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    • 12 Chinese jailed for illegal fishing 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, August 6, 2014, on page A7)
      Twelve Chinese fishermen were handed long prison terms on Tuesday for illegal fishing in the Philippines after their ship ran aground on the Tubbataha Reef. The 12 were arrested in April last year after their boat hit and ...
    • China reclamations 'damaging' disputed waters 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, April 14, 2015, on page A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday slammed China on its massive reclamation activities in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) that it said have caused ecological damage to some 300 acres of coral reef ...
    • China to patrol disputed sea 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, February 26, 2013, on page A2)
      China will conduct its "routine" fishery patrols in the disputed Kalayaan (Spratly) Islands and Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) amid tensions with its neighbors over the ownership ...
    • DFA to file protest vs Chinese incursion in WPS 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, August 20, 2014, on page A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday assured that it will file within this week a diplomatic protest against pressence of China's newsurvey vessels at Recto (Reed) Bank in the South China Sea (West Philippine ...
    • PH studies bringing sea row before UNCLOS 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, September 18, 2012, on page A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday tasked its representative to the United Nations (UN) to acquire information regarding China's submission of claims over the disputed islands in the East China Sea. Japan ...
    • PH welcomes US ships in disputed sea 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, October 14, 2015, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines on Tuesday welcomed Washington’s plan to send ships near China’s man-made but disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), noting that it is within the concept of international law. In a ...
    • Philippines rejects Chinese sea patrol 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, February 28, 2013, on page A6)
      The Philippine government expressed its objection to China’s plan to intensify patrols on the contested islands and waters in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Raul Hernandez, spokesman of the department of foreign ...
    • Sea row off APEC agenda 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, November 11, 2015, on page A1-A2)
      A bitter maritime dispute between China and the Philippines over reefs and islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) will not be discussed during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit next ...
    • Singapore not taking sides in sea row - DFA 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, September 12, 2012, on page B3)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday said that Singapore is not taking sides in the territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) but is merely pursuing a peaceful resolution of the ...
    • US pledges compensation for Tubbataha Reef 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, February 4, 2013, on page A3)
      The US government is prepared to provide “appropriate compensation” to the Tubbataha Reef for the damages caused by the grounding of the USS Guardian there in mid-January. In a statement, the US Embassy in Manila said ...