MANILA >> The Philippines on Wednesday accused China’s coast guard of elevating tensions in the South China Sea after two vessels suffered damage from water cannon use by Beijing, an official said.
China’s Coast Guard said Tuesday it had “expelled” two Philippine ships from its waters in the disputed South China Sea, as Manila accused Beijing of using water cannon against two of its vessels. “On April 30, the Chinese Coast Guard, in accordance with the law, expelled Philippine coast guard ship 4410 and government ship 3004 […]
MANILA, April 27 (Reuters) – The Philippines on Saturday denied a Chinese claim that the two countries had reached an agreement over an escalating maritime dispute in the South China Sea, calling
'The narrative that unnamed or unidentified Chinese officials are propagating is another crude attempt to advance a falsehood,' says Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr.
BEIJING/MANILA, April 30 (Reuters) – The Philippines on Tuesday accused China’s coast guard of harassment and of damaging two of its boats in a disputed area of the South China Sea, rejecting Beijing’s position
The Philippines and the United States will collaborate to counter China’s “false narratives” on the West Philippine Sea, Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said on Wednesday.
In a meeting communiqué, G7 foreign ministers expressed their concerns about the situation in the South China Sea and stressed there is no legal basis for China’s expansive maritime claims in the strategic waterway.
By Peter Martin and Andreo Calonzo (Bloomberg) — The Philippines is weighing a new approach in the South China Sea where increasing encounters with Beijing have damaged its vessels and injured
The southeast Asian country has been enhancing its military readiness by
China Coast Guard ships repeatedly hit Philippine vessels with their water cannons at close range off the waters of Panatag Shoal
The incident - which caused damage to a canopy on Philippine Coastguard BRP
China’s coast guard fired water cannons that damaged a Philippine vessel on Tuesday, marking the latest flare-up of violence between the two countries in the disputed South China Sea, Philippine authorities said. The Philippine Coast Guard said the incident occurred as one of its ships and a fisheries agency vessel carried out a “legitimate patrol” near Scarborough Shoal, a Chinese-controlled rocky outcrop 130 miles (200 kilometers) west of the main Philippine island of Luzon and inside Manila’s...