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    • China recognizes PH rights over Benham Rise 

      Hachero, Ashzel; Lopez, JP; Vigilia, Wendell (Malaya, March 16, 2017, on page B1-B6)
      Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo yesterday said China has sent word recognizing Philippine sovereignty over the 13-million hectare Benham Rise and it is not going to claim ownership of the undersea region ...
    • Duterte sets PH Rise visit 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, May 9, 2018, on page B2)
      President Duterte will visit the Philippine Rise on October 15 to 16 to mark the anniversary of the renaming of the intercontinental shelf and lead the send-off rites for an all-Filipino scientific team what would conduct ...
    • Gov't to purchase research vessels for use in PH rise 

      Africa, Raymond (Malaya, March 7, 2018, on page B2)
      The country will purchase maritime research vessels so it can better assess the resources which can be explored in the undisputed Philippine Rise. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said this was the consensus reached by ...
    • Justice Carpio's Benham Rise 101 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, March 15, 2017, on page B4-B5)
      The notes by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio on Benham Rise are very useful as the 13-million-hectare undersea region east of Luzon is in the news with the disclosure last week by Defense Secretary ...
    • That's why he's visiting Philippine Rise on May 16 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, May 3, 2018, on page B1)
      President Duterte said he plans to visit the Philippine Rise soon in connection with the anniversary of the intercontinental shelf that was awarded to the country by the United Nations in 2012. The President on May 16, ...
    • What the Chinese ship did in Benham Rise 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, April 3, 2017, on page B4)
      China did not deny it saying their “vessels for marine research did sail across relevant waters to the northeast of Luzon, the Philippines last year, exercising navigation freedoms and the right to innocent passage only, ...
    • What's going on in Benham Rise? 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, January 29, 2018, on page B5)
      The decision of the Duterte government to allow Chinese scientists to do research in Benham Rise, renamed Philippine Rise, a 13-million-hectare undersea region off the provinces of Isabela and Aurora has generated heated ...