Browsing by Author "Aning, Jerome"

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    • 2 carriers in South China Sea, US bares 

      Aning, Jerome; Corrales, Nestor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 5, 2020, on page A5)
      The US Navy revealed on Saturday that two aircraft carriers were conducting exercises in the disputed South China Sea as China staged naval drills that drew “interest and some concern” from the Department of Foreign Affairs. ...

    • Are we China's slaves? Filipino fishermen ask 

      Ramos, Marlon; Aurelio, Julie M.; Aning, Jerome; Macatuno, Allan; Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 9, 2018, on page A1-A4)
      A video report that showed Filipino fishermen watching helplessly as Chinese Coast Guard personnel seized part of their catch at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal should move the government to file a protest with Beijing or even ...

    • Carpio sees Sino militia at work, urges 'strong signal' to China 

      Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 16, 2019, on page A2-A6)
      The Philippines should send a strong signal to China that a repeat of the ramming of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in the South China Sea could lead to a break of diplomatic ties, Supreme Court Senior Associate ...

    • Carpio: Duterte-Xi fishing deal unconstitutional and lopsided 

      Aning, Jerome; Aurelio, Julie M.; Chiu, Patricia Denise M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 6, 2019, on page A5)
      The agreement between President Duterte and China’s President Xi Jinping allowing Chinese fishermen into the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is not only unconstitutional but also lopsided and could lead to a rapid ...

    • China insists ‘Spratlys ours,’ asserts Sino fishers’ ‘rights’ 

      Ramos, Christia Marie; Aning, Jerome; Aurelio, Julie M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 13, 2019, on page A1-A4)
      China dismissed anew Philippine claims to parts of the Spratlys in the South China Sea, saying the entire island chain has been Chinese territory for thousands of years. China’s position was stated on Thursday by Chinese ...

    • 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 ...

    • DFA chief: Nix deals with China companies tied to WPS buildup 

      Aning, Jerome; Camus, Miguel R.; Ramos, Marlon; Aurelio, Julie M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 29, 2020, on page A1-A4)
      Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday said he would recommend the termination of government contracts with Chinese companies involved in China’s artificial island building on maritime features in the West Philippine ...

    • DFA, Manila gov't push back vs Chinese 

      Aning, Jerome; Aurelio, Julie M.; Valenzuela, Nikka G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 22, 2020, on page A3)
      From both national and local governments came some pushback on acts committed by the Chinese. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has filed a diplomatic protest in connection with an incident in May when the Chinese ...

    • Du30: PH, China, 'neutral' state to probe hit-and-run 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Aning, Jerome; Cinco, Maricar; Virola, Madonna T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 23, 2019, on page A1-A6)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted China’s proposal for a joint investigation of the June 9 incident near Recto Bank in the South China Sea where a Chinese trawler rammed and sank a Philippine fishing boat and then ...

    • Duterte admin asked to heed SC order protecting PH reefs 

      Aning, Jerome; Chiu, Patricia Denise M.; Gascon, Melvin; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 5, 2019, on page A1-A6)
      President Rodrigo Duterte and other government officials must enforce the Supreme Court’s writ of kalikasan order directing them to protect and rehabilitate the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), former ...

    • Duterte clueless on Chinese harassment of PH troops on shoal 

      Salaverria, Leila; Pazzibugan, Dona; Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 7, 2018, on page A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte said he was unaware of the harassment of Filipino troops by Chinese forces at Ayungin Shoal in the Spratly archipelago last month, which Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said the Philippines ...

    • Everything normal at Scarborough 

      Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 13, 2017, on page A16)
      Everything is normal at the disputed Scarborough Shoal — no sign of construction, only the usual Filipino and Chinese fishing boats and the Chinese Coast Guard presence. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) conducted an aerial ...

    • EX-DFA Chief calls for next strategy to press Beijing on sea row 

      Aning, Jerome; Ramos, Marlon; Ramos, Mariejo; Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 1, 2019, on page A2)
      The Philippine government should keep on raising with China the issue of the 2016 arbitral award that nullified Beijing's overreaching claims on the West Philippine Sea, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on ...

    • IBP, 7 fishermen withdraw writ of kalikasan plea 

      Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 20, 2019, on page A4)
      The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and seven fishermen on Friday filed a motion withdrawing their writ of kalikasan petition in the Supreme Court for the protection of the marine environment in the West Philippine ...

    • Maritime expert: PH must stop China fishers from wrecking Panatag reefs 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel; Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 21, 2018, on page A5)
      If the Philippine government does not stop Chinese clam harvesters from destroying the reefs at Panatag Shoal, China would reclaim land on what is left of the shoal and transform it into another artificial island, a maritime ...

    • PCG report pins down China crew; raps pushed 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Salaverria, Leila B.; Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 7, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The government should file cases against the Chinese vessel that caused the sinking of the Filipino fishing boat Gem-Ver 1 and then abandoned its 22 crew members in the open sea, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said after details ...

    • 'PH a willing victim of China in sea dispute’ 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Salaverria, Leila B.; Aning, Jerome; Gascon, Melvin; Gonzales, Catherine (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 13, 2018, on page A14)
      Two years after winning an international arbitral court ruling against China, the Philippines has become a “willing victim” of the Asian behemoth in the South China Sea disputes, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario ...

    • PH files protest vs China over boat sinking 

      Aning, Jerome; Aurelio, Julie; Andrade, Jeannette I.; Santos, Tina; Gascon, Melvin; Ocampo, Karl (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 14, 2019, on page A1-A3)
      The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China after an anchored Philippine fishing boat was hit by a Chinese vessel that abandoned 22 Filipino fishermen as the boat sank in the disputed South China Sea on ...

    • PH protests Chinese ships in WPS 

      Aning, Jerome; Santos, Tina G.; Corrales, Nestor; Enano, Jhesset O.; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 22, 2021, on page A3)
      The Philippines has expressed concern that some 220 vessels, believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia personnel, were spotted on March 7 in the disputed South China Sea, the latest example of tensions in the crucial ...

    • PH, Indonesia see overlapping EEZs as areas of cooperation 

      Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 3, 2019, on page A2)
      An agreement marking the boundary between the overlapping exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of the Philippines and Indonesia officially entered into force following the exchange by the two countries’ foreign ministers of the ...