Tag: Philippines
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Europe and the US strengthen their ties with the Philippines as China keeps encroaching on the Philippine’s Maritime Waters
During the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum Ministerial in Manila last week, both the United States and the European Union reaffirmed and strengthened their relations with the Philippines as China continued its increasingly belligerent activities in the maritime territory of the Philippines. Chinese Coast Guard personnel confronted Philippine Navy personnel…
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China blocks access to Scarborough Shoal in the waters of the Philippines
China has extended its blockade of the Scarborough Shoal in the waters of the Philippines by installing a 352-metres floating-barrier that blocks its lagoon entrance. China is consistently harassing the Philippines and occupying its waters and its shoals. China is also blocking access to the Philippines to the Sabina Shoal. With its latest actions, China…
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India and the Philippines hold joint-naval exercises as Chinese water-border aggression increases
Three Indian Navy ships have berthed in Port Manila earlier today after concluding the first ever joint-maritime exercises with the Navy of the Philippines in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines. The Indian naval ships included the INS Delhi (a guided missile destroyer), the INS Shakti (a fleet tanker), and the INS Kiltan (an…
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China persists with water wars in the Pacific despite new US policy of strengthening its defence in the Pacific
China is persisting and in some cases even escalating its water wars in the Pacific despite the fact that the US is supposedly strengthening its de4fence capabilities in the Pacific. President Trump’s new defence policy is supposedly to focus less on defence in Europe and the Near East to instead increase focus on the Pacific.…
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Chinese Coast Guard deliberately attacks and rams into the Filipino Coast Guard
Yesterday, the Chinese Coast Guard have once again deliberately attacked and rammed two Filipono ships at the Sabina Shoal. The Chinese Coast Guard and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied they attacked the Filipino ships but videos that have emerged of the incident clearly show the Chinese intent and action to attack and damage the…
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Chinese Coast Guard assault Philippine naval supply boats from more than 1000KM away of their mainland
Yesterday, the Chinese Coast Guard assaulted a couple of Filipino naval boats that were delivering supplies to a Filipino naval outpost at the Ayungin Shoal. The incident took place more than 1000 kilometers away from mainland China and around 300 kilometers away from the most near Filipino coast at Palawan. Over the recent years, China…
