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    • China calls reported reclamation activities in Spratlys 'fake news' 

      Tan, Alyssa Nicole O. (BusinessWorld, December 22, 2022, on page S1/12)
      China on Wednesday denied allegations that it is conducting reclamation activities in unoccupied features of the resource-rich Spratlys Island, parts of which are claimed by the Philippines and calls it the Kalayaan Island ...
    • Chinese vessels still in Spratlys, says task force 

      Aquino, Norman P. (BusinessWorld, May 13, 2021, on page S1/12)
      Hundreds of Chinese militia vessels were still scattered around the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, both within and outside Manila’s exclusive economic zone, according to a Philippine task force. In a statement, ...
    • Defense dep't orders tighter military watch in West PHL Sea 

      Tan, Alyssa Nicole (BusinessWorld, December 23, 2022, on page S1/10)
      The Department of National Defense has ordered the military to strengthen its presence in the West Philippine Sea, the territory the country claims within the South China Sea, following reports of increased Chinese activity ...
    • Fisherfolk urge navy to drive away China ships in disputed sea 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, June 25, 2021, on page S1/12)
      A group of fishers on Thursday asked the Philippine government to send its navy to drive away Chinese vessels in the South China Sea within the country’s exclusive economic zone. “It is without a doubt that the vessels ...
    • The ghost of the 2012 Scarborough Shoal stand-off 

      De Castro, Renato (BusinessWorld, April 14, 2021, on page S1/6)
      Once again, the enigmatic and massive presence of Chinese fishing vessels that are believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia are in the Philippine Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ), particularly in the Julian Felipe ...
    • Philippines expresses concern about China ships moored at reef 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, March 22, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The Philippine government said it was concerned that more than 200 Chinese militia vessels had been moored at a Philippine-claimed reef in the South China Sea. The Chinese vessels massed at Whitsun Reef showed no actual ...