Browsing by Subject "exclusive economic zones"

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    • China can't make arrests in disputed sea 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, September 10, 2023, on page A2)
      China does not have the “authority or power” to conduct law enforcement operations on waters under the Philippine exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, an official of the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said. ...

    • China envoy pays PCG visit 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, June 3, 2022, on page A1-A6)
      Amid the latest diplomatic protest lobbed by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) against China over its imposition of a fishing ban extending to the West Philippine Sea (WPS), its envoy to Manila paid the Philippine ...

    • China harasses Philippine Coast Guard vessel with laser 

      Mangosing, Frances (Panay News, February 14, 2023, on page 5-11)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has accused a Chinese coast guard ship of directing a “military-grade” laser at one of its vessels, putting the Filipino crew in danger. The PCG vessel was supporting a rotation and resupply ...

    • China not ceding joint WPS search 

      Villegas, Gab Humilde; Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, June 26, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      China will await the incoming administration’s policy regarding joint oil and gas projects in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) after Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy “Boy” Locsin Jr. said the Duterte administration had terminated ...

    • China on floating barrier removal: 'Nothing more than self-amusement' 

      Garner, Jom; Labrador, Pedring; Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, September 29, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      The word war between the Philippines and China continued Wednesday after Beijing called Manila's removal of the floating barrier at Scarborough Shoal "nothing more than self-amusement." China Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...

    • China seeks closure to boat-ramming incident 

      Mariano, Nat; Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 3, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Beijing wants to put the issues involving the Recto Bank incident to rest due to its effects on the friendly relations between Philippines and China, Malacañang said Tuesday. In a Palace press briefing, Presidential Spokesman ...

    • China ship 'shadowing' research vessel in WPS 

      Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 9, 2022, on page A4)
      A Chinese coast guard vessel has been shadowing a research vessel deployed last month by the Filipino and Taiwanese scientists inside the Philippine’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea. Maritime law ...

    • China ships block PH boats 

      Requejo, Rey; Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, November 19, 2021, on page A1)
      The Philippines on Thursday accused Chinese Coast Guard vessels of firing water cannon at boats delivering supplies to Filipino marines in the disputed South China Sea/West Philippine Sea, and told Beijing to "back off." ...

    • China should step up its game on Law of the Sea 

      Valencia, Mark (DailyGuardian, April 5, 2023, on page 4-5)
      As Xi Jinping begins his unprecedented third term as president of China, he has urged his country to fight back against US-led effort to embarrass, isolate, contain and suppress his country. As a follow-up, in his first ...

    • China testing PH resolve to keep Ayungin Shoal 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 13, 2022, on page A2-A5)
      The latest reported incidents in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea illustrate China’s capacity to control the area despite its being occupied by the Philippines through the decrepit Philippine Navy ...

    • China to Phl: Remove ship from Ayungin 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Felipe, Cecille S.; Villanueva, Ralph Edwin; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, November 26, 2021, on page 1-4)
      China has demand that the Philippine remove the BRP Sierra MAdre from Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea as Beijing justified anew the presence of Chinese troops near the grounded vessel. At a press conference in ...

    • China warns PH Ayungin men: don't make trouble 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 4, 2022, on page A1-A4)
      The China Coast Guard (CCG) has warned Filipino troops stationed on a rusting warship at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea to “seriously consider the stand of the Chinese government” or else, there ...

    • China's blocking won't stop Phl patrols in WPS 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, October 12, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      As the Chinese Coast Guard is determined to intercept, harass, and block the country's maritime patrols in its exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea, the military vowed to be more eager to defend and protect ...

    • China, PH discuss near-collision, agree to SCS fishing rights talk 

      Cruz, Maricel; Dantes, Charles (Manila Standard, May 2, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday he has raised the near-collision of Philippine and Chinese coast guard ships in the West Philippine Sea with Chinese officials. The Philippines has accused the Chinese coast guard ...

    • China-Philippines clash in South China could draw in US 

      Valencia, Mark (DailyGuardian, November 30, 2021, on page 4-5)
      Concerned by the Biden administration’s continuation of former US president Donald Trump’s military-first approach to its South China Sea issues with China, I have sketched out a scenario in which the two are dragged into ...

    • China: Keep ‘Balikatan’ drills off our ‘interests’ in SCS 

      Lazaro, Jacob; Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 13, 2023, on page A4)
      As the largest-ever military exercises between the Philippines and the United States got under way, China on Wednesday said these activities should not interfere in its “interests” in the South China Sea (SCS), over which ...

    • China’s claim over Bajo has no basis — Año 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A6)
      National Security Adviser Eduardo Año has emphasized that China’s persistent claims over the waters of Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) have “no legal basis.” “China’s repeated claims of sovereignty over Bajo de Masinloc ...

    • Chinese 'militia boats' tail Phl Navy vessel 

      Ramirez, Robertzon (The Philippine Star, February 5, 2023, on page 4)
      Two Chinese coast guard ships and two maritime militia boats disguised as fishing vessels menacingly tailed the Philippine Navy’s BRP Andres Bonifacio (PS-17) recently near Panganiban (Mischief) Reef, which is within the ...

    • Chinese CG blocks PH ship on supply mission 

      Blancaflor, MJ (Manila Standard, September 24, 2019, on page A2)
      Malacañang on Monday said it is “objectionable” that a Chinese Coast Guard ship had blocked local vessels on a resupply mission to the Philippine Navy’s BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal west of Palawan. The Chinese ship ...

    • Chinese Coast Guard drives off local fishermen 

      (Manila Standard, January 21, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      Weeks after the Philippines reached an “agreement” with China, the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) allegedly drove off Filipino fisherfolk from the Ayungin Shoal, part of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), with the ...