India counters China map claims in a tit-for-tat move
India is stamping its map on visas given to Chinese visitors, an Indian official said Saturday, after China began issuing passports showing disputed territories as its own.
India is stamping its map on visas given to Chinese visitors, an Indian official said Saturday, after China began issuing passports showing disputed territories as its own.
The Philippines and three other Southeast Asian countries will meet next month to discuss territorial claims in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) as well as the role of China, which declares the entire area as its own, the country’s top diplomat said Wednesday.
US President Barack Obama is set to wade into the troubled waters of Asia’s maritime disputes at a regional summit next week, with allies hoping for support in their efforts to contain China.
The boat of a group of Vietnamese fishermen, who were rescued by the Philippine Navy on Sunday, did not yield any contraband and the rescued foreigners are now awaiting return to their country.
President Aquino has assured two Filipinos facing legal troubles in Saudi Arabia and Vietnam of legal assistance.
Vietnam has sentenced a 61-year-old Filipina to death after she was caught smuggling methamphetamine into the country, a court clerk said on Wednesday.
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed retired Archbishop of Manila Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales as his special envoy to the 10th plenary assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC) to be held next month in Vietnam.
America sent a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on a cruise through the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) on Saturday, projecting its power in waters that are fast becoming a focal point of its strategic rivalry with Beijing.
China has sought to soothe neighbors it has feuded with over territory in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), a stark contrast to recent angry statements and violent street protests targeting Japan over a similar dispute.
The Bureau of Customs on Thursday charged before the Department of Justice five officers of an importing firm and their broker for the allegedly attempting to smuggle into the Subic Freeport Zone 20,000 bags of rice from Vietnam worth about P30 million.
The Bureau of Customs has issued a warrant of seizure and detention (WSD) for a shipment of P112 million worth of Vietnamese rice on board the cargo ship Minh Tuan 68 at the Legazpi City anchorage area.
They are mere specks on the map. Many are uninhabited, and others sparsely so by fishermen and seasonal residents. Yet the disputed ownership of these tiny constellations of islands is inflaming nationalist fervor from the cold North Pacific to the tropical West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
