Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "international boundaries"

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    • 12 Pinoy fishermen nabbed off Malaysia 

      Mabasa, Roy (Manila Bulletin, August 18, 2015, on page 2)
      Twelve Filipino fishermen were recently apprehended by Malaysian authorities after they were caught illegally fishing off Tanjung Pantau-Pantau, Semporna. Reports quoted a ranking official of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement ...

    • 20 Filipino fishermen repatriated from Indonesia 

      Jubelag, Joseph (Manila Bulletin, August 24, 2015, on page 18)
      At least 20 Filipino fishermen from Sarangani province have been reunited with their families over the weekend after they were repatriated to the country from three months of imprisonment in Indonesia for illegal fishing. ...

    • Australia buys high-tech drones to monitor South China Sea, Pacific 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, May 27, 2018, on page 7)
      Australia will invest Aus$7 billion (US$5.2 billion) to develop and buy high-tech US drones for joint military operations and to monitor waters including the South China Sea, it said Tuesday. Canberra has been embarking ...

    • Don't be too 'liberal' with Benham Rise 

      Ramos, Fidel V. (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2018, on page 12)
      “There should be no problem for the Philippines over Benham Rise because (1) the Philippines is the sole claimant; and (2) the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) ruled in 2012 that Benham Rise is ...

    • Illegal fishing charges field vs 17 Vietnamese nationals 

      Lazaro, Freddie (Manila Bulletin, September 15, 2016, on page 7)
      Vigan City, Ilocos Sur - The police filed poaching charges poaching against 17 Vietnamese fishermen arrested at the West Philippine Sea last week. It was reported that the Vietnamese vessels equipped with "superlights' ...

    • NAMRIA, a hydrographic survey and Benham Rise 

      Gaviola, Gilbert S. (Manila Bulletin, April 29, 2018, on page 17)
      One of NAMRIA’s core functions is the delineation of the maritime boundaries of the Philippines. The agency was responsible for the establishment of the Philippine archipelagic baselines which were enacted into law in 2009. ...

    • PH caught in a maritime battle for world power 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, May 25, 2015, on page 1-15)
      Control of the sea by maritime commerce and naval supremacy means predominant influence in the world. The concept of sea power, a doctrine championed by the most important American Strategist of the 19th century Alfred ...