China’s new amphibious stealth drone can seize, guard South China Sea reefs
MANILA, Apr 20, 2019, PhilStar. China’s new stealth amphibious assault drone boats could be used…
Philippines
The Philippines, an economy of 100 million people, was a founding member of APEC. When the forum was founded in 1989, the Philippines had a real GDP of 91 billion, and a per capita GDP of 1,500. By 2016, the Philippines’ GDP was more than doubled at USD 284 billion, while its per capita GDP rose to USD 2,700.
Not the right time to disagree over South China Sea: Philippines gov’t
MANILA, Apr 15, 2019, PhilStar. Amid the Duterte government’s apparent change in tune over the…
[Analytics] ‘US will fly, sail, operate anywhere int’l law allows’
The United States “will fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows,” a ranking US…
Palawan in Philippines divides into three new provinces
MANILA, Apr 13, 2019, PhilStar. President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law dividing the islands of…
[Analytics] Making sense of sub-regionalism and regionalism in Southeast Asia
How to make sense of the varied relationships between sub-regional projects and the larger Southeast…
China warns US, others in South China Sea: ‘Stop stirring trouble’
MANILA, Apr 12, 2019, PhilStar. China warned the United States and other nations against stirring…
[Analytics] South China Sea on a precarious strategic edge
US and China are ramping up provocations on and above the hotly contested waterway, bringing…
Chinese blockade of sandbars may lead to Philippines’ loss of aerial access to Pag-asa: expert
MANILA, Apr 8, 2019, PhilStar. Chinese vessels in the vicinity of Pag-asa Island in the…
US senators file resolution condemning ‘ongoing human rights abuses’ in the Philippines
MANILA, Apr 6, 2019, PhilStar. Five United States senators introduced a bipartisan resolution highlighting human…
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte tells China to ‘lay off’ island in disputed South China Sea
MANILA, Apr 5, 2019, Reuters. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told China on Thursday to “lay…
4 provinces, 24 towns under ‘dry spell’ calamity in Philippines
MANILA, Apr 4, 2019, PhilStar. Four provinces and 24 towns are now under a state…
Wrong body cremated on Saipan
SAIPAN, Apr 3, 2019, RNZ. Jorge Gino Bernados’ body was initially to be repatriated to…