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    • AFP chief pushes Pinoy structures in West PH Sea 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 23, 2021, on page A3)
      The military’s highest-ranking official on Thursday proposed that the country also start building structures in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) considering China’s apparent disregard for the status quo agreement among states ...
    • Año: Jinggoy Estrada violated 5 ECQ rules 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Reysio-Cruz, Matthew; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 5, 2020, on page A8)
      For Interior Secretary Eduardo Año and San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora, former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada violated several protocols under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) when he conducted a relief drive on Sunday in the ...
    • Aquino mismanaged PH sea dispute with china, says defense chief 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 12, 2018, on page A6)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday insisted that President Rodrigo Duterte was handling the Philippines’ maritime row with China in the South China Sea very well compared with the Aquino administration, which he ...
    • Carpio book on sea row challenges China 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 6, 2017, on page A4)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has launched a book that says China’s claims to virtually the entire South China Sea are baseless and said he would make an electronic copy in Mandarin available on the ...
    • Carpio presses issue of sovereign rights 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 17, 2017, on page A2)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday said he doubted that joint exploration and development with China for resources in the South China Sea would work, as Beijing would insist on its sovereignty ...
    • Carpio says Du30 can't compel foreign ships to seek permission 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Aurelio, Julie M.; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 23, 2019, on page A8)
      President Duterte cannot compel foreign ships to ask first for permission before passing through Philippine waters, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Thursday. Carpio said that the United Nations ...
    • China military again lands plane on PH reef 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 11, 2018, on page A1-A12)
      Malacañang need no more wait to acquire technology to verify and protest China’s violation of the Philippines’ sovereignty in the Spratly archipelago. Satellite imagery has shown the first confirmed landing by China of a ...
    • China ships stop passing thru PH waters 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 26, 2019, on page A3)
      The Western Mindanao military chief observed on Sunday that China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships have stopped passing through Philippine territorial waters following several diplomatic protests by the government. ...
    • China warships, planes sighted at PH-claimed reefs since 2017 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 15, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Chinese warships and aircraft have been frequenting Philippine territory in the Spratly archipelago since 2017, indicating a steady pace of development toward “operational status” of Beijing’s military bases in the hotly ...
    • Chinese research ship back in PH 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Corrales, Nestor; Mangosing, Frances; Santos, Tina G.; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 2, 2021, on page A1-A6)
      A Chinese ship that was spotted in northern Philippine waters in 2020 was sighted again, this time on the country’s eastern side before it left that area on Monday morning. But according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), ...
    • Chinese ships still at reef near Palawan-AFP chief 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Santos, Tina G.; Yap, DJ; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 23, 2021, on page A4)
      The chief of the Philippine military on Monday confirmed that there were still Chinese ships at Julian Felipe Reef near Palawan province, two weeks since more than 200 vessels were seen there by a Philippine Coast Guard ...
    • Chinese vessels enter 2 more PH islands' waters 

      Mangosing, Frances; Andrade, Jeannette I.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 18, 2019, on page A2)
      After swarming Pag-asa in the Kalayaan Island Group, Chinese vessels believed to be part of China’s maritime militia have been seen close to two other Philippine-occupied islands in the South China Sea. Some of the Chinese ...
    • Coast Guard, BFAR drive away Chinese vessels from PH shoal 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 6, 2021, on page A2-A3)
      The Philippines on Wednesday said its maritime patrols had twice driven Chinese vessels away from a shoal within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). It was the first time since President Duterte took office in ...
    • Comelec allows aid to farmers, fishers 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 21, 2022, on page A4)
      The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has exempted from the election spending ban the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) subsidy programs for farmers and fisherfolk. During a hearing of the House committee on suffrage and ...
    • Del Rosario: Raise PH victory vs China to global community 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Aurelio, Julie M.; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 15, 2020, on page A3)
      The Philippines must raise to the global community its landmark victory against China’s incursions in the West Philippine Sea, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on Tuesday. Del Rosario led the Philippine ...
    • DENR to Congress: Rush law to protect forest rangers 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 17, 2020, on page A8)
      A top environment official has asked Congress to hasten the passage of a law creating an enforcement bureau under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that would arm forest rangers and ensure their ...
    • DFA chief spews profanity at China over sea row 

      Santos, Tina G.; Aning, Jerome; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 4, 2021, on page A2)
      The Philippines’ top diplomat on Monday demanded in an expletive-laced message on Twitter that China’s vessels get out of the West Philippine Sea, marking the latest exchange in a war of words with Beijing over its activities ...
    • Du30 extols ‘special ties’ with China 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Andrade, Jeannette I.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 11, 2020, on page A3)
      President Rodrigo Duterte sought stronger ties with China on the 45th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations on Tuesday and said that threats like the COVID-19 pandemic could push the partnership to “take ...
    • Duterte cautioned on sea row remarks 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 13, 2017, on page A3)
      Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Wednesday cautioned President Duterte about making “spur of the moment statements” that could further encourage China’s expansionist ambitions in the South China Sea. Mr. ...
    • Esperon explains PH strategy in WPS 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 19, 2018, on page A9)
      President Rodrigo Duterte may have “set aside” the international arbitral ruling favoring the country’s claims in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), but the defense establishment is continuing to undertake measures to protect ...