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2 energy exploration deals up for China signing – Cusi
(Manila Bulletin,November 9, 2018 , on page B-7)The Philippines is ready with two joint oil and gas exploration agreements to be signed with China, its energy minister said on Wednesday and reiterated his position calling for the lifting of the ban on drilling works in ... -
2 major PH-initiated agreements up for signing by Asean leaders
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 12, 2017 , on page A2)Two landmark agreements by members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) that were initiated by the Philippines more than a decade ago would be sealed next week under Manila’s chairmanship of the 10-nation ... -
5 key facts on Benham Rise
(The Daily Guardian,February 6, 2018 , on page 5)Around a year ago, the obscure Benham Rise was catapulted to the center of national discourse, when Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed the suspicious presence of Chinese vessels within our Exclusive Economic Zone ... -
‘60-40 sea deal with China illegal’
(The Manila Times,April 30, 2018 , on page A2)President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer of a 60-40 percent joint exploration deal with China is tantamount to treason, a lawmaker said Sunday. Rep. Gary Alejano of Magdalo party-list issued the statement in light of Duterte’s ... -
60-40 sharing with China not illegal-Palace
(Manila Bulletin,May 2, 2018 , on page 3)Malacañang found nothing illegal with President Duterte’s proposed 60-40 sharing arrangement with China on the planned exploration of the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea). President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his ... -
70% of Pinoys want Phl to assert WPS rights
(The Philippine Star,July 15, 2020 , on page 5)Seven in 10 Filipinos believe the government should assert its rights over islands in the West Philippine Sea, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed yesterday. To the statement, “The Philippine ... -
Abad's wife vows to block Taiwan fish pact
(The Manila Times,August 13, 2013 , on page A7)Deputy Speaker Henedina Abad of Batanes, wife of Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, has vowed to block any fishing agreement between the Philippines and Taiwan unless the Aquino administration will earmark funding for strict ... -
After two bridges gifted by China, how to bridge our territorial disputes?
(The Philippine Star,July 30, 2018 , on page D4)The recent July 17 groundbreaking ceremony for Metro Manila’s two new bridge projects of the Binondo-Intramuros Bridge in Manila and the Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge in Makati — P5.27 billion gifts by China to the Philippines ... -
Agency sought to defend, develop Benham Rise
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 17, 2017 , on page A6)Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has called for the establishment of a Benham Rise Development Authority (BRDA) to allow the Philippines to systematically explore the 13-million hectare underwater plateau off Aurora province and ... -
Ambivalent opposition to the joint oil exploration
(Manila Standard,December 29, 2018 , on page A5)The Philippines only enjoys the right to claim over that portion of the South China Sea as part of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), but does not vest sovereign right over the area. Should we insist, it is possible that ... -
Aquino slams Cayetano's handling of WPS dispute
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 3, 2018 , on page A4)Former President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday belittled Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano’s conduct with China, telling the country’s top diplomat that his politics should be as “transparent as his hairstyle.” ... -
Arroyo opposes joint exploration in West PH Sea
(The Manila Times,April 21, 2014 , on page A8)Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo is not in favor of joint exploration in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) islands with China or other claimant countries. “I don’t know all the facts that are available to the current ... -
Asean communiqué stalls on sea row
(The Philippine Star,August 7, 2017 , on page 1-8)Southeast Asian foreign ministers failed to release a customary communiqué at the end of a high-level meeting in Manila on Saturday after what diplomats said was a lack of consensus about how to refer to disputes in the ... -
Asean countries should unite on South China Sea-Alunan
(The Manila Times,December 7, 2021 , on page A1-A2)The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) should serve as a "fulcrum" and band together in preventing the United States and China to carry out their unilateral agenda in the South China Sea (SCS), former Interior ... -
Asean defense chiefs to issue unified stand on sea dispute
(Malaya,September 29, 2017 , on page B4)Southeast Asian defense chiefs are due to come up with a unified stance on the dragging South China Sea dispute during next month's Association of Southeast Asian Defense Ministers Meeting, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ... -
Asean heads fret over sea conflicts
(Manila Standard,April 27, 2017 , on page A1-A2)Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations expressed concerns over the escalation of tension in the South China Sea, but made no mention of the landmark arbitral ruling that the Philippines won against Beijing, ... -
Asean ministers express serious concern on seas
(The Philippine Star,November 21, 2015 , on page 1-14)Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have expressed serious concern about developments in the South China Sea, where China’s construction of artificial islands has fueled tensions with ... -
ASEAN opts to go soft on South China Sea issue
(Manila Bulletin,May 1, 2017 , on page 1-6)While stressing the need to settle disputes peacefully, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — based on the Final Chairman’s statement on the 30th ASEAN Summit released yesterday — opted to go soft ... -
ASEAN takes a stand on sea row: Duterte calls for mutual respect, non-interference in internal affairs
(Manila Bulletin,April 30, 2017 , on page 1-8)Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-states have altered a statement to be issued at the end of group’s summit to include references to militarization and island-building in the South China Sea, the latest ... -
'Asean under pressure on SCS issue'
(The Philippine Star,August 11, 2017 , on page 7)The United States yesterday acknowledged that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was under “tremendous” pressure on the South China Sea issue. Heather Nauert, spokesperson for the US Department of State, ...