Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "disputes"

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    • China navy carries out more drills in disputed South China Sea 

      Reuters (Manila Bulletin, December 14, 2015, on page 12)
      China’s navy has in recent days carried out more exercises in the disputed South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday, calling them routine drills. China claims almost all of the energy-rich waters of the South ...

    • China not a threat to PH security - Malacañang 

      Mabasa, Roy; Kabiling, Genalyn (Manila Bulletin, May 22, 2018, on page 1-4)
      The Philippines does not consider China a threat to national security but has expressed “serious concerns” over the presence of its bombers in the disputed South China Sea, Malacañang said Monday. China's air force has ...

    • China plans to build station on Scarborough near Zambales 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, March 18, 2017, on page 1-14)
      China plans to build the first permanent structure on a South China Sea shoal at the heart of a territorial dispute with the Philippines, in a move likely to renew concerns over Beijing’s robust assertions of its claims ...

    • China promised not to build in disputed shoal-Yasay 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, February 24, 2017, on page 5)
      Chinese President Xi Jinping promised President Duterte that Beijing will not build structures on a rocky outcrop in the South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay said yesterday. Yasay said the Chinese ...

    • China rejects South China Sea arbitral ruling, says it 'violates international law' 

      Pedrajas, Joseph (Manila Bulletin, July 15, 2022, on page 2)
      China has rejected anew the Award on the South China Sea Arbitration in favor of the Philippines, by saying it is “null and void” and “violates international law.” Wang Wenbin, spokesman of China’s Foreign Ministry, said ...

    • China respects PH rights: Survey mulled on Benham Rise to check on resources – Lorenzana 

      Mabasa, Roy; Wakefield, Francis; Rosario, Ben R.; Aben, Elena L. (Manila Bulletin, March 16, 2017, on page 1-9)
      China said it fully respects the Philippines’ rights over the continental shelf in the Benham Rise located northeast of Luzon and vowed not to challenge those rights. This statement was issued after the Philippines sought ...

    • China says it's up to PH to heal rift; sea dispute not in APEC agenda- Palace 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D.; Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, November 12, 2015, on page 1-16)
      China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has admitted that the Philippines case against China at an arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea has strained relations between Beijing and Manila and that it was ...

    • China says military deployment in South China Sea 'legitimate' 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2018, on page 5)
      China has defended its deployment of military assets in the volatile South China Sea “as legitimate and legal” even as it called out the United States for projecting a military presence in the region that “far exceeds the ...

    • China seeks peaceful resolution of disputes 

      Mabasa, Roy (Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2015, on page 1-14)
      China seeks a peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea but will not subjugate its national interest, Admiral San Jiaguo told a regional defense forum in Singapore. There is no change to China's interest in ...

    • China set for easy ride from ASEAN on disputed South China Sea 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, August 5, 2017, on page 1, 6)
      China expressed its willingness to “join hands” with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to uphold the stability of the South China Sea, steadily advance the consultation of the Code of Conduct in ...

    • China ship seen in Benham Rise 

      Wakefield, Francis (Manila Bulletin, March 10, 2017, on page 7)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana Thursday said that there is a big possibility that China is looking to explore mineral-rich Benham Rise which is located off the Isabela coastline. Lorenza said following the incident, ...

    • China starts operating lighthouses on disputed maritime territories 

      Associated Press (AP) (Manila Bulletin, October 11, 2015, on page 12)
      China has started operating two lighthouses on a reef on a disputed island chain in the South China Sea, a state news agency reported, amid rising concerns among the US and China's neighbors about Beijing's maritime ...

    • China to safeguard peace in South China Sea despite US disruption 

      Xinhua News Agency (Manila Bulletin, August 1, 2020, on page 3)
      China will be more determined to defend its own sovereignty and security, and maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea despite the US attempts to make waves in the region, a Chinese defense ministry spokesperson ...

    • China urges building of nat'l park in disputed sea 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, March 9, 2018, on page B-9)
      Ranking officials from China's top legislature are calling for the construction of a national park in the disputed South China Sea to better preserve the marine ecology in the region. According to Deng Xiaogang, Deputy ...

    • China welcomes Russell's comments on South China Sea 

      (Manila Bulletin, June 30, 2015, on page 7)
      A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said June 23 that the South China Sea issue is not and should not be one between China and the United States. Spokesman Lu Kang made the remarks while responding to a question on ...

    • China won't occupy Pag-asa Island: Beijing also reassures that traditional fishing rights of Filipino fishers will be safeguarded 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, April 25, 2019, on page 1-11)
      China has committed not to occupy Pag-asa Island and continue to safeguard the traditional fishing ground in the disputed South China Sea, a Filipino diplomat here said Wednesday. Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago ...

    • China won't occupy Spratlys 

      Pedrajas, Joseph; Recuenco, Aaron (Manila Bulletin, December 23, 2022, on page 1-10)
      China on Thursday, Dec. 22, said it will not occupy nor reclaim uninhabited islands and reefs of the Spratly Islands as it maintained it “always abides” by a declaration it agreed on with Southeast Asian countries. Mao ...

    • China's Coast Guard law is 'valid' only within its borders - Locsin 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, May 24, 2021, on page 8)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday maintained that the China Coast Guard law “does not exist” in as far as the Philippines’ territorial waters are concerned and is only effective within the Chinese ...

    • China, PH discuss joint South China Sea projects 

      Associated Press (Manila Bulletin, March 22, 2018, on page 1-10)
      Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was in Beijing on Wednesday for talks on possible joint development projects in the South China Sea amid signs of an easing of tensions in the disputed waterway. Cayetano was scheduled ...

    • China, US warships face-off in disputed South China Sea 

      Reuters; Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, October 3, 2018, on page 3)
      China expressed anger on Tuesday after a US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea, saying it was resolutely opposed to an operation that it called a threat to its sovereignty. ...