Browsing The Manila Times by Name "United Nations (UN)"
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3 more states to do research in PH Rise
(The Manila Times,January 26, 2018 , on page A1-A7)China is not the only country whose application to conduct research on the resource-rich Benham Rise the Philippines has approved, Malacañang said on Thursday. The government has also allowed the US, Japan and South Korea ... -
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 ... -
China delaying sea code – Duterte
(The Manila Times,August 9, 2019 , on page A1-A8)President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday slammed China for delaying the passage of the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China (West Philippine) Sea and vowed to discuss the issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing ... -
‘China may have collected samples from Benham Rise’
(The Manila Times,April 4, 2017 , on page A1-A2)Philippine Ambassador to China Chito Santa Romana on Monday bared that a Chinese survey ship may have collected maritime samples at Benham Rise. The DFA then asked the Chinese Embassy in Manila to explain the presence of ... -
China reclamations 'damaging' disputed waters
(The Manila Times,April 14, 2015 , on page A2)The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday slammed China on its massive reclamation activities in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) that it said have caused ecological damage to some 300 acres of coral reef ... -
China wants control of disputed sea - PH
(The Manila Times,March 27, 2015 , on page A3)The Philippines accused China on Thursday of seeking to take control of nearly the entire West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) with an expansionist agenda dominated by “massive reclamation” works. Foreign Affairs Secretary ... -
China's candidate in UN law of the sea tribunal falls short
(The Manila Times,September 14, 2020 , on page A4)It is significant for the Philippines’ position and diplomacy in the South China Sea (SCS) dispute that at the United Nations, Beijing’s candidate in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea received more abstentions ... -
Chinese ship spotted in PH economic zone
(The Manila Times,September 19, 2020 , on page A3)A Chinese research vessel was seen inside the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines, a maritime expert bared. In a tweet, Ryan Martinson, professor at the US Naval War College, said on September 17, Jiageng was 50 ... -
Climate change will end sea dispute – Locsin
(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) ... -
Climate scientist debunks ‘sea level rise alarm,’ UN climate agenda crumbling
(The Manila Times,December 14, 2018 , on page A4)Many Filipinos have bought the climate change (global warming) dogma for two key reasons: First, they swallowed the claim of sea level rise, and they got scared by the thought that the Philippines as a Pacific island nation ... -
DFA dares Asean to speak out vs China on sea row
(The Manila Times,April 27, 2015 , on page A1-A8)Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Sunday challenged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to speak out against China’s massive reclamation activities in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) ... -
DOST names 50 top pinoys of science
(The Manila Times,June 5, 2008 , on page A1-A6)The Manila Times continues the presentation, in alphabetical order, of the great men and women of science, who will be recognized and awarded by President Gloria Arroyo on June 9 in Malacañang. Dr. Primavera is a scientist ... -
Duterte affirms PH sea victory
(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 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 tells China: stop fishing in shoal
(The Manila Times,October 24, 2016 , on page A1-A2)In separate remarks before typhoon victims in Cagayan and Isabela, Duterte said he couldn’t let Chinese fishermen prowl at Panatag Shoal, citing the July 12 ruling of a United Nations-backed arbitration tribunal that the ... -
Duterte: Sea row better left untouched
(The Manila Times,November 13, 2017 , on page A2)The maritime dispute will not be on the agenda of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit, given that President Rodrigo Duterte had declared the issue “is better left untouched.” The President on Sunday ... -
Govt letting China survey Benham Rise 'capitulation'
(The Manila Times,January 17, 2018 , on page A3)The Duterte administration was accused on Tuesday by a lawmaker of accommodating the caprices of China in a reprise of what then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo did. “It can really be seen that [the government has] indeed ... -
Humanity must rescue oceans to rescue itself, UN warns
(The Manila Times,September 26, 2019 , on page A8)Two days after a climate summit failed to deliver game-changing pledges to slash carbon emissions, the United Nations warned Wednesday that global warming is devastating oceans and Earth’s frozen spaces in ways that directly ... -
Japan begins whale hunt
(The Manila Times,December 2, 2015 , on page C4)Japan was facing mounting condemnation Tuesday over its decision to resume killing whales in Antartica, with conservationists saying it was open to another legal challenge. Australia and New Zealand have led criticism of ... -
Know your marine assets and potentials (Last of 2 parts)
(The Manila Times,September 25, 2017 , on page B5)From the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) data bank researchers can see the huge potential of the Asean members’ ocean, mangroves and coral/reef resources. The Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia ...