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    • 38 Filipinos missing after ship capsizes: Ship that capsized off the coast of the Southern Japan was also carrying 5,800 cows 

      Associated Press (AP); JPA (SunStar Philippines, September 4, 2020, on page 4)
      Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday, September 3, for a livestock ship with 42 crew members on board that a survivor said sank during rough weather a day earlier off a southern Japanese island, the coast guard said. ...
    • 39 Filipinos in sunken cattle ship off Japan 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, September 4, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Japanese coast guard rescuers searched Thursday for the remaining 42 crew, including 39 Filipinos, of a ship believed to have sunk in a typhoon, after a lone survivor was found bobbing in a lifejacket. The 11,947-ton Gulf ...
    • Amid sea row, Japan insists on rule of law 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne (Manila Standard, October 26, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Rear Admiral Hidetoshi Iwasaki of Japan called for the rule of law in solving the dispute in the South China Sea and assured the Philippines that its maritime security ties with it will continue. The Philippines and other ...
    • Asean airs concern on new China sea law 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, January 20, 2014, on page 1-3)
      The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has expressed concern over recent developments in the South China Sea, after China imposed a controversial new fisheries law requiring all foreign vessels to obtain approval ...
    • Aussie warships to conduct exercise in WPS 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, April 13, 2018, on page 3)
      Two Australian warships docked yesterday at Subic Bay in Olongapo City for a four-day goodwill visit in the country and will conduct maritime exercises in the West Philippine Sea. Dubbed Passing Exercises (PASSEX), the ...
    • Australia weights in on Chinese boats' intrusion 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, March 25, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Australia on Wednesday joined the United States and Japan in expressing concern over Chinese incursions in the West Philippine Sea after Manila protested the presence of more than 200 Chinese vessels moored near the Julian ...
    • Australia, Japan, UK air concern over Chinese vessels 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Punay, Edu; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, March 25, 2021, on page 2)
      Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom have expressed concern over the presence of around 220 Chinese vessels on Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea. “Japan strongly opposes any action that heightens tensions. ...
    • China backs joint energy dev't with Philippines in disputed sea 

      Mogato, Manuel (Manila Bulletin, July 27, 2017, on page B-3)
      China’s foreign minister on Tuesday said he supported the idea of joint energy ventures with the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, warning that unilateral action could cause problems and damage both sides. Wang ...
    • China extending reach in sea, says US admiral 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 17, 2015, on page A8)
      The commander of US forces in the Pacific said Wednesday that major land reclamation by China a-at outpost in the south china sea could allow it to exert more influence over the contested area of deploy military asset such ...
    • China flies 2 commercial jets to man-made island in South China Sea 

      Bodeen, Christopher (Manila Bulletin, January 9, 2016, on page B12)
      A pair of Chinese civilian jet airliners landed at a newly created island in a disputed section of the South China Sea in a test to see whether its airstrip was up to standard, state media reported Thursday. The China Daily ...
    • China hits back at G7 over sea reclamation 

      Brago, Pia; Calica, Aurea; Sy, Marvin (The Philippine Star, June 11, 2015, on page 2)
      China continues to ignore calls to stop large-scale reclamation in theSouth China Sea while slamming the Group of Seven nations for being "out of step." Without naming countries, the G7 leaders strongly opposed the use of ...
    • China holds drills in West Pacific, South China Sea 

      Global Times (The Manila Times, March 27, 2018, on page B6)
      The Chinese military has begun its spring drills, with its air force recently conducting a high-sea training mission in the West Pacific and a joint combat patrol mission in the South China Sea. The drills include H-6K ...
    • China not ceding an inch of territory-general 

      Julian, Sammy (Panay News, May 19, 2014, on page 11)
      China "will not give an inch" with regards to its territorial dispute with several Southeast Asian Countries, including the Philippines, over the South China Sea and with Japan over islands in East China Sea. To those who ...
    • China seeks peaceful resolution of disputes 

      Mabasa, Roy (Manila Bulletin, June 2, 2015, on page 1-14)
      China seeks a peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea but will not subjugate its national interest, Admiral San Jiaguo told a regional defense forum in Singapore. There is no change to China's interest in ...
    • China to put up international maritime court 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, March 14, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      China will establish an international maritime judicial center, a report from the country’s top court said Sunday, as it seeks to shore up territorial claims to the South China Sea at the center of a growing regional ...
    • China warns vs cradle of war 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne; Solmerin, Florante (Manila Standard, July 14, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      China warned its rivals Wednesday against turning the South China Sea into a "cradle of war" and threatened to establish an air defense zone there, after its claims to the strategically vital waters were declared invalid. ...
    • China's latest weapon against Taiwan: the sand dredger 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, February 8, 2021, on page S1/10)
      On board the Taiwan Coast Guard Ship PP-10062, East China Sea — Taiwanese coast guard commander Lin Chie-ming is on the frontline of a new type of warfare that China is waging against Taiwan. China’s weapon? Sand. On a ...
    • China: new satellite to protect its sea bases 

      Torres, Estrella; Nawal, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 12, 2016, on page A11-A12)
      A newly launched satellite will help China protect its maritime interests, the official China Daily newspaper reported on Thursday, as Manila and Tokyo urged Beijing to respect maritime law and security, and the rule of ...
    • Chinese ships in disputed waters 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, August 7, 2014, on page B6)
      Chinese coastguard ships sailed into waters off Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea on Wednesday, officials said, after Tokyo’s annual defense paper warned over China’s “dangerous acts” near the disputed ...
    • 'Duterte can still fulfill vow to raise SCS arbitral ruling 

      Mercene, Recto (BusinessMirror, July 15, 2020, on page A8-A4)
      In the last few years of his term, President Duterte can still fulfill his promise to the Filipino people to raise the UN arbitral tribunal award in the Philippines’s case against China on the South China Sea—this time, ...