Browsing by Author "Flores, Helen"

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    • Phl must take lead in WPS; US will support it' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Flores, Helen; Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, April 27, 2021, on page 2)
      The Philippines should take the lead in protecting its territorial waters from China, with the United States only extending some support especially through joint patrols, Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez said ...

    • 'Phl must take lead in WPS; US will support it' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Flores, Helen; Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, April 27, 2021, on page 2)
      The Philippines should take the lead in protecting its territorial waters from China, with the United States only extending some support especially through joint patrols, Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez said ...

    • Phl protects 'illegal' presence of Chinese ships around Pag-asa 

      Flores, Helen; Punay, Edu; Laude, Jaime; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, April 5, 2019, on page 4-7)
      With hundreds of Chinese vessels swarming around Pag-asa Island, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is calling China’s attention to their “illegal” presence and “clear violation” of Philippine sovereignty. “The presence ...

    • Phl seeks multilateral approach to China missiles 

      Romero, Paolo; Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, May 7, 2018, on page 6)
      The Philippines is seeking a multilateral approach, including the involvement of the United States and other western powers, in confronting the worsening security situation in the South China Sea following China’s deployment ...

    • Phl-Indonesia sea border pact takes effect 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, August 3, 2019, on page 10)
      The historic agreement between the Philippines and Indonesia that establishes the boundary of their exclusive economic zones (EEZs) took effect on Thursday after two decades of negotiations, the Department of Foreign Affairs ...

    • Pinoys fear armed conflict with China; Phl peace index down 

      Katigbak, Jose; Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, June 19, 2015, on page 12)
      Eight in 10 Filipinos fear possible armed conflict between the Philippines and China over the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, a latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed. The level of "worry about ...

    • Pinoys want China to pay for Phl boat sinking 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, July 27, 2019, on page 3)
      The Philippine government should take action against the Chinese vessel that sank the boat of Filipino fishermen off the coast of Recto Bank, 34 percent of respondents said in a recent Pulse Asia survey. The latest Ulat ...

    • Rising sea levels threaten 13.6 M Pinoys - Gore 

      Flores, Helen; Romero, Alexis (Philippine Star, March 15, 2016, on page 1-4)
      At least 13.6 million Filipinos living in coastal areas may have to relocate to higher ground due to the accelerating rise in sea levels brought by climate change. This was the warning of environmental advocate and former ...

    • 'Rody scoring actual gains for Phl sovereignty' 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, July 28, 2018, on page 2)
      While President Duterte appears to be pro-China and "defeatist" based on his public pronouncements on the West Philippine Sea, his administration has actually taken concrete action to protect the country's sovereignty in ...

    • Rody to 'ignore' SCS ruling for 60-40 deal with China 

      Romero, Alexis; Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, September 12, 2019, on page 1-10)
      The Duterte administration will ignore the 2016 international arbitral court ruling favoring the Philippine position on the South China Sea to ensure “economic activity” in the country’s exclusive economic zone, including ...

    • Rody to UN: Honor arbitral award on SCS 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, September 23, 2021, on page 3)
      President Duterte reminded the international community on Wednesday, Sept. 22 that the 2016 arbitral award on the South China Sea must be honored by all nations. “No amount of willful disregard by any country, however big ...

    • 'SCS claimants will suffer if harsh to China' 

      Flores, Helen; Mateo, Janvic; Santos, Rudy (The Philippine Star, August 5, 2017, on page 1-4)
      People from claimant-states in the South China Sea will suffer if they take a hard stance with China, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said yesterday, as former diplomats and experts expressed concern over ...

    • 'Secret agreement' with China 'horrifies' Marcos 

      Flores, Helen; Lee Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, April 11, 2024, on page 1-2)
      President Marcos is seeking clarification from the Chinese government on the supposed gentleman’s agreement on the West Philippine Sea entered into by Manila and Beijing during the Duterte administration, even as he warned ...

    • Signature drive asks Rody to retract WPS statements 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, May 15, 2021, on page 2)
      Retired Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio has started a signature campaign demanding that President Duterte retract his statements deemed detrimental to the country’s sovereignty and sovereign rights in the West Philippine ...

    • Slim chance of El Niño occurrence in next few months seen 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, January 23, 2015, on page 15)
      Scientists see a slim chance of an El Niño occurrence in the next few months as temperatures in the Pacific Ocean have dropped in the past two weeks. In a seasonal climate outlook released yesterday, the Philippine ...

    • Tañada to carry on elders' fight for farmers, fisherfolk 

      Flores, Helen; Bayoran, Gilbert (The Philippine Star, March 14, 2019, on page 1-6)
      Former Quezon Representative Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III has vowed to continue his family’s fight for the rights and welfare of the country’s farmers and fisherfolk if elected to the Senate. Tañada said he is banking on his ...

    • US admiral on disputed sea: We will be here 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, March 4, 2017, on page 1-8)
      America will continue to patrol the South China Sea to ensure freedom of navigation and overflight in the disputed region, a US admiral said yesterday amid questions on whether US involvement in one of Asia’s potential ...

    • US expert warns of fisheries collapse in SCS 

      Flores, Helen; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, February 3, 2018, on page 3)
      Claimant countries in the South China Sea must work together to avert a fisheries collapse in the disputed waters, including conducting patrols and establishing marine protected areas, according to a US expert. Gregory ...

    • US seeks end to SCS island-building 

      Flores, Helen (The Philippine Star, April 7, 2018, on page 7)
      A United States official on Thursday reiterated calls for claimant-countries in the South China Sea to end island-building in the disputed waters to achieve a “conducive environment” for negotiations. Patrick Murphy, US ...