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    • China military again lands plane on PH reef 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 11, 2018, on page A1-A12)
      Malacañang need no more wait to acquire technology to verify and protest China’s violation of the Philippines’ sovereignty in the Spratly archipelago. Satellite imagery has shown the first confirmed landing by China of a ...
    • China military planes land on PH reef 

      Mangosing, Frances G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 18, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Two Chinese military transport planes have been photographed on Panganiban Reef, marking the first reported presence of this type of aircraft in Philippine territory in the South China Sea and raising the prospect that ...
    • China reclaiming 7 islands in Spratlys 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, March 31, 2015, on page 9)
      China is conducting reclamation and infrastructure developments in at least seven reefs in the disputed Spratlys archipelago, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said yesterday. Aside from the artificial islets over ...
    • China warns US on patrols in disputed sea 

      Reuters; Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 16, 2015, on page A1-A19)
      BEIJING - Chinese media on Thursday slammed the United States for "ceaseless provocation" in the South China Sea and said China's military should be "ready to launch countermeasures." In a rebuff to China on Tuesday, US ...
    • DFA photos shows Sino building up reef on PH waters 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 16, 2014, on page A19)
      China's reclamation of land on Mabini Reef (Johnson South Reef) in the West Philippine Sea is a progressive undertaking and is likely for military use, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. Military ...
    • 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 ...
    • No need to be nasty, Rody tells Chinese patrols 

      Mendez, Christina; Katigbak, Jose (The Philippine Star, August 19, 2018, on page 10)
      With the Philippines and China supposedly friends, the Chinese military does not have to be “nasty” by threatening Filipinos conducting maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea especially around the Spratlys where the ...
    • Phi won't recognize China air restrictions 

      Calica, Aurea; Diaz, Jess (The Philippine Star, May 25, 2015, on page 1-6)
      The Philippines will not recognize restrictions on air and sea travel set by China in the West Philippine Sea, President Aquino said yesterday. “We will still fly the routes that we fly based on international law and the ...
    • Phl relies on China's good faith amid expansion in SCS 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, December 26, 2017, on page 3)
      The Philippines will still rely on China’s good faith even as the Asian power has expanded and fortified the islands it is occupying in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea. Asked to comment on a report from Beijing ...
    • Phl to ASEAN: China getting de facto control 

      (The Philippine Star, April 27, 2015, on page 1-8)
      The Philippines yesterday urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to unite and stop China’s massive reclamation in disputed waters as it will give China “de facto control” over the area and cause $100 ...
    • Prosecute butchers of butanding - WWF 

      Andrade, Katherine (The Philippine Star, February 18, 2010, on page A-23)
      An international conservation group is calling for the prosecution of people responsible for the “butchery” of an 18-foot butanding (whale shark) on the shores of Tingloy town in Batangas, with the marine animal’s dorsal ...
    • Rody: Phl-China bond 'improving' daily 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, January 11, 2018, on page 1-2)
      The bond between the Philippines and China is “improving every day,” President Duterte said in the face of concerns over the militarization of artificial islands built and occupied by the Chinese in the South China Sea. ...