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    • Loren pushes reef protection 

      (Daily Tribune, April 4, 2022, on page A7)
      Returning senatorial candidate Loren Legarda on Sunday stressed the importance of conserving and preserving the country’s coral reefs to sustain the basic needs of Filipinos and to promote livelihood. “Beyond aesthetics, ...

    • Loren seeks probe of Batangas oil spill 

      Carandang, Rolly T. (Manila Bulletin, July 9, 2010, on page 6)
      Senator Loren Legarda yesterday sought an in-depth investigation on the oil spill in Calatagan, Batangas. Legarda filed the resolution after an oil spill in Barangay Talibayog, Calatagan, Batangas was discovered by Rodrigo ...

    • Loren to Neda: restore ecology of Manila Bay 

      Andrade, Jeanette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 15, 2016, on page A4)
      Sen. Loren Legarda has urged the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) to be proactive and restore the ecological balance of Manila Bay instead of simply developing it through reclamation. At Thursday’s hearing ...

    • Lorenzana also changes tune, hits China's Spratlys claim 

      Reyes, Dempsey; Villanueva, Ralph U. (The Manila Times, April 15, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      China has been relying on an “imagined historical claim” over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Sunday, as he also stepped up his rhetoric against Beijing. This was after ...

    • Lorenzana apologizes for 'empty victory' remark, but... 

      Gamil, Jaymee T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 28, 2018, on page A5)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana apologized on Friday for describing as an “empty victory” the historic 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that favored the Philippines’ claims in the West ...

    • Lorenzana hits China's nukes WPS 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, August 28, 2018, on page A2)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has objected to China’s transport of “nuclear elements” to the contested area at the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), as reported by the US defense and military establishment. “We ...

    • Lorenzana on SCS survey: No islands to retake from China 

      Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, July 24, 2018, on page 7)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana rejected yesterday insinuations and allegations that President Duterte is guilty of inaction on the issue of the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Reacting to a survey that said nine out of 10 ...

    • Lorenzana pushes for ASEAN template in managing South China Sea dispute 

      Recuenco, Aaron (Manila Bulletin, June 9, 2019, on page 1-15)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is pushing for an ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asia Nations) template of managing territorial dispute in the wake of overlapping maritime claims in the vast South China Sea, the ...

    • Lorenzana refutes Carpio's claims on Sandy Cay 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, July 26, 2019, on page 8)
      The Philippines is still in control of Sandy Cay, contrary to claims by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that it has been taken over by the Chinese, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said yesterday. ...

    • Lorenzana says China should respect freedom of navigation in WPS 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, November 4, 2019, on page 7)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday called the Chinese government and other countries to respect the freedom of navigation and principle of innocent passage in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Lorenzana made the ...

    • Lorenzana says China’s planned ADIZ on WPS ‘illegal’ 

      (Manila Standard, June 26, 2020, on page A3)
      Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday concurred with the warning of a ranking United States military official saying the air defense identification zone planned by China in the South China ...

    • Lorenzana visits Pagasa Island, announces P1.6-B airfield, port, other projects 

      Wakefield, Francis (Manila Bulletin, April 22, 2017, on page 1-12)
      Lorenzana said that P1.2 billion will be used to repair the 1.3 kilometer runway of Rancudo Airfield on the island while the P400 million will go to the construction of the port. He said Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees) ...

    • Lorenzana wants apology from Chinese boat captain 

      Reyes, Victor; Montemayor, Jocelyn; Nonato, Vince (Malaya, June 20, 2019, on page B1-B3)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday sought an apology from the captain of the Chinese fishing vessel that rammed and sank a Filipino fishing boat at Recto Bank in the Philippine Sea earlier this month and abandoned ...

    • Lorenzana, Austin discuss Felipe Reef situation in phone conversation 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Corrales, Nestor; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 12, 2021, on page A4)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin III discussed on Sunday the fleet of Chinese ships still anchored at Julian Felipe Reef in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone since early March ...

    • Lorenzana: China a bully: 'Nothing new in China's peace remark' 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, July 31, 2019, on page B1-B3)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday backed survey findings that showed China is the country least trusted by a majority of Filipinos, noting China has been "bullying" the Philippines. China, the Philippines, ...

    • Lorenzana: China encroaching on Phl waters 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Cabrera, Romina; Romero, Paolo; Porcalla, Delon; Punay, Edu; Lee-Brago, Pia; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, April 29, 2021, on page 2)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana countered China’s latest claims of sovereignty over islands and features in the West Philippine Sea yesterday, emphasizing that it is the Chinese who are encroaching on Philippine waters. ...

    • Lorenzana: China out to occupy other WPS features 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (SunStar Philippines, April 5, 2021, on page 3)
       The continued presence of Chinese maritime militia ships in the West Philippine Sea shows China's intention to occupy other features in the area, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Sunda ...

    • Lorenzana: Illegal to have Sino air defense zone in South China Sea 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 26, 2020, on page A4)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday said China’s plan to set up an air defense identification zone (Adiz) over the South China Sea would be considered illegal and a violation of international laws by many countries ...

    • Lorenzana: Navy setting protocol on entry of foreign vessels 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 28, 2019, on page A4)
      The Navy is preparing a set of protocols to govern foreign vessels that intrude into Philippine waters without permission, including Chinese warships whose repeated unannounced presence has been an “irritant,” Defense ...

    • Lorenzana: Non-violent WPS resolution 

      Maralit, Kristina (Daily Tribune, July 14, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      While it welcomes the statements of support from other nations against China’s excessive claims in the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine government insisted to continue efforts to achieve a ...