The Future of the Philippine Railways is Here under Duterte The incoming President of the Republic of the Philippines got an offer from the Chinese government who wants to build a Clark-Manila Railway in just two years under his administration. In an interview with the Malacanang media, the former Mayor of Davao City revealed that … Read more
This is indeed another Duterte Effect: Filipino fishermen were thankful to the presumptive president of the Philippines, Pres. Rody Duterte because they believe that the main reason why the Chinese stopped harassing them was due to the mayor who spoke recently with the Chinese Ambassador. According to the fishermen, they were surprised with the gestures … Read more
The Presumptive president of the Republic of the Philippines, President-elect Rody Duterte questioned the national government particularly Pres. Aquino and Sen. Antonio Trillanes on how the Philippines lose the country’s claim of the Scarborough Shoal to the Chinese. According to Mayor Rody Duterte he was asking the Aquino administration, which he preferred to as the … Read more
The hotly-contested shoal in the West Philippine Seas, the Scarborough Shoal which is located 230 kilomerts off the Philippine coast is the place where China plans to construct an outpost according to a report posted by a Hong Kong media on Monday. China plans to construct an outpost within the Philippines’ claimed exclusive economic zone … Read more
Filipino fishermen in the Province of Zambales removed the controversial Chinese-marked buoys off the coast of Zambales which the Chinese allegedly put to assert their de facto control over the West Philippine Sea. According to the fishermen who were interviewed exclusively by Rappler, they discovered three lengthy floating containment booms, or buoys, located in three … Read more
The world’s largest search engine, Google removed the Chinese name on Scarborough Shoal through their map service, Google Maps. The name for a South China shoal was quietly removed by the map service due to the bitter dispute by Beijing and Manila following an outcry from Filipinos. According to Google Maps website, the shoal was … Read more
Philippine military sources said that a Chinese warship stationed near a reclaimed reef in a disputed part of the South China Sea aimed a “powerful light” at a Philippine military plane on a maritime patrol, Thursday. Alarming the G7 and Asian states, the Armed Forces of the Philippines showed on Monday journalists’ surveillance pictures of … Read more
The Armed Forces of the Philippines made a serious allegations against China on Monday as they accused China’s coast guard of firing water cannon at Filipino fishermen to drive them away from the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal. Yusheng 310 Chinese Vessel (Photo Credit: Asia Security Watch) According to the testimony made by Armed Forces chief … Read more
China’s state-run television network CCTV made a mistake on reading the news report in which she claimed the Philippines as part of the Chinese territory. The anchor He Jia mistaken Huangyan islands known in the Philippines as the Scarborough Shoal. She was supposed to read Huangyan but she misread it and pronounced Philippines instead. She stated … Read more
According to a English-content Chinese website chinadaily.com.cn, a Chinese Patrol Ship have already reached the Chinese-claimed Huangyan island in the South China Sea to depend it’s territorial waters and shield the Chinese fishermen from har(–foul word(s) removed–)ment against foreign forces particularly the Philippine Navy. China claimed that the group of islands which rightfully belongs to … Read more