The Philippine defense chief has called China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea as “the biggest fiction and lie” that ...

Yet today, as the Philippines faces daily threats from the People’s Republic of China (PRC ... in a campaign of armed aggression against a sovereign state, one that happens to be a treaty ...

China should recognize that the Philippines is an independent and sovereign state whose actions and decisions are driven entirely by national interest and not at the direction of other countries ...

(photo: National Archives ... As promised, the Republic of the Philippines became a sovereign and independent nation on July 4, 1946. After witnessing the handover, MacArthur announced, "America ...

It also used as basis the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS, as well as Republic Act 9522 ... Award that upheld the Philippines’ sovereign rights over its 200-nautical ...

The law providing for the establishment of archipelagic sea lanes in the Philippine archipelagic waters (Republic Act 12065) reaffirms domestic sovereignty and sovereign rights over these waters ...

MANILA – China should recognize that the Philippines is an independent and sovereign state whose actions and decisions are driven entirely by national interest and not at the direction of other ...

The DFA stressed that the Philippines is an independent and sovereign state whose "decisions are driven entirely by national interest and the interests and well-being of the Filipino people." ...

The 1898 Treaty of Paris awarded the US annexation of the former Spanish colonies of Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba, and the Philippines ... declared themselves a sovereign republic in 1898, employed ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense chief on Monday called China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea as “the biggest fiction and lie” that no Southeast Asian country ...