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BEIJING — China released on Friday (Aug 30) its first survey report of the South China Sea's disputed Sabina Shoal, saying there was no scientific or factual basis for reef damage claims made by the Philippines.
The Philippine Navy on Tuesday said the number of Chinese ships in the West Philippine Sea – an area in the South China Sea the Philippines claims as its territorial waters – reached a record high for this year at 251.
MANILA – The Philippines and China have effectively ended a recent standoff over the Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea, marking at least a temporary de-escalation in maritime tensions many fear could tilt toward armed conflict.
In a press briefing on Tuesday, navy spokesman Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad told reporters, “I would not like to speculate on the possible security impact of China taking control of the Sabina Shoal. Nevertheless, we are prepared and we have our contingency plans.”
After five months at sea, exhausted sailors were seen leaving the vessel on stretchers upon its arrival at a port in Palawan on Sunday. Philippine coastguard spokesman Jay Tarriela reported that several crew members suffered from extreme fatigue and gastroenteritis after being forced to drink rainwater and subsist on porridge for over three weeks as supplies dwindled.
The Philippines will continuously deploy vessels in the contested Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea, its coast guard said on Monday after a Philippine ship returned to port after a five-month deployment there.
MANILA – Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo says his department has no intention of surrendering or compromising sovereign rights or interests in striking the nation’s diplomatic balance with China.
MANILA/BEIJING — The Philippines will stick to its position on Sabina Shoal, it said on Thursday (Sept 12), even while exploring ways to ease tension in the area during "frank and candid" talks with China on managing disputes in the key waterway of the South China Sea.
Manila and Beijing held another round of talks under its bilateral consultation mechanism in China on September 11, where the two nations also “agreed to continue discussions on areas of cooperation, especially on hotline mechanisms, coastguard cooperation, and marine scientific and technological cooperation,” the ministry said in a statement.