Browsing by Subject "Maritime legislation"

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    • ASEAN seeks talks with China for non-aggression pact soonest 

      Associated Press (Manila Bulletin, August 3, 2017, on page 1, 8)
      Southeast Asia’s top diplomats will seek talks “as soon as possible” on a proposed non-aggression pact with China aimed at preventing clashes in the South China Sea and will likely hold back on criticism of China’s aggressive ...

    • China incursions may spark ‘naval arms race’ – Carpio 

      Ramos, Marlon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 15, 2021, on page A2)
      China’s unbridled incursions into the West Philippine Sea and the disputed waters in the South China Sea may render the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) a dead letter treaty, retired Supreme Court ...

    • China set for easy ride from ASEAN on disputed South China Sea 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Manila Bulletin, August 5, 2017, on page 1, 6)
      China expressed its willingness to “join hands” with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to uphold the stability of the South China Sea, steadily advance the consultation of the Code of Conduct in ...

    • China: An ordinary maritime accident 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, June 14, 2019, on page 8)
      The sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a suspected Chinese trawler in disputed waters was described by Beijing yesterday as an ordinary maritime accident. The Philippine defense department said on Wednesday a suspected ...

    • Chinese coast guard broke maritme laws - Del Rosario 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Marcelo, Elizabeth (The Philippine Star, March 31, 2022, on page 5)
      The dangerous maneuver of a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel that risked collision with a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship in Panatag Shoal last March 2 was “deliberate” and violated international maritime law and agreements, ...

    • DFA fires off protest vs. 220 Chinese vessels' presence off Palawan 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, March 22, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      More than 200 Chinese fishing vessels believed to be crewed by militia have been spotted “in line formation” near a disputed reef west of Palawan Island, the National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) said, ...

    • DFA protests China's fishing ban, says it's a violation 

      SunStar Philippines (SunStar Philippines, May 20, 2021, on page 3)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has protested China’s fishing ban that covers parts of the West Philippine Sea over which the “Philippines exercises sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction.” In a statement, ...

    • DFA won't protest China's coast guard law 

      Antonio, Raymund (Manila Bulletin, February 14, 2021, on page 2)
      The Philippines will not raise the issue of China’s controversial new Coast Guard law before The Hague or any international tribunal, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said, adding that the arbitral award in 2016 ...

    • DFA: Duterte might discuss Recto Bank incident at Asean 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, June 19, 2019, on page 7)
      President Duterte might raise the Recto Bank issue at the coming summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Thailand as part of talks on the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, a ranking foreign ...

    • DND denies downplaying China's new coast guard law 

      Roson, John (Daily Tribune, February 13, 2021, on page B16)
      The Department of Defense (DND) on Friday denied speculations that it downplayed the effect of China's new coast guard law on Filipino fishermen. In a statement, Lorenzana took exemption to the statement of Sen. Risa ...

    • Exploring Philippine seas today, for the generations of tomorrow 

      Law, John (The Philippine Star, June 24, 2021, on page 9)
      In March 2021, a leading Philippine oceanographer and an American explorer, together, reached the deepest point of the Philippine Trench - a historic voyage to one of the least-explored places on Earth. By partnering on ...

    • Fisheries Bureau, USAID to battle illegal fishing 

      Domingo, Leander C. (The Manila Times, September 5, 2020, on page A7)
      In a move to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the country, the United States and Philippine governments brought together 135 participants from various sectors to measure and understand IUU fishing ...

    • Guimaras mulls declaring August as maritime safety awareness month 

      (DailyGuardian, August 8, 2020, on page 8)
      Officials of Guimaras province proposed declaring the month of August as Maritime Safety Awareness Month. Guimaras Lone District Rep Ma. Lucille L. Nava pushed a legislation that will serve as reminder on the significance ...

    • Illegal fishing becoming top maritime security risk 

      (DailyGuardian, October 21, 2021, on page 8-10)
      As much as 25 million tons of fish are believed to be lost globally each year to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activity—known as IUU fishing—resulting in the depletion of local fish stocks and major economic ...

    • Japan challenges incursions by Chinese ships 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 9, 2021, on page B3)
      Japan said Monday it has protested to China over two incursions into Japanese territorial waters that come after Beijing enacted legislation toughening its response to violations of its maritime territory.

    • Japan offers PH help in sea row 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, June 4, 2016, on page A2)
      Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on congratulated President-elect Rodrigo Duterte for his victory as he urged the incoming president to push for multilateral talks in settling the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

    • No retreat in phaseout of wooden-hulled boats 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, January 6, 2021, on page B16)
      The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) is firm on the phaseout of wooden-hulled motorboats, despite the complaints of irate passengers of the Guimaras-Iloilo route that the available fiberglass types were not enough to ...

    • PH military chief Chinese vessels' formation suspicious 

      Yap, DJ; Santos, Tina G.; Aurelio, Julie M.; Galvez, Daphne (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 25, 2021, on page A4)
      The Armed Forces chief, Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, on Wednesday said the military-style formation of about 200 Chinese vessels at a reef within the country’s 370-kilometer exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea ...

    • PH won’t stop Chinese patrols in disputed cay 

      Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, August 23, 2017, on page A3)
      President Rodrigo Duterte won’t stop China from what he described was a patrolling activity in Sandy Cay near the Pag-asa island in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) that is within the country’s exclusive economic ...

    • Raps dismissed vs Chinese vessel that rammed Phl boat 

      Ramirez, Robertzon (The Philippine Star, September 28, 2020, on page 1-2)
      The provincial prosecutor’s office in Occidental Mindoro has dismissed the charges the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) filed against Hong Kong-flagged M/V Vienna Wood, which hit the fishing vessel Liberty 5 off Mamburao in ...