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SYDNEY, Australia — The top US military officer in the Pacific on Tuesday said Washington was "very, very concerned" about Beijing's recent "dangerous" actions in the disputed South China Sea, after confrontations with Philippine vessels.
The South China Sea, a vital and strategic maritime region, has become a hotbed of geopolitical tensions involving territorial disputes among several nations, most notably between China and the Philippines. The involvement of the United States, as a key ally of the Philippines, adds another layer of complexity to the situation. Here, we address some frequently asked questions to help explain the ongoing conflict and its broader implications.
In Manila, tensions over China's territorial claims in the South China Sea sparked a vehement protest on Tuesday. Demonstrators trampled on an effigy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, decrying China's "aggression" towards the Philippines in the disputed waters. The protesters, heading towards the Chinese consulate, voiced their demands loudly, calling for China to "leave" and to halt its aggressive actions against Filipino interests in the region.This public outcry comes in the wake of a series of maritime disputes between the Philippines and China, including a recent confrontation where China used water cannons to disrupt a Philippine resupply mission to its soldiers stationed on a grounded warship at the Second Thomas Shoal.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said on Tuesday that he was “very, very concerned” about China’s aggression toward Philippine forces near disputed islands in the South China Sea.
“We must uphold the law relative to the issue of Ati in Boracay,” Agrarian Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III said during a press conference held after the distribution of Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) in Negros Occidental.He emphasized that there is no basis for awarding the CLOAs to the members of the Boracay Ati Tribal Association.“First, the Bureau of Soils and Water Management under the Department of Agriculture declared the landholding not suitable for agriculture which should be exempted from DAR coverage under Republic Act 6657, or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program,” Estrella said.The second reason, Estrella said, is that the period of issuing the notice of coverage of private lands had already expired last June 30, 2014, when the DAR issued the CLOAs to the ATI in 2018.“Third, they cannot invoke Executive Order 75 here because it is not even a government-owned land since there is a legitimate claimant.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president said Thursday that his government would take action against what he called dangerous attacks by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships in the disputed South China Sea, saying “Filipinos do not yield.”
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines will continue its diplomatic engagement with China so as not to heat up tensions in the West Philippine Sea, President Marcos said yesterday as he noted the success of the joint military drills with the US, Japan and Australia in Philippine waters over the weekend.
MANILA, Philippines — The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) has increased the penalty imposed on companies found polluting Laguna de Bay from P10,000 to P11,000 daily.