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    • Benham Rise trip: Duterte's latest comedy act 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (The Daily Guardian, May 1, 2018, on page 5)
      China builds a monument on Kagitingan Reef that the Philippines claims as part of its territory in South China Sea and President Duterte announces he will sail to Benham Rise, an underwater plateau east of Luzon that has ...

    • Benham Rise trip: Duterte’s latest comedy act 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, April 30, 2018, on page B4)
      China builds a monument on Kagitingan Reef that the Philippines claims as part of its territory in South China Sea and President Duterte announces he will sail to Benham Rise, an underwater plateau east of Luzon that has ...

    • Benham Rise: Looking at the big picture 

      Del Rosario, Jed Jaleco (Panay News, March 19, 2017, on page 7)
      Benham Rise not part of the country’s national territory. We don’t have sovereignty over it like we do over Cebu, Manila or Iloilo. However, we do have exclusive rights to explore the area and exploit whatever natural ...

    • Benham Rise: Nurturing our God-given blessings 

      Ramos, Fidel V. (Manila Bulletin, April 2, 2017, on page 11)
      There should be no problem for the Philippines over Benham Rise because (1) the Philippines is the sole claimant; and (2) the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) ruled in 2012 that Benham Rise is ...

    • Benham Rise: what is at stake? 

      Heydarian, Richard Javad (Manila Bulletin, March 20, 2017, on page 12)
      In a matter of days, the Benham Rise has become a new flashpoint, threatening to undermine increasing warm, if not cordial, bilateral relations between Manila and Beijing. Home to precious mineral resources, which are ...

    • Benham teems with metals lawmaker 

      (Manila Standard, March 20, 2017, on page A3)
      “The sea floor around Benham is covered with metal-rich chunks—manganese nodules that also contain nickel, copper, cobalt and other minerals,” Atienza, one-time Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, said. The ...

    • BFAR teams up with institution to explore biodiversity of Benham Rise 

      Miraflor, Madelaine B. (Manila Bulletin, May 26, 2016, on page B-2)
      Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) has teamed up with two institutions including one international organization to jointly explore the biodiversity of Benham Rise, which covers the country's newest territory. ...

    • Bill creating Phl Rise dev’t authority pushed 

      Sy, Marvin (The Philippine Star, March 17, 2018, on page 7)
      Sen. Sonny Angara yesterday pushed for approval of a bill creating the Philippine Rise Development Authority (PRDA), which will boost research efforts in the potentially resource-rich undersea territory off the coast of ...

    • Bloggers tapped for into campaign on West PH Sea 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, May 4, 2015, on page 6)
      The information campaign on the West Philippine Sea is now tapping bloggers to penetrate netizens. for the first time, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) launched a modern means to make the public, local and international, ...

    • Carpio cites PH-China oil exploration deal: Safeguards to protect PH sovereignty in place 

      Panaligan, Rey G.; Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, November 26, 2018, on page 1-13)
      Acting Chief Justice Antonio T. Carpio said yesterday the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the Philippines and China on joint exploration of natural resources in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) "has safeguards ...

    • Carpio to Duterte, AFP: defend Panatag Shoal 

      Panaligan, Rey (Manila Bulletin, March 21, 2017, on page 1-4)
      Supreme Court Senior Justice Antonio T. Carpio said yesterday that the Armed Forces headed by President Duterte as commander-in-chief are constitutionally mandated to defend Scarborough or Panatag Shoul as part of the ...

    • Carpio warns of China zone over Scarborough 

      Requejo, Rey; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, March 20, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      A Magistrative on Sunday warned the government on China’s reported plan to install a radar station in the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Senior Justice Antonio Carpio said the installation of an environmental monitoring station ...

    • Carpio warns of China's looming encroachment on Scarborough 

      GMA News (Panay News, March 19, 2017, on page 9-14)
      Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has warned that China may impose an air defense zone and control the whole South China Sea if the Philippines will not stop its plan to build a radar station in the disputed Scarborough ...

    • Carpio's terms for PH Rise research 

      Torsedillas, Ellen (Malaya, January 19, 2018, on page B4-B5)
      The latest issue on Philippine Rise, formerly known as Benham Rise, focused on Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio’s statement that China should not be allowed to conduct marine scientific research in Philippine ...

    • Carpio: Benham not PH territory 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, March 15, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      A senior magistrate of the Supreme Court said Tuesday the Philippines had some rights over Benham Rise as confirmed by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf as part of the country’s “Extended Continental ...

    • Cayetano Defends Granting China Research Access to Benham Rise 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 14, 2018, on page A6)
      Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano has defended the Duterte administration’s move allowing China to conduct marine research in Benham Rise off eastern Luzon, indicating that the grant of permission did not break any ...

    • China building triangle of bases, warns Carpio 

      Calleja, Niña P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 2, 2015, on page A19)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio called on the nation Thursday to make the Philippines’ territorial dispute with China an issue in next year’s national elections as Beijing continued to build a “a ...

    • 'China can't name Phl Rise undersea features' 

      Punay, Edu; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, February 19, 2018, on page 6)
      China has no right to name undersea features in the Philippine Rise or Benham Rise, according to a senior magistrate of the Supreme Court. Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said only the Philippines has the right to ...

    • China harassment of oil-exploring boats signal to claimants–AMTI 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, May 4, 2020, on page A8-A4)
      China’s harassment of Malaysia’s ongoing oil exploration in its coastal waters—but which Beijing deems as within the vast maritime area that it disputes in the South China Sea—has reinvented the norm and set new rules ...

    • China lands aircraft on another PH reef 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 11, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A Chinese military aircraft has landed on the last of three airstrips it had built at the disputed Spratly Islands, at a reef claimed by the Philippines that is close to an island occupied by Filipino troops. The Asia ...