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ASEAN calls for open straits as US-Iran war casts shadow
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Foreign ministers from fuel-stressed Southeast Asia called for freedom of navigation in international straits on Thursday as they wrapped a week of meetings largely overshadowed by the US-Iran war. A joint communique issued at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathering in Manila also repeated calls for self-restraint in a Middle East conflict that has carried ...China says it blocked Philippine vessels near Scarborough Shoal
By Reuters BEIJING — The China Coast Guard said on Thursday it monitored and blocked two Philippine vessels that “intruded into” waters near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea despite repeated warnings. “We urge the Philippines to immediately cease its infringing and provocative actions,” a China Coast Guard statement said while reaffirming China’s sovereignty over the disputed shoal. ...Malacañang says no suspension of P85 wage hike
Malacañang announced that it has no plans of suspending the implementation of P85 wage hike for minimum wage earners in Metro Manila amid opposition from employers. Malacanang official said no formal request to stop the implementation of the wage increase was filed. The Department of Labor and Employment recently announced the P85 wage hike in Metro Manila, and the first ...China Coast Guard hit PH Navy member with baton at Ayungin Shoal, says AFP
By Agence France-Presse The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) accused the China Coast Guard on Monday of clubbing a Filipino sailor with a baton as they approached a grounded vessel that has long served as a Philippine garrison in the West Philippine Sea. News of the incident on Monday came just hours after the Department of Foreign Affairs said ...
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