Año: China’s repeated claims over Bajo de Masinloc unfounded

By Priam Nepomuceno | January 31, 2024 MANILA – National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año on Wednesday slammed the China Coast Guard’s claims that Beijing has an “indisputable sovereignty” over the Bajo de Masinloc (also known as Scarborough Shoal) and its adjacent waters, reiterating that the waterway is located inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ).… Read More Año: China’s repeated claims over Bajo de Masinloc unfounded

Ex-Navy chief urges gov’t to ‘recalibrate’ response to China bullying

By Miguel Gil | December 12, 2023 MANILA – The head of a maritime higher educational institution is urging the country’s political and military policy-makers to recalibrate their future responses to China’s growing aggressiveness in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) because the economic aspect is also involved. In an interview on Tuesday, Vice Admiral Eduardo Santos… Read More Ex-Navy chief urges gov’t to ‘recalibrate’ response to China bullying