METRO MANILA – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday that China continues to improve and build artificial islands in the area. Lorenzana said that Chinese troops are making their presence felt in the three major islands in the disputed South China Sea – Subi Reefs, Fiery Cross and Mischief. The Defense Secretary told the House Committee on Appropriations during the …

METRO MANILA – Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin, Jr. that he will be endorsing the termination of government contracts with Chinese firms that involved in China’s reclamation activities in the South China Sea (SCS). Locsin made that statements after United States announced that they will imposing sanctions and restrictions for around two dozens of Chinese firms that were …

Tensions ni between the US and China over the South China Sea with Beijing firing four missiles on the disputed waterway and the Trump administration stepping up action against companies that helped to set up regional outposts. China fired four medium-range ballistic missiles into the South China Sea on Wednesday during the People’s Liberation Army’s wider military drills, according to …

METRO MANILA – Defying China’s call to stop ‘illegal provocative activities’ in the area,  The Philippines continues to patrol the Spratlys Island in South China Sea. According to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., He needs to reiterate that China has already lost the South China Sea arbitration which also invalidated the nine-dash line Beijing is claiming over the South …

MANILA – China’s “nine-dash line” claim by China in the South China Sea is nothing but there imagination, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Sunday, as he condemns illegally occupying Filipino maritime territory. Lorenzana said that China’s historical rights inside their nine-dash line don’t exist except in their imagination. The statement came after Manila and Beijing clash over the disputed …

METRO MANILA – In an effort meant to not further escalate the tension, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military not participate in the South China Sea drills being conducted by several nations. According to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Duterte gave a standing order that Philippine navy should not get involved in the South China Sea exercises except the 12 mile …

Association of Southeast Asian members Vietnam and Philippines denounces the recent millitary drill conducted by China in a disputed part of the South China, a move that can further escalate the tension of the region. Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the drill in the water near the Paracel island were highlight provocative while the Vietnam counterpart calls it a …

With the region taking a harder stance on the South China Sea dispute, China has finally agreed to resume negotiaion with Asean on the Code of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (COC). China and Asean reaffirms commitment to fully implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC), paving the way for …

The United States has flexed his naval strength after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations delivered a strong and united stance against China’s aggression in the contested water of the South China Sea. The USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan Carrier  started joint drills in the Philippine sea to boost USA’s “responsive, flexible and enduring commitments” to the partners in …

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has called for the upholding of the international law such as  the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, amid the territorial dispute in the region. South-east Asian leaders has cited that the 1982 UN oceans treaty should be the basis of the country’s sovereign rights in the South China Sea. …