Browsing Manila Standard by Place "Recto Bank"

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    • Aid to fishermen 

      Palmero, Manny (Manila Standard, June 29, 2019, on page A3)
      Dr. Henry Lim Bon Liong (left), president of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, hands a replica check for P250,000 to some of the 22 fishermen whose boat was rammed by a Chinese vessel ...

    • 'Boat ramming': Chinese told to pay P12m to Pinoy fishermen 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, September 18, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has said the Chinese government will have to pay P12 million the 22 fishermen and owner of M/V Gem-Ver rammed by a Chinese fishing vessel off Recto Bank on June 9 last year. Citing a ...

    • Captain frets over Rody's quip 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon; Mariano, Nat (Manila Standard, June 19, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The captain of the Philippine fishing boat that was rammed and sunk by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank said Tuesday he was saddened by President Rodrigo Duterte’s description of the incident as “a little maritime accident.” ...

    • China broaches joint probe on boat ramming 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, June 21, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      China has proposed a joint investigation with the Philippine government of the ship-ramming incident where a Chinese vessel hit and sank a Filipino fishing boat anchored near Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea to achieve ...

    • China oil deal hit, praised: Joma: A clear act of treason; Carpio: Booster of PH sea claim 

      Mariano, Nat; Requejo, Rey E.; Araneta, Macon R. (Manila Standard, November 26, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Communist Party of the Philippines branded the joint oil and gas development deal between China and the Philippines “a clear act of treason” by the Duterte administration but acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio said ...

    • China told: Explain Sibutu intrusions 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, August 18, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Malacañang, miffed by the unflagging passing of Chinese warships through Sibutu near the Philippines' southernmost province Tawi-Tawi without clearance from the Philippines, wants to know the reason for the ceaseless ...

    • DOE allows work to resume in WPS; China joint dev't up 

      Flores, Alena Mae S. (Manila Standard, October 20, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Private firms with service contracts in the West Philippine Sea received “resume-to-work” notices from the Department of Energy on Monday, after President Rodrigo Duterte lifted a moratorium on oil and gas exploration in ...

    • Locsin junks 'verbal deal' with China 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Mariano, Nat; Blancaflor, MJ; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 4, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte’s purported verbal agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping allowing Chinese fishermen to fish within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone cannot be implemented, Foreign Affairs Secretary ...

    • Navy protests Chinese survey 

      (Manila Standard, August 11, 2020, on page A2)
      The Philippine Navy will request that a diplomatic protest be filed over a Chinese vessel’s alleged surveying activities at Recto Bank or Reed Bank, its chief Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo said Monday. Bacordo told ...

    • Palace: no need for NSC to convene 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, June 30, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Malacañang said Saturday there was no need for President Rodrigo Duterte to convene the National Security Council to discuss the ramming incident in Recto Bank and the presence of foreign vessels in waters within the ...

    • PH airmen hop on Orion flight over disputed sea 

      Bloomberg (Manila Standard, June 24, 2015, on page A3)
      Filipino airmen flew with their Japanese counterparts on a Japanese P3-C Orion surveillance plane and circled over the disputed Recto Bank in the Spratly Islands on Tuesday at the start of an exercise with the Philippines ...

    • Ramming victims may seek claim 

      Blancaflor, MJ (Manila Standard, October 1, 2019, on page A2)
      The fishermen involved in the Recto Bank incident should file an insurance claim to receive compensation from the Chinese trawler that rammed their boat, Malacañang said Monday. The Palace made the statement a month after ...

    • Rody weighs in on 'accident' 

      Mariano, Nat; Araja, Rio N.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, June 18, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday described the ramming and sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in the Recto Bank a “little maritime accident,” adding that the Philippines is not ready to challenge China’s military might. ...

    • Rody: Withdrawal of military support an 'outrageous tale' 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, April 20, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Malacañang on Monday dismissed reports that a group of retired and active military generals are withdrawing support from President Rodrigo Duterte for his apathy toward Chinese incursions in the West Philippine Sea. “It’s ...

    • Salceda: review WPS deal with China 

      Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, June 27, 2022, on page A3)
      Albay Rep. Joey Salceda on Sunday urged incoming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to renegotiate terms of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) joint-development deal with China. Meanwhile, Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, ...

    • Tongue in a cheek 

      (Manila Standard, July 1, 2019, on page A4)
      Called out for his remarks on how difficult it was to determine the exclusivity of the country’s exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea because “it’s under water,” Senate President Vicente Sotto III last week ...

    • VFA repeal to embolden China on West Philippine Sea claim 

      (Manila Standard, March 5, 2020, on page B1)
      President Rodrigo Duterte’s push to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement is seen to further escalate tension and give China the upper hand in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), which is believed to hold huge oil ...