Sansha City is the name China has given to an administrative base for the South China Sea islands and reefs it controls. Abella also stressed that contrary to what media reports have been alluding, President Rodrigo Duterte does not intend to give up the country’s sovereign rights over Panatag Shoal. “Furthermore, [President Duterte] has repeatedly asserted that [the Philippines] is not giving up its claims and our entitlements over the area. The Palace official made the clarification after media reported President Duterte as saying that the Philippines was incapable of stopping China from its reported plan to build structures in Panatag. The president has been repeatedly asked to aggressively assert Philippine sovereignty over Panatag Shoal ever since the UN Arbitral Tribunal ruling in July 2016.

Source: Philippine Star March 21, 2017 11:21 UTC