In January this year, the Philippines and Vietnam agreed to boost cooperation between their coast guards and work to prevent incidents in disputed parts of the South China Sea amid growing Chinese assertiveness in the vital sealane.
The two, which have overlapping maritime claims in the sea, signed two memoranda of understanding.
The first agreement covered “maritime cooperation” between the two nations’ coast guards and the second “incident prevention in the...
DEFORESTATION, a nagging problem in many countries including the Philippines, has been for years a headache for many governments.
Imagine one football field of forest...
YET again, the China Coast Guard has used water cannon on Philippine vessels, which Manila immediately protested, the 20th such this year.
Over the past...
