Browsing by Place "Zamora Reef"

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    • 240 Chinese vessels spotted lingering in West Philippine Sea 

      PR (SunStar Philippines, April 15, 2021, on page 5)
      The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) on Tuesday, April 13, denounced the continued swarming of Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) and Maritime Militia vessels, which Chinese authorities have claimed to be ...

    • Beaching ramp in Pag-Asa 60% complete — DND 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, July 7, 2019, on page 7)
      The construction of a beaching ramp on Pag-Asa Island in the Kalayaan Island Group is expected to be completed by the end of the year, a development that would pave the way for the long-delayed repair of the Rancudo airfield ...

    • 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 ...

    • Carpio: China’s naming of sea features doesn’t mean sovereignty 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, May 8, 2020, on page 7)
      China’s naming of features in the South China Sea, including islands in the Philippine-held Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), does not matter since names of the geologic features do not determine sovereignty, retired Supreme ...

    • 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 builds maritime rescue hub; PH unfazed 

      Mariano, Nat (Manila Standard, January 31, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      China has established a “maritime rescue center” in the West Philippine Sea, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday. The rescue center was opened Tuesday in Fiery Cross Reef or Kagitingan Reef, one of the ...

    • China bully or not? Panelo will ask Rody 

      Laude, Jaime; Ramirez, Robertzon; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, August 2, 2019, on page 6)
      Is China a bully? Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo could not give a categorical answer yesterday when asked if he agreed with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s assertion that China’s takeover of Panatag (Scarborough) ...

    • China Coast Guard entering foreign waters via artificial islands 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, February 1, 2020, on page 2)
      China is now capitalizing on its artificial island military bases in the West Philippine Sea to advance its massive maritime and territorial claims deeper into Indonesian, Malaysian and Brunei waters in the South China ...

    • China has taken P9.7 trillion in reefs, fish - and counting 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, February 17, 2021, on page 9)
      The CCP is stepping up sea aggression. Seven Philippine reefs have been landfilled into Chinese island-garrisons. From there gunboat-backed Chinese poachers overfish Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and mineral-rich Recto (Reed) ...

    • China lands aircraft on another PH reef 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 11, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A Chinese military aircraft has landed on the last of three airstrips it had built at the disputed Spratly Islands, at a reef claimed by the Philippines that is close to an island occupied by Filipino troops. The Asia ...

    • 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 preps nuke bombers on disputed reefs 

      Mangosing, Frances; Avendaño, Christine O.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 20, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has come within easy reach of China’s top-ofthe-line nuclear strike-capable bomber after the Chinese military demonstrated that it could operate from its artificial islands in the South China Sea, according ...

    • 'China sea claim hopeless' 

      Calica, Aurea (The Philippine Star, November 27, 2015, on page 1-14)
      China's expansive claim in South China Sea and West Philippine Sea is "hopeless and indefensible" and without legal or historical basis, the Philippines told an international arbitration court on Wednesday. The Permanent ...

    • China to put up automated under water base in manila trench 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, December 1, 2018, on page 12)
      China is considering putting up an automated underwater base in Manila Trench for "scientific purposes," an article from the South China Morning Post said. According to Maki Pulido's report on "State of the Nation Address ...

    • China warships, planes sighted at PH-claimed reefs since 2017 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 15, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Chinese warships and aircraft have been frequenting Philippine territory in the Spratly archipelago since 2017, indicating a steady pace of development toward “operational status” of Beijing’s military bases in the hotly ...

    • China will of course merely ignore you 

      Santos, Gil H. A. (The Manila Times, May 7, 2018, on page B6)
      The latest geopolitical development in the tension-filled South China Sea is Beijing’s installation of ballistic missiles launching pads in three atolls in the West Philippine Sea—Zamora, Kagitingan and Panganiban Reefs—all ...

    • China won't occupy Pag-asa Island: Beijing also reassures that traditional fishing rights of Filipino fishers will be safeguarded 

      Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, April 25, 2019, on page 1-11)
      China has committed not to occupy Pag-asa Island and continue to safeguard the traditional fishing ground in the disputed South China Sea, a Filipino diplomat here said Wednesday. Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago ...

    • 'Chinese fishing vessels manned by military' 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, January 13, 2019, on page 4)
      Many of the Chinese fishing vessels around the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the Spratlys archipelago are manned by militia and soldiers disguised as fishermen, a defense department insider said yesterday. “We know for a ...

    • ‘DFA should handle sea row’ 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, May 31, 2019, on page A2)
      Sen. Loren Legarda on Thursday said she had decided not to conduct any public hearing on alleged Chinese incursions in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) because the “sensitive issue” must be handled by the Department ...

    • Duterte: China has promised to protect PH 

      Aurelio, Julie M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 7, 2018, on page A19)
      China has assured the Philippines that it will come to its aid in the event of external threats, according to President Duterte. "China said, 'We will protect you. We will not allow the Philippines to be destroyed. We are ...