Browsing by Subject "international boundaries"
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12 Pinoy fishermen nabbed off Malaysia
(Manila Bulletin,August 18, 2015 , on page 2)Twelve Filipino fishermen were recently apprehended by Malaysian authorities after they were caught illegally fishing off Tanjung Pantau-Pantau, Semporna. Reports quoted a ranking official of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement ... -
20 Filipino fishermen repatriated from Indonesia
(Manila Bulletin,August 24, 2015 , on page 18)At least 20 Filipino fishermen from Sarangani province have been reunited with their families over the weekend after they were repatriated to the country from three months of imprisonment in Indonesia for illegal fishing. ... -
Atienza backs joint sea deal with China
(The Manila Times,May 3, 2018 , on page A2)Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza threw his support behind President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to jointly explore the South China Sea with China. “We fully support and appreciate President Duterte’s plan to forge a 60-40 ... -
Australia buys high-tech drones to monitor South China Sea, Pacific
(Manila Bulletin,May 27, 2018 , on page 7)Australia will invest Aus$7 billion (US$5.2 billion) to develop and buy high-tech US drones for joint military operations and to monitor waters including the South China Sea, it said Tuesday. Canberra has been embarking ... -
Be careful on sea row, Carpio tells Duterte
(The Manila Times,March 21, 2017 , on page A1)President Rodrigo Duterte should be careful with his public pronouncements on the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) dispute and assert, not undermine, the Philippines’ claims, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice ... -
Beijing 'installs missiles' on South China Sea
(The Manila Times,May 4, 2018 , on page A2)Beijing Thursday reasserted its right to build "defense" facilities in the disputed South China Sea, but declined to confirm reports it had installed new missiles on artificial islands it has built in the region. The Chinese ... -
Benham Rise
(The Philippine Star,February 12, 2018 , on page 14)Benham Rise is not subject to any maritime boundary dispute unlike the Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea. People and governments have started to look into this undersea region because of the possible mineral and ... -
BI deports nine Chinese poachers
(The Philippine Star,June 16, 2015 , on page 7)The Bureau of Immigration (BI) deported last Thursday nine Chinese fishermen caught poaching and taking hundreds of endangered giant sea turtles from Hasa-Hasa Shoal in the West Philippine Sea last year. The deportation ... -
Carpio tells youth: Defend sovereignty
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 25, 2018 , on page A3)Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio has challenged the youth to join other Filipinos in doing their “solemn civic duty to preserve, protect and defend” Philippine territory and sovereignty. “We must always be on guard and ... -
China builds military-grade runway in West PH Sea
(Manila Standard,April 19, 2018 , on page A4-A5)Aerial photographs show an increase in Chinese military infrastructure in the West Philippine Sea, and as a threat upon our sovereignty it is most alarming. Some of the photos show a military-grade runway and Chinese ... -
China can deploy warplanes on artificial islands anytime
(The Philippine Star,March 29, 2017 , on page 1-3)China appears to have largely completed major construction of military infrastructure on artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea and can now deploy combat planes and other military hardware there at any time, ... -
‘China likely to build on Scarborough Shoal’
(The Manila Times,February 8, 2017 , on page A1-A2)Manila expects China to try to build on a reef off the coast of the Philippines, the Defense secretary said on Tuesday, adding this would be “unacceptable” in the flashpoint waterway. In an interview with Agence France-Presse, ... -
China's challenge to PH sovereignty
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 21, 2015 , on page A16)For decades, our government has bowed to the impositions of foreign interests, which we have allowed to shape and dictate our policies. These have made us weak and vulnerable. And yet, we declare in our 1987 Constitution ... -
Don't be too 'liberal' with Benham Rise
(Manila Bulletin,January 28, 2018 , on page 12)“There should be no problem for the Philippines over Benham Rise because (1) the Philippines is the sole claimant; and (2) the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) ruled in 2012 that Benham Rise is ... -
The Hague tribunal: ramifications of ruling
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 21, 2016 , on page A1-A16)Last week’s ruling of an UNCLOS tribunal on the South China Sea dispute has two distinct but related ramifications. The first deals with the rights to the resources of the South China Sea among the coastal states, and the ... -
Illegal fishing charges field vs 17 Vietnamese nationals
(Manila Bulletin,September 15, 2016 , on page 7)Vigan City, Ilocos Sur - The police filed poaching charges poaching against 17 Vietnamese fishermen arrested at the West Philippine Sea last week. It was reported that the Vietnamese vessels equipped with "superlights' ... -
Malaysia, Indonesia act on sea disputes
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 7, 2015 , on page 11)The leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia on Friday pledged renewed efforts to resolve stubborn disputes over maritime borders that have long nagged at one of Southeast Asia's most important bilateral relationships. Malaysian ... -
‘Mother of Philippine maps’ settles sea dispute with China
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 15, 2015 , on page C1-C2)It will come as a big surprise for many that, in 1991, the 1734 Murillo Velarde map, now making front-page news, was offered with a starting bid of 10,000 German marks (P186,000) at an auction in Frankfurt! Alerted by ... -
NAMRIA, a hydrographic survey and Benham Rise
(Manila Bulletin,April 29, 2018 , on page 17)One of NAMRIA’s core functions is the delineation of the maritime boundaries of the Philippines. The agency was responsible for the establishment of the Philippine archipelagic baselines which were enacted into law in 2009. ... -
No need to worry, Palace tells China
(Manila Standard,April 9, 2017 , on page A2)Malacañang has assured Beijing of Manila’s commitment to enhance bilateral ties after the latter raised concern over President Rodrigo Duterte’s order for the military to “occupy” islands in the South China Sea. “The ...