Browsing by Author "Salaverria, Leila B."

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    • Roque: PH to seek changes in way marine sites are named 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Dizon, Nikko (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 17, 2018, on page A8)
      While saying it’s not a big deal, the Palace spokesperson on Friday said the government would seek changes in the process of naming undersea features, like those found in the Philippine (PH) Rise. Harry Roque said the ...

    • Roque: Time for 'private' diplomacy on Sino vessels 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 16, 2021, on page A6)
      While his defense and foreign secretaries openly fire off strong statements against the incursions by Chinese vessels into the West Philippine Sea, President Duterte will try to iron out the latest diplomatic kink between ...

    • Roque: We’re not behind our rivals in reef dev’t 

      Aurelio, Julie M.; Salaverria, Leila B.; Nonato, Vince F.; Nawal, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 9, 2018, on page A6)
      Malacañang on Tuesday disputed the Inquirer report that the Philippines had been left behind by its rivals in the development of territorial claims in the hotly contested South China Sea. Presidential spokesperson Harry ...

    • Search on for 14 missing after boat collision 

      Yee, Jovic; Cinco, Maricar; Enano, Jhesset O.; Ocampo, Karl R.; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 30, 2020, on page A1-A4)
      Rescuers from the Philippine Coast Guard on Monday were searching for 14 people who went missing after a local fishing boat collided with a Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel and sank off the coast of Mamburao town in Occidental ...

    • Senator says PH should not rely on China for protection 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Avendaño, Christine O.; Nonato, Vince F. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 8, 2018, on page A3)
      It is a “fatal mistake” for the administration to think China, or any other country, would defend Philippine interests, Sen. Francis Pangilinan said on Monday after President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that China had assured ...

    • Trump Jr. tweets on Tubbataha rile PH netizens 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2013, on page A20)
      The remarks of American businessman Donald Trump Jr. criticizing a US Navy plan to dismantle its minesweeper that is stuck at the Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea has sparked outrage among netizens and prompted a militant ...

    • Who manipulated fishermen? Palace points to Diokno, IBP 

      Aurelio, Julie M.; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 12, 2019, on page A12)
      Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Thursday said human rights lawyer Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) manipulated a group of fishermen into petitioning for an environmental ...

    • 'Why is DFA letting China do research at Benham Rise?' 

      Yap, DJ; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 13, 2018, on page A6)
      An opposition congressman hit as “careless and absurd” the government’s decision to allow Chinese scientists to conduct “scientific research” in Philippine waters, including Benham Rise. “Allowing a Chinese national think ...