military Exercises Begin U.S. Marine Brigadier General Richard Simcock (R) shakes hands with Philippines Armed Forces Major General Virgilio Domingo after the opening ceremony of annual Philippines-U.S. military exercise in Manila MANILA — The United States and the...

DFA chief: PHL investing in defense 'at levels never before seen' amid row with China The Philippines is investing in defense "at levels never before seen" amid "excessive and exaggerated maritime and territorial claims," Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said Friday. Speaking at...

Philippines participates in 10th ASEAN Chiefs of Defense Forces Informal Meeting in Brunei Darussalam MANILA, April 1 -- The 10th ASEAN Chiefs of Defense Forces Informal Meeting (10th ACDFIM), 10th ASEAN Military Intelligence Informal Meeting (10th AMIIM) and 3rd ASEAN Military Operations...

Sultan’s army gets reinforcements in Sabah By Perseus Echeminada, Helen Flores (The Philippine Star) | Updated April 1, 2013 MANILA, Philippines - Some 100 heavily armed men have joined the followers of Agbimuddin Kiram in Sabah to continue fighting Malaysian forces in Lahad Datu...

US to send amphibious landing ship for Phl-US annual exercise (philstar.com) | Updated April 1, 2013 MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The United States is sending USS Tortuga, an amphibious dock landing ship of the US 7th Fleet, to the Philippines to participate in the annual bilateral...

MNLF warns of ‘long war’ with Malaysia By Perseus Echeminada and Jaime Laude (The Philippine Star) | Updated April 1, 2013 MANILA, Philippines - The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) yesterday warned of a “long, protracted war” against Malaysia if the country will...

The Philippines’ BRICS future By Dan Steinbock Philippine Daily Inquirer Monday, April 1st, 2013 Last week, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, or the BRICS nations, met for their fifth summit in South Africa. The growth prospects in these economies are no longer immune to the...

Philippine Navy Signs Contract For Three AW109 Power Helicopters 27/03/2013 AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with the Philippine Navy for three AW109 Power maritime helicopters plus two options. The helicopters will be used for a wide...

Sabah issue is President’s Holy Week agony ...Aquino expected to study legal brief on PH claim By Michael Lim Ubac Philippine Daily Inquirer Thursday, March 28th, 2013 MANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III’s decision to stay home this Holy Week will give him ample...

‘It’s Sabah, not Sabah, Malaysia’ Tempo Online on Mar 28th, 2013 Manila, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has called on all government agencies not to refer to Sabah as part of Malaysia due to an existing Philippine claim over the resource-rich...

South China Sea dispute getting hot THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MARCH 27, 2013 Vietnam has accused a Chinese vessel of firing a flare on a Vietnamese fishing boat that set its cabin alight in the disputed South China Sea, where rival claims to gas-rich waters have strained relations between the...

‘Malaysia is afraid’ FMT Staff | March 28, 2013 Sabah's population of 3.2 million includes 1.5 million documented and undocumented Filipinos and the backlash of the recent invasion has 'united' the Filipinos in Sabah and in Sulu. KOTA KINABALU: Sulu sultanate spokesman Abraham...