Browsing The Manila Times by Name "Lorenzana, Delfin"
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Duterte airs concern over Chinese vessels
(The Manila Times,March 26, 2021 , on page A3)President Rodrigo Duterte met with Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian on Thursday to raise concern over the presence of Chinese vessels at the Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea. The National ... -
'Duterte is dealing with China intrusion'
(The Manila Times,April 16, 2021 , on page A1-A8)President Rodrigo Duterte is “privately” dealing with China’s incursions into the West Philippine Sea (WPS), his spokesman said on Thursday. Harry Roque Jr. issued the statement after the National Task Force for the West ... -
Duterte won't pull out PH vessels in disputed sea
(The Manila Times,May 15, 2021 , on page A1-A2)President Rodrigo Duterte said he would not order the withdrawal of Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea despite the lingering presence of Chinese vessels in the disputed waters. Duterte made the statement in ... -
Duterte won't summon Chinese envoy
(The Manila Times,June 19, 2019 , on page A1-A9)President Rodrigo Duterte is not inclined to ask Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jinhua to shed light on the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in disputed waters, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Palace spokesman ... -
Duterte: Chinese incursion 'abhorrent'
(The Manila Times,November 23, 2021 , on page A1-A9)President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the government finds abhorrent the harassment of Filipino boats by Chinese coast guard ships in the Ayungin Shoal last week. Speaking at a regional summit with the Association of ... -
Duterte: There will be trouble ‘if China grabs oil and uranium’
(The Manila Times,August 23, 2018 , on page A1-A5)Is President Rodrigo Duterte moving away from his close friendship with China? Recently, he has strongly taken issue over stern radio warnings by the Chinese to Philippine military aircraft flying near Beijing’s facilities ... -
Fishing for a fight or better economic well-being?
(The Manila Times,May 23, 2021 , on page A5-A6)Higher fisheries yield in and lower poverty incidence among frontline provinces facing the West Philippine Sea (WPS) or the South China Sea (SCS) defy the portrayal of state abandonment of the Filipino fisherfolk. New ... -
Go fish in troubled waters - Lorenzana
(The Manila Times,May 30, 2019 , on page A1-A2)Filipino fishers should continue fishing in contested waters despite a ban announced by China, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. The summer fishing ban, which started on May 1, covers the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East ... -
Govt echoes China line
(The Manila Times,June 18, 2019 , on page A1-A2)A Chinese vessel caused the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in disputed waters, but it remains to be seen whether the “ramming” was intentional, the government said on Monday. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, who ... -
How Julian Felipe Reef brouhaha impacts on CPP-NPA-NDF insurgency
(The Manila Times,April 17, 2021 , on page A5-A6)A number of speculations has surfaced from the continuing controversy on the Julian Felipe Reef in the South China Sea. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana appears the most persistent in hammering on the issue in the media ... -
Legal battle looms over sea exploration
(The Manila Times,August 31, 2018 , on page A1-A2)Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Cayetano on Thursday said the Duterte administration’s plan for a joint exploration and development deal with China over South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) resources would face tough legal ... -
Locsin and Lorenzana so terribly misinformed about PH vs China arbitration
(The Manila Times,July 17, 2020 , on page A1-A5)If President Duterte has foreign affairs and defense department secretaries who demonstrate astonishing nescience over a very important matter as the Philippines vs China arbitration, he should be very worried. If the two ... -
Lorenzana also changes tune, hits China's Spratlys claim
(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 hits China's nukes WPS
(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 ... -
Manila Bay rehab begins: 3 restaurants ordered closed
(The Manila Times,January 28, 2019 , on page A3)Thousands of volunteers descended on Manila Bay on Sunday, the start of a massive rehabilitation scheme that aims to restore the bay’s “beauty and bounty.” As the clean-up unfolded, the Laguna Lake Development Authority ... -
Manila to tighten watch on West PH Sea
(The Manila Times,July 24, 2019 , on page A1-A2)The Philippines will be able to keep a tighter watch on the West Philippines Sea (South China Sea or WPS) when a satellite launched by a country in Europe kicks off, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said ... -
Navy vows more patrols in WPS
(The Manila Times,May 10, 2020 , on page A1-A2)The Philippine Navy will continue to patrol territorial waters, especially the highly volatile West Philippine Sea (WPS) to provide a reassuring presence to Filipino fishermen. The Navy feels that the patrols are one way ... -
Overcoming orchestrated conflicts in South China Sea
(The Manila Times,April 12, 2021 , on page A4-A5)The Whitsun Reef, known in the Philippines as the Julian Felipe Reef, is part of the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. In Manila, the reef narrative has been promoted, particularly by that part of local ... -
‘Pag-asa Island is ours’
(The Manila Times,May 3, 2017 , on page A1-A2)The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday issued a strong statement dismissing the claim of Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua that the Philippines’ planned improvement works at Pag-asa Island would be illegal. “Pag-asa ... -
Pag-asa Island’s beaching ramp opens
(The Manila Times,June 10, 2020 , on page A3)The government has finally finished the construction of the beaching ramp in Pag-asa (Thitu) Island, which security officials deemed vital for the repair of the island’s Rancudo Airfield. The government has finally finished ...