Browsing by Place "Nanshan Island"

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    • 287 Chinese militia ships still in WPS 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Ramirez, Robertzon; Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Alexis; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, May 13, 2021, on page 2)
      Despite increased patrols and the filing of multiple diplomatic protests, some 287 Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels remain scattered all over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and the South China Sea, both within and ...

    • Beijing permanently stations rescue ship in spartlys 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Avendaño, Christine O.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 3, 2018, on page A6)
      China is stationing a search and rescue ship on its man-made island on Philippine-claimed Zamora Reef in the Spratly archipelago, in a “gray zone tactic” to assert its ownership of the disputed feature in the South China ...

    • Benham Rise trip: Duterte’s latest comedy act 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, April 30, 2018, on page B4)
      China builds a monument on Kagitingan Reef that the Philippines claims as part of its territory in South China Sea and President Duterte announces he will sail to Benham Rise, an underwater plateau east of Luzon that has ...

    • China insists ‘Spratlys ours,’ asserts Sino fishers’ ‘rights’ 

      Ramos, Christia Marie; Aning, Jerome; Aurelio, Julie M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 13, 2019, on page A1-A4)
      China dismissed anew Philippine claims to parts of the Spratlys in the South China Sea, saying the entire island chain has been Chinese territory for thousands of years. China’s position was stated on Thursday by Chinese ...

    • Esperon explains PH strategy in WPS 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 19, 2018, on page A9)
      President Rodrigo Duterte may have “set aside” the international arbitral ruling favoring the country’s claims in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), but the defense establishment is continuing to undertake measures to protect ...

    • Navy vows more patrols in WPS 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 10, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippine Navy will continue to patrol territorial waters, especially the highly volatile West Philippine Sea (WPS) to provide a reassuring presence to Filipino fishermen. The Navy feels that the patrols are one way ...

    • Not a single island but the whole of Spratlys 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, May 30, 2018, on page B4-B5)
      Mischief Reef was lost under the Ramos presidency. Scarborough Shoal was lost under the Benigno Aquino III presidency. The Spratlys was surrendered to China under the Duterte presidency.

    • Ph denies building airport, port in Spratlys 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, May 1, 2015, on page 1-17)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday denied China’s claims that the Philippines is building an airport and a port in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), branding the allegations unbelievable. ...

    • PH flag-marked marine buoys affirm our sovereignty in WPS 

      (Manila Bulletin, May 24, 2022, on page 4)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has installed five 30-foot-long navigational buoys carrying the Philippine flag in four critical islands in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to mark its territory and assert the country’s ...

    • PH wants review of defense treaty with United States 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, December 21, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines wants to review provisions of its mutual defense treaty (MDT) with the United States, to expand the 1951 pact’s coverage to the nine islands occupied by Manila at the Kalayaan Island Group (Spratly Islands) ...

    • Rody vows no Phl ship to leave WPS 

      Blancaflor, MJ (Daily Tribune, May 15, 2021, on page A1-A6)
      President Rodrigo Duterte fired his strongest words against China yet when he declared that local ships will not move “an inch backward” from the West Philippine Sea even if it gets him killed. In his pre-recorded address ...

    • Roque: We’re not behind our rivals in reef dev’t 

      Aurelio, Julie M.; Salaverria, Leila B.; Nonato, Vince F.; Nawal, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 9, 2018, on page A6)
      Malacañang on Tuesday disputed the Inquirer report that the Philippines had been left behind by its rivals in the development of territorial claims in the hotly contested South China Sea. Presidential spokesperson Harry ...

    • Sea dispute biggest challenge to PH 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, July 19, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) dispute is the top concern as regards the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, according to the Cabinet’s security cluster. The security cluster made the assessment as ...