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    • Duterte won back PH sovereignty over West Philippine Sea 

      Peña Sy, Esteban G. (The Manila Times, April 11, 2017, on page A6)
      Duterte administration takes a low-key approach in fighting for our sovereignty. But in effect, Duterte has won back sovereignty for the Filipino people. Aquino and Del Rosario thought that by bringing the Americans and ...
    • Filipino survivor: Livestock ship with 42 crew sank off Japan coast 

      Mercene, Recto (BusinessMirror, September 4, 2020, on page A3)
      Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for a livestock ship with 42 crew members on board that a Filipino survivor said sank during rough weather a day earlier off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard said. The ...
    • Fish: the overlooked destabilizer in the South China Sea 

      (The Manila Times, February 15, 2016, on page A6)
      South China Sea tensions will rise in the long-term as China exhausts its near-shore fisheries and continues to push outward to secure further stocks. In Asia, consumption of fish will increase with population and ...
    • Fishing and the future of the West Philippine Sea 

      (BusinessWorld, April 19, 2017, on page S1/8)
      In a Special Study for the Stratbase ADR Institute (ADRi), marine geneticist Dr. Ma. Carmen Lagman explains that the Philippines should capitalize on the environmental and economic value of the West Philippine Sea, as well ...
    • G7 hits large-scale reclamation at sea 

      Punay, Edu; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, June 10, 2015, on page 1-4)
      The leaders of the Group of Seven nations issued a communiqué on Monday voicing opposition to island-building and other coercive activities in the West Philippine Sea, South China Sea and East China Sea. “We strongly oppose ...
    • G7 sends strong message to china 

      Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 28, 2016, on page A1-A4)
      With a keen eye on the Philippines’ legal battle with China over territory in the South China Sea, the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) advanced democracies have agreed to send a strong message on the importance of ...
    • G7 to address West Philippine Sea dispute 

      Romero, Alexis; Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, June 8, 2015, on page 5)
      Regional alarm is growing as China aggressively stakes its claim to most of the sea, including a large-scale island-building program. The United States has also urged China and other nations to halt reclamation. Presidential ...
    • G7 to express concern over sea row, says paper 

      Reuters; Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 8, 2015, on page A20)
      Group of Seven (G7) leaders will express their concern over any unilateral action to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas amid tensions between China and a number of Asian countries, Japan's Yomiuri ...
    • G7 urges compliance with UN ruling on sea row 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, April 20, 2017, on page 2)
      Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations have issued a joint communiqué calling for the implementation of a ruling by a UN-backed arbitral court invalidating China’s expansive claims in the South ...
    • Go fish in troubled waters - Lorenzana 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 30, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Filipino fishers should continue fishing in contested waters despite a ban announced by China, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. The summer fishing ban, which started on May 1, covers the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East ...
    • Indonesia pushes East, South China Sea freedom of navigation at Manila forum 

      Cruz, Beatriz Marie (BusinessWorld, November 24, 2023, on page S1/10)
      Indonesia has drafted a resolution at the 31st Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) in Manila this week calling on member-countries to respect international maritime laws and promote freedom of navigation in the East ...
    • Japan challenges incursions by Chinese ships 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 9, 2021, on page B3)
      Japan said Monday it has protested to China over two incursions into Japanese territorial waters that come after Beijing enacted legislation toughening its response to violations of its maritime territory.
    • Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea 

      Reuters (Manila Bulletin, March 15, 2017, on page 5)
      Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two. China claims almost ...
    • Japan protest Chinese Navy ship's provocation 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 7, 2013, on page A21)
      A Chinese navy vessel aimed a type of radar normally used to aim weapons at a target at a Japanese navy ship in the East China Sea, prompting Japan to protest, Japan’s defense minister said on Tuesday, an action that could ...
    • Japan protests Chinese navy sailing near disputed islands 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Bulletin, July 5, 2022, on page 6)
      Japan lodged a protest with China on Monday over a Chinese naval vessel sailing near disputed islands, a Japanese official said, as reports emerged of Russia also sending its own navy ship to the area. The islets in the ...
    • Japan reiterates commitment to stronger bilateral ties with PHL in VP's visit 

      Tan, Alyssa Nicole (BusinessWorld, September 28, 2022, on page S1/9)
      Japan's leader has reiterated his country’s commitment to stronger bilateral cooperation with the Philippines during a courtesy call by Philippine Vice President Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio, who attended the state funeral of ...
    • Japan slams China reclamations in disputed sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP); Associated Press (AP); Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 22, 2015, on page A1-A4)
      Japan slammed China's bid to reclaim land in the South China Sea as a "coercive attempt" to force sweeping maritime claims, in a defense paper coinciding with Tokyo's bid for legislation to expand the Japanese military ...
    • Japan tells China: No done deal in sea spat 

      Barcelo, Vito; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, June 18, 2015, on page A1-A2)
      Japan warned China on Wednesday that its extensive land reclamation in the disputed South China Sea does not make ownership "a done deal" after Beijing announced it had almost finished its controversial island building. ...
    • Japan-PH air ‘serious concern’ over South China Sea conflict 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, April 10, 2022, on page A1-A3)
      Japan and the Philippines agreed to boost security ties in their first foreign and defense ministerial meeting on Saturday, amid worries over China’s increasingly assertive maritime activities. It was the first so-called ...
    • Japanese warship damaged in collision with Chinese boat 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 1, 2020, on page A9)
      A Japanese destroyer and a Chinese fishing boat collided in the East China Sea on Monday night and no one was injured, Japan’s defense minister said, but China said a fisherman was hurt and suggested the Japanese vessel ...