Browsing by Author "Pascual, Federico D. Jr."

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    • AFP must protect Pinoy fishers, but... 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, April 4, 2019, on page 10)
      Our “what if” experts are busy speculating, roused by the pro-China stance taken by President Duterte and the defense department’s signal to Filipinos not to be afraid to fish in Philippine waters infested with foreign ...

    • Doublespeak blurs our position on SCS 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, September 29, 2020, on page 6)
      Was President Duterte informing the United Nations merely for the record, or to lay the basis for an action plan, on the 2016 arbitral award in favor of the Philippines vs China affirming his country’s sovereign rights in ...

    • Du30 saying China 'owns' WPS isles? 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, July 25, 2019, on page 12)
      When President Duterte told the world Monday from the Batasang Pambansa that China is “in possession” of several strategic areas in the West Philippine Sea, did he concede control by Beijing and weaken the Philippine ...

    • Duterte spokesman of China in WPS tiff 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, May 9, 2021, on page 6)
      China may not need a fulltime ambassador in Manila to speak for it and look after the interests of its nationals on issues involving the West Philippine Sea. It already has no less than the President of the Philippines to ...

    • Duterte, Xi to plug holes in fishing deal? 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, August 8, 2019, on page 8)
      Before the Duterte-Xi “verbal” fishing deal gets the Philippine president into trouble with the Constitution, he will have a chance to plug the loopholes in the agreement when he meets China’s paramount leader in Beijing ...

    • Importing fish: Sign of Mismanagement 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, August 21, 2018, on page 6)
      We’ve gotten used to massive rice importation by the ruling party to raise funds before an election, but to see our archipelago that is blessed with abundant fishery resources now importing fish is just too much. The excuse ...

    • Is Benham on west or east side of Phl? 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, April 4, 2017, on page 8)
      That kicked up a storm, not only because Filipinos have long considered that shoal just 120 nautical miles off Zambales (and over 600 nm from Hainan) as part of Luzon but also because China’s building it up – like it did ...

    • Locsin cursing China impolite, but justified 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, May 6, 2021, on page 6)
      Foreign Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. was not running out of paper for diplomatic protests, but must have been losing patience, when he hurled Monday a curse-laced message at China over its occupation and claim of sovereignty ...

    • Loose talk on WPS tightens China's grip 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, May 20, 2021, on page 4)
      Like other citizens, we wonder why President Duterte declared in one of his soliloquies on TV that the 2016 award given by the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague to the Philippines on a maritime dispute with China ...

    • 'No solution to SCS row in our lifetime' 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, September 27, 2020, on page 4)
      President Duterte was still reaping hometown praises for telling the world Tuesday that the Philippines stood by the 2016 arbitration award affirming its sovereign rights within its maritime areas when his spokesman rose ...

    • Pushing Manila Bay to its final sunset 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, February 7, 2019, on page 10)
      Iconic Manila Bay is being smothered and pushed away to its final sunset, another victim not only of pollution but also of inordinate commercial reclamation masked as progress. With numerous reclamation projects being ...

    • The sea taking back reclaimed bay areas 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, July 4, 2021, on page 8)
      We have long ignored the flashing red light warning us that the sea will eventually take back the large areas taken from Manila Bay as the burgeoning city looked farther west for more residential and commercial space to ...

    • Virtual surrender of WPS to China? 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, April 22, 2021, on page 4)
      Watching President Duterte’s “Talk to the People” show Monday night, we were jolted toward the end of his report when he virtually surrendered to China the West Philippine Sea, or parts of it, without the aggressive neighbor ...

    • White sand beach a ‘white elephant’? 

      Pascual, Federico D. Jr. (The Philippine Star, October 27, 2020, on page 6)
      We have a problem. It seems that the mastermind of the P389-million project recreating a strip of Boracay beach on Manila Bay was in a hurry to spread the fake white sand without factoring in the seasonal typhoons wreaking ...