Browsing by Author "Barcelo, Vito"

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    • Manila bucks China naming of Benham features 

      Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 15, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines will protest China’s decision to name five undersea features in Philippine Rise (Benham Rise), saying it will not recognize the move approved by an international organization, Presidential Spokesperson Harry ...

    • Minors can't go to dolomite beach after overcrowding 

      Barcelo, Vito; Casas, Willie; Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, October 26, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Minors, or those aged 17 and below, are not yet allowed to visit the Manila Bay dolomite beach amid the COVID-19, Malacanang said, as it warned the public against complacency in the midst of the pandemic. Presidential ...

    • Mischief Reef dredging leads to PH protest 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, February 11, 2015, on page A4)
      The Philippines has lodged another diplomatic protest against China’s continuing reclamation on the Philippine-claimed Mischief Reef, after it discovered that China has started to dredge for the construction of new structures ...

    • Palace on Du30 joke: PH not giving away territory 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, February 21, 2018, on page A1)
      The government will not give away a single inch of Philippine territory to China, and should not seriously take President Rodrigo Duterte’s joke to make the country a province of China, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque ...

    • Palace talks tough to China: Panelo warns of 'unwanted hostilities' over Chinese boats' incursions 

      Barcelo, Vito; Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, April 6, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte’s chief legal counsel criticized China Monday for the continued presence of Chinese ships in the Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef, warning that the territorial incursion could damage ties and lead to ...

    • Palace tosses Boracay issue to 3 agencies 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, April 3, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Department of Trade and Industry has proposed a phased rehabilitation of Boracay Island, even as Malacañang has asked the DTI and two more agencies to detail and justify their recommendation to close the top tourist ...

    • Palace: Hague ruling unenforceable 

      Barcelo, Vito; Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 21, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The 2016 UN Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling upholding the Philippines' legal claims in the West Philippine Sea is unenforceable, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday. Roque made the response a day after ...

    • Palace: no need for NSC to convene 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, June 30, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Malacañang said Saturday there was no need for President Rodrigo Duterte to convene the National Security Council to discuss the ramming incident in Recto Bank and the presence of foreign vessels in waters within the ...

    • Palace: PH adheres to law on sea 

      Araneta, Sandy; Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, July 16, 2015, on page A3)
      Malacanang on Wednesday stressed its adherence to international law and a rules-based resolution to the disputes in the South China Sea in spite of China’s call to drop its arbitration case against it. Coloma made his ...

    • Ph eyes protest vs Beijing 

      Barcelo, Vito; Araneta, Sandy; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 15, 2015, on page A4)
      The Philippines plans to file another diplomatic protest against China's reclamation activities that have destroyed close to 300 acres of coral reef in the South China Sea, an official said Tuesday. "We are looking into ...

    • PH ignores Chinese names on Benham 

      Barcelo, Vito; Tuyay, Francisco; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 16, 2018, on page A1)
      Malacañang said Thursday it is not alarmed over China’s move to tag five underwater features of Philippine Rise with Chinese names, saying there was no bad faith involved and that bilateral relations remain intact. In a ...

    • PH insists on sea code, China calls for dialog 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, March 2, 2016, on page A5)
      Despite China’s call for a peaceful dialogue to resolve the territorial dispute in the South China Sea, the Philippines will continue to push for the legally binding Code of Conduct on the South China Sea between the Asean ...

    • PH protests vs. China mount: DFA fires more diplomatic notes; Chinese vessels unmoved 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 24, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has filed two new diplomatic protests against China over the presence of 160 Chinese vessels in some features and islands in the country’s exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. In a diplomatic ...

    • PH says Hague ruling binding; Chinese envoy wants it voided 

      Barcelo, Vito; Requejo, Rey E.; Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, July 15, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Malacanang said Wednesday “no one can diminish” the 5-year-old arbitral award that junked Beijing’s sweeping maritime claims to the West Philippine Sea, despite China’s recent remark that the award was a piece of “wastepaper." ...

    • PH steps up island devt in China sea 

      Casas, Bill; Tuyay, Francisco; Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, January 10, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines will follow the lead of China and Vietnam and develop islands under its control in the disputed South China Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday. “My plan of action is also to develop all ...

    • PH to buy new ships for Benham research, pushes oil hunt 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, March 7, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The government plans to acquire research vessels to explore the disputed South China Sea to assess the potential of Philippine Rise, which is rich in minerals and gas, an official said Tuesday. Presidential Spokesman Harry ...

    • PH to focus on its ’own interest,’ ’agree to disagree’ on SCS issue 

      Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 15, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines will focus on its own interests in the South China Sea (SCS) after China rejected a Philippine government appeal that it comply with an arbitral ruling that invalidated its claim to nearly all of the disputed ...

    • PH to maintain ties with China amid WPS 'installations' 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, February 6, 2018, on page A3)
      The Philippine government will maintain its ties with China amid reports that Beijing had finished the construction of military installations in the dispute South China, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Roque ...

    • PH told not to give up terrorial claim vs China 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, April 13, 2018, on page A2)
      China has told the Philippine government not to give up its claim to the disputed South China Sea but simply asked it to put some order on how to discuss that claim so the two countries could pursue a joint oil and gas ...

    • PH urges more focus on Spratlys 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, May 15, 2015, on page A3)
      The Philippine government called on the US government to urgently give more focus to recent developments in the South China Sea and provide substance to its Asia re-balance policy. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del ...