Vietnamese Ship Runs Aground in Philippines, Damages Artificial Reefs

• 
• 

PrevNext

Sarangani Bay. Photo: Wikipedia A Vietnamese cargo ship has run aground off Sarangani Bay in Mindanao the southern Philippines, damaging more than 200 artificial reefs that were built more than 10 years ago by environmental conservationists, authorities said Wednesday. The ship, the HTK Energy, was carrying a cargo...

Continue reading

Automakers boosting output in the Philippines -Nikkei

• 
• 

PrevNext

Mitsubishi Motors' new pressing plant under construction in the Philippines. Photo: Nikkei Asian Review  Automakers boosting output in the Philippines Mitsubishi Motors, Toyota taking advantage of government incentives The Philippines' auto manufacturing sector is kicking into higher gear as Japan's Mitsubishi Motors prepares to launch a new production...

Continue reading

The Philippines and KR big winners from China's slowdown but Fearing Investors for MARCOS Jr bid for 2016 Presidency

The Philippines and South Korea are the big winners from China's slowdownHow panicked were investors last week about China's stock market plunge? Enough to treat the Korean peninsula, a place that was teetering on the brink of war, as a safe haven.Even as policy makers braced for renewed...

Continue reading

PHOTOS: Philippines challenges China's Claim of West Philippine Sea at UNCLOS Tribunal in The Hague

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

PrevNext

Philippines challenges China's Claim of country's exclusive economic zone at UNCLOS Tribunal in The Hague. image: inquirer.netIN PHOTOS: Philippines challenges China in The HagueIn photos emailed to Rappler, the Permanent Court of Arbitration gives us a glimpse of the closed-door hearings pitting Manila against Beijing MANILA, Philippines –...

Continue reading

Japan-Asean Anti-terrorism meet in Cebu; Military Clash with Abu Sayyaf al Qaeda linked kills 11 in Basilan

A platoon of the Philippine Marines marches in this file Photo.  —File Photo by Reuters Philippine forces clashed with Muslim extremists on a southern island Thursday (July 26, 2012), leaving seven soldiers and four militants dead, the military said. Elite rangers battled members of the al Qaeda-linked Abu...

Continue reading

Vietnam, Philippines slam China Military garrison plan in Philippine & Vietnam Territories

Vietnam and the Philippines have lashed out at China's moves to establish a military garrison in the West Philippines Sea (South China Sea), amid escalating tensions in the disputed waters.Hanoi filed a formal protest with Beijing against the plan outlined by China this week to station troops in...

Continue reading

Philippines & China Send Warship to Disputed Seas

• 
• 

PrevNext

The tensions is fueled again for China vs. Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, South Korea, Vietnam and ASEAN Nation Breaking News: The Philippines has relaunched an U.S. Coast Guard Hamilton Cutter Class as its biggest and most modern warship to guard potentially oil-rich waters that are at the center of...

Continue reading

Japan lawmaker eyes Military base on China-claimed islands

• 
• 

PrevNext

Nobuteru Ishihara (pictured in 2008), sometimes seen as a future prime minister if his Liberal Democratic Party returns to power, on Monday said that Japan should look more broadly at stepping up defense spending in the face of a rising China, during his visit to the United StatesJapan...

Continue reading

New Philippine military Chief will prioritize on Spratlys protection

• 
• 

PrevNext

 Philippines' President Benigno Aquino III (L) and newly installed Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Lieutenant General Jessie Dellosa salute during the Armed Forces of the Philippines Change of Command ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila December 12, 2011. The Philippine Catholic Church...

Continue reading

Chinese Illegal poaching After the Philippines then Korea

A body of a South Korean coast guard officer is carried by his colleagues at a hospitalSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Chinese fishing boat captain stabbed two South Korean coast guard officers Monday, killing one and injuring the other, after his boat was stopped for illegally fishing...

Continue reading

China’s President Hu urges navy to prepare for combat - Drill oil in Spratlys begin

• 
• 

PrevNext

Chinese President Hu Jintao urging his Military to prepare for a warChinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday (December 6, 2011) urged the Chinese navy to prepare for military combat, amid growing regional tensions over maritime disputes and a US campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power.The navy...

Continue reading