Browsing by Author "Del Rosario, Alejandro"

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    • Agreeing to disagree 

      Del Rosario, Alejandro (Manila Standard, September 2, 2019, on page A4-A5)
      As expected, nothing came out of the well-scripted, one-on-one meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on the issue of the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The ...

    • Chinese mischief on Panganiban Reef 

      Del Rosario, Alejandro (Manila Standard, September 8, 2012, on page A4)
      The Chinese are up to their old tricks again. While appearing to appease the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in bilateral talks, they continue to fortify their claim on Mischief Reef (Panganiban) and Scarborough ...

    • Our weak stand on China 

      Del Rosario, Alejandro (Manila Standard, June 4, 2018, on page A4-A5)
      Opposition lawmakers are questioning the Philippines’ anemic stand against China’s military buildup in the West Philippine Sea. It appears to the concerned solons that the government’s foreign policy and national security ...

    • Rape on the Rise 

      Del Rosario, Alejandro (Manila Standard, February 16, 2018, on page A4-A5)
      We are not talking of rape of the carnal kind here. The title of this column deals with the most recent violation committed by China on Philippine territorial sovereignty. Not content with its encroachment into the Philippine ...

    • Trump on North Korean threat 

      Del Rosario, Alejandro (Manila Standard, February 2, 2018, on page A4)
      United States President Donal Trump, in his first State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress, painted a picture of social, economic and political progress in his first year in power. Trump appealed for ...

    • US, China warships in near clash 

      Del Rosario, Alejandro (Manila Standard, May 30, 2018, on page A4-A5)
      A not so prominently played up news item was a near clash between Chinese and American warships in the South China Sea last Monday. First reported by the New Times and confirmed by the Chinese foreign ministry was an ...