Browsing by Subject "territorial waters"

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    • 287 Chinese militia ships still in WPS 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Ramirez, Robertzon; Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Alexis; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, May 13, 2021, on page 2)
      Despite increased patrols and the filing of multiple diplomatic protests, some 287 Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels remain scattered all over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and the South China Sea, both within and ...

    • 3 branches unite in West PH Sea claim 

      (Panay News, July 6, 2015, on page 26)
      A Palace official is confident of the Philippines' fight for sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea as the three branches of government have joined forces to present the country's claim. Communications Secretary Herminio ...

    • 3 more states to do research in PH Rise 

      (The Manila Times, January 26, 2018, on page A1-A7)
      China is not the only country whose application to conduct research on the resource-rich Benham Rise the Philippines has approved, Malacañang said on Thursday. The government has also allowed the US, Japan and South Korea ...

    • 300 Chinese ships in WPS 

      Roson, John (Daily Tribune, May 13, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      From 220 ships that scattered in April amid the Philippines’ Balikatan naval drills with the United States, the Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) militia now maintains 300 sea vessels within and in proximity to the ...

    • 3rd Sino airstrip rising on PH reef 

      Aurelio, Julie M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 16, 2015, on page A1-A19)
      The photographs taken for the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank on Sept. 8 show the construction of an airstrip on Panganiban Reef (Mischief Reef), one of several artificial ...

    • 4 Vietnamese fishermen arrested 

      Lacson, Nonoy (Tempo, July 23, 2020, on page 2)
      Maritime policemen in tandem with local government officials of Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi province apprehended four Vietnamese fishermen for encroaching on the territorial waters of the town.

    • 4 Vietnamese fishermen nabbed off Tawi-Tawi 

      Pareño, Roel (The Philippine Star, July 24, 2020, on page 11)
      Four Vietnamese fishermen were arrested for poaching in the waters off Taganak town in Tawi-Tawi on Wednesday. Authorities said the boat captain, Nu Oi, was wounded when he attacked one of the police officers with a knife, ...

    • 45 Pinoy fishermen repatriated from Indonesia 

      Regalado, Edith (The Philippine Star, July 20, 2020, on page 9)
      The government of Indonesia has repatriated at least 45 Filipino fishermen who have been detained in Bitung City in Manado, North Sulawesi. The Filipinos, who were earlier arrested for encroaching into Indonesian territorial ...

    • 48-man team to argue PH case vs China 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, November 25, 2015, on page A5)
      The Philippines will present the country’s case for the first round of oral arguments filed against China over the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea this week before the Permanent Court Arbitration in The ...

    • 5 important facts about China's alleged incursion in Pag-Asa Island 

      Heydarian, Richard (The Daily Guardian, August 29, 2017, on page 5)
      Not long after the Philippines hosted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial meetings, reports emerged that Chinese vessels have been gathering near Pag-Asa (Thitu) island in the West Philippine ...

    • 5 key facts on Benham Rise 

      (The Daily Guardian, February 6, 2018, on page 5)
      Around a year ago, the obscure Benham Rise was catapulted to the center of national discourse, when Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed the suspicious presence of Chinese vessels within our Exclusive Economic Zone ...

    • 5 land-reclamation projects in Manila Bay in the pipeline 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, August 10, 2021, on page A5)
      A total of 5 land-reclamation projects in Manila Bay within the territorial waters of the Province of Cavite are in the pipeline. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has set the virtual public hearings ...

    • 5 more Chinese warships monitored illegally passing PH territorial waters 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, August 15, 2019, on page B2)
      Five more Chinese warships were monitored to have passed the country's territorial waters in Sibutu Strait over the past weeks without informing local authorities. In a phone interview, AFP Western Mindanao Command chief ...

    • ‘60-40 sea deal with China illegal’ 

      Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, April 30, 2018, on page A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer of a 60-40 percent joint exploration deal with China is tantamount to treason, a lawmaker said Sunday. Rep. Gary Alejano of Magdalo party-list issued the statement in light of Duterte’s ...

    • 60-40 sharing with China not illegal-Palace 

      Kabiling, Genalyn (Manila Bulletin, May 2, 2018, on page 3)
      Malacañang found nothing illegal with President Duterte’s proposed 60-40 sharing arrangement with China on the planned exploration of the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea). President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his ...

    • 7 countries send observers to monitor PH case vs. China 

      Calleja, Niña P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 26, 2015, on page A8)
      Seven countries, including claimants Malaysia and Vietnam, have sent observers to the second round of arguments in the case that the Philippines brought against China in a United Nations arbitral court in The Netherlands ...

    • 7 in 10 Pinoys want Duterte to assert PH rights in S' China Sea 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, July 13, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      Seven out of 10 Filipinos believe President Duterte and his administration should assert the Philippines' sovereignty conducted by the Pulse Asia survey showed. The survey, which involved 1,800 adult respondents nationwide, ...

    • 7 of 10 Filipinos want Duterte gov't to assert right at sea 

      Tadalan, Charmaine A.; Cortez, Gillian M. (BusinessWorld, July 15, 2020, on page S1/9)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. this week said a 2016 decision by a United Nations tribunal rejects China’s claim to more than 80% of the South China Sea is nonnegotiable. The Department of Foreign Affairs ...

    • 70% of Pinoys want Phl to assert WPS rights 

      Flores, Helen; Mendez, Christina; Romero, Paolo; Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, July 15, 2020, on page 5)
      Seven in 10 Filipinos believe the government should assert its rights over islands in the West Philippine Sea, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed yesterday. To the statement, “The Philippine ...

    • 73% of Pinoys want Duterte to assert claims in West PHL Sea-Pulse Asia 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, July 13, 2018, on page 7)
      Seventy-three percent of Filipinos believe President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration must assert the Philippines' sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea, two years after Philippines' victory against China in the ...