Browsing by Place "Pagasa Island"

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    • Calida seeks dismissal of kalikasan petition on WPS 

      Punay, Edu (The Philippine Star, July 2, 2019, on page 4)
      Solicitor General Jose Calida has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the petition of fishermen seeking to compel the government to protect disputed shoals in the West Philippine Sea where Chinese fishermen have ...

    • China angered by young campers on disputed isle 

      Tuyay, Francisco (Manila Standard, December 29, 2015, on page A2)
      BEIJING expressed anger Monday after a group of young Filipinos camped out on Pagasa, an island in the South China Sea that both China and the Philippines claim as their own. The voyage of the group, which calls itself ...

    • China building triangle of bases, warns Carpio 

      Calleja, Niña P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 2, 2015, on page A19)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio called on the nation Thursday to make the Philippines’ territorial dispute with China an issue in next year’s national elections as Beijing continued to build a “a ...

    • 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 ...

    • Chinese boats near PH isles a concern-US envoy 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 6, 2019, on page A6)
      The presence of large numbers of Chinese vessels near islands and islets occupied by the Philippines is "a concern," a senior US defense official said on Friday. The Philippine government protested the Chinese ship movements ...

    • Chinese vessels inch closer to Pagasa Island 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, November 22, 2021, on page 3)
      Dozens of Chinese vessels have recently been frequenting the waters near Pagasa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a military commander reported on Sunday, Nov. 21. Vice Admiral Ramil Roberto Enriquez, commander ...

    • Duterte: 'Our duty' with China to use 'our seas' 

      Balinbin, Arjay (BusinessWorld, April 29, 2019, on page S1/10)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte returned to the Philippines on Sunday after a “highly successful” official visit to China for the Second Belt and Road Forum, Malacañang said. Mr. Duterte also said at Session III of the Leaders’ ...

    • 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 ...

    • Eyes on WPS: Coast Guard builds command outposts on 3 islands 

      Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 21, 2022, on page A2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has set up command-observation posts (COPs) on three islands in the Kalayaan Island Group in Palawan province, which are expected to improve its maritime domain awareness in the West ...

    • It's China that must be sued for sea theft, ruin 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, February 19, 2021, on page 9)
      Malacañang “hopes” no conflict erupts from China’s new coast guard law to fire on foreign vessels in waters it illegally claims. It’s feeble, critics cry. One doesn’t craft foreign policy on wishful thinking, former national ...

    • Kalayaan: Sovereignty and joint business opportunity 

      Romulo, Roberto R. (The Philippine Star, June 19, 2020, on page B5)
      The recent visit of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to Pagasa Island in the West Philippine Sea brings back a time when I was foreign affairs secretary in the 1990s. It was during that period when we were blindsided by ...

    • Law lets China gunboats fire at ships in SCS 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, November 11, 2020, on page 7)
      A new law is to permit China’s coast guards to fire at vessels within its “jurisdictional waters”. This steps up Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea. The law bolsters China’s bullying. “Jurisdictional waters” ...

    • Lorenzana refutes Carpio's claims on Sandy Cay 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, July 26, 2019, on page 8)
      The Philippines is still in control of Sandy Cay, contrary to claims by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that it has been taken over by the Chinese, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said yesterday. ...

    • Lorenzana: Pagasa Island dev't delay not due to Chinese boats 

      Sadongdong, Martin (Tempo, March 11, 2020, on page 2)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana rejected on Tuesday the observations of a United States-based think tank which said that the presence of Chinese boats allegedly disguised as militias was among the factors why development ...

    • Manila to tighten watch on West PH Sea 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, July 24, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines will be able to keep a tighter watch on the West Philippines Sea (South China Sea or WPS) when a satellite launched by a country in Europe kicks off, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said ...

    • Occupy Spratly isles? too late 

      Yap, DJ; Tubeza, Philip; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 8, 2017, on page A4)
      Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Friday ridiculed President Rodrigo Duterte’s vow to deploy troops to unoccupied South China Sea islands and reefs claimed by the Philippines, saying nothing was left to grab in those disputed ...

    • PH Navy vessel docks at Pagasa Island port 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 21, 2020, on page A1-A3)
      The Philippine Navy’s BRP Ivatan (LC298) made history last week for being the first Navy vessel to dock at the newly constructed port at Pagasa Island on the West Philippine Sea. In a statement issued on late Tuesday, Naval ...

    • PH repairs sea outposts 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, May 27, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has begun long-delayed repairs to its crumbling runway in the country’s territory in the disputed Spratly Islands, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative reported. The renovation in the Philippines’ nine ...

    • PH steps up island devt in China sea 

      Casas, Bill; Tuyay, Francisco; Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, January 10, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines will follow the lead of China and Vietnam and develop islands under its control in the disputed South China Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday. “My plan of action is also to develop all ...

    • 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 ...