Browsing The Manila Times by Name "Locsin, Teodoro Jr."

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    • China's fishing fleet part of Beijing's drive to become a maritime power: First word 

      Makabenta, Yen (The Manila Times, April 24, 2021, on page A1-A11)
      Whenever Chinese fishing vessels land in a major fishing dispute with another country, the standard rationale of China’s foreign ministry is that its fishermen are only exercising their rights to fish in traditional fishing ...

    • Chinese embassy denies militia in WPS 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, March 23, 2021, on page A3)
      The Chinese embassy in Manila on Monday denied the alleged presence of Chinese maritime militia in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The National Task Force on WPS on Sunday reported that Chinese fishing vessels believed ...

    • Chinese fishers sorry for boat ramming 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, August 29, 2019, on page A3)
      A group of Chinese fishermen apologized for the ramming and sinking of a Philippine fishing boat in June near the Reed Bank in the contested South China Sea by one of its members. The Chinese fishermen coursed their letter ...

    • Chinese maritime militia invasion a hoax; Duterte should fire Lorenzana and Locsin 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, April 23, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      A month after the hysterics, sadly participated in by our own Defense and Foreign Affairs secretaries, the so-called “intrusion” by 200 Chinese “maritime militia in our territory” is turning out to be a hoax. It is a hoax ...

    • Climate change will end sea dispute – Locsin 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, April 8, 2019, on page A1-A7)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday claimed rising sea levels brought about by climate change would eventually wipe out structures and artificial islands built by China in the contested Kalayaan (Spratly) ...

    • Duterte affirms PH sea victory 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, September 24, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte strongly affirmed the country’s arbitral win against China in the West Philippine Sea dispute before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), saying the country rejects any attempt to undermine ...

    • 'Duterte to push for sea code' 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, October 29, 2019, on page A3)
      President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to push for the completion of the long-delayed code of conduct in the South China Sea when he attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Thailand this week, ...

    • Duterte won't pull out PH vessels in disputed sea 

      Calayag, Keith (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 ...

    • Locsin and Lorenzana so terribly misinformed about PH vs China arbitration 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (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 ...

    • Military to probe boat chase in WPS 

      Maghanoy, Christian Crow; Ismael, Javier Joe; Tolentino, Reina C. (The Manila Times, April 10, 2021, on page A1-A8)
      The Department of National Defense (DND) on Friday said it would order the Armed Forces of the Philippines to investigate the incident Thursday in the West Philippine Sea where the boat chartered by an ABS-CBN news crew ...

    • Overcoming orchestrated conflicts in South China Sea 

      Steinbock, Dan (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 ...

    • Palace belies Xi-Duterte verbal fishing agreement 

      Calayag, Keith (The Manila Times, April 24, 2021, on page A2)
      Malacañang on Friday denied there was a verbal deal between President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping, allowing China to fish in the West Philippine Sea. “There is no truth to the speculation of a purported ...

    • Passage of Chinese ships no threat to PH- China 

      Reyes, Dempsey; Jalea, Glee (The Manila Times, September 5, 2019, on page A3)
      Chinese President Xi Jinping assured President Rodrigo Duterte that Chinese vessels passing through Philippine waters do not pose a threat to Manila and therefore need not secure permits to sail across the South China (West ...

    • PH could cut ties with China – Palace 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Tamayo, Bernadette E.; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, June 14, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines would not hesitate to sever diplomatic ties with China if the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in disputed waters earlier this week turned out to be intentional, Malacañang said on Thursday. “We would cut ...

    • PH protects Chinese fishing at Panatag 

      Villanueva, Ralph U.; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, April 17, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Foreign Affairs department has formally protested China’s reported mass harvesting of giant clams at the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which Malacañang on Tuesday called as an “affront” to the Philippines. A ...

    • Pompeo, Locsin discuss sea row 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 27, 2018, on page A7)
      US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, called newly appointed Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on the phone on Friday (Manila time) and discussed the tension in the South China Sea, among other issues. Pompeo spoke with ...

    • Remember Quemoy and Matsu in war-gaming the South China Sea 

      (The Manila Times, April 23, 2019, on page A4)
      The language that has lately characterized statements from both sides of the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) points to the need to consider the consequences of words before they are spoken. Philippine Foreign Affairs ...

    • Senators condemn China's invasion of disputed territories 

      Antiporda, Jefferson (The Manila Times, May 21, 2018, on page A1-A8)
      Senators on Sunday condemned what they viewed as China’s continuous violation of international rules governing the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) as they raised the need for the Senate leadership to make a firm stand ...

    • US Navy carriers resume drills in South China Sea 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, July 18, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Two aircraft carriers of the United States Navy have resumed exercises in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), marking the second time this month they entered the highly contested waters and potentially renewing ...

    • US to PH: We still support you on sea dispute 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, July 17, 2020, on page A3)
      United States Ambassador to Manila Sung Kim said Washington stands alongside the Philippines in upholding a rules-based order that ensures sovereign, sustainable and productive access to the South China Sea (West Philippine ...