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    • China backs joint energy dev't with Philippines in disputed sea 

      Mogato, Manuel (Manila Bulletin, July 27, 2017, on page B-3)
      China’s foreign minister on Tuesday said he supported the idea of joint energy ventures with the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, warning that unilateral action could cause problems and damage both sides. Wang ...
    • Duterte: China not claiming Benham Rise 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus (Manila Bulletin, April 2, 2017, on page 1-16)
      China has assured President Duterte they will not claim Benham Rise as part of its territory. Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Office of the Executive Secretary ...
    • Fish galore at Benham Rise 

      Quismorio, Ellson (Manila Bulletin, May 8, 2017, on page 2)
      Benham Rise, Philippine Sea – There might be great oil reserves here at Benham Rise, but Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Piñol is after the tuna. During the government expedition in this rich fishing ground, the ...
    • Forego fuel reserves to limit climate change 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 9, 2015, on page A18)
      A third of the world's oil reserves, half of gas reserves and 80 percent of current coal reserves, should not be used in the coming decades of global warming is to stay below an agreed 2 degree Celsius target, scientists ...
    • Manila, Beijing work out how to tap oil, gas in South China Sea areas they both claim 

      Balinbin, Arjay (BusinessWorld, February 15, 2018, on page S1/1-S1/3)
      The Philippines and China have agreed to set up a special panel to work out how they can jointly explore oil and gas in part of the South China Sea that both sides lay claim without having to address the explosive issue ...
    • Maritime convulsion in the 'Asean' seas 

      Tolentino, Amado S. Jr. (The Manila Times, May 26, 2015, on page A5)
      At no other time in history do some Asean countries face several maritime challenges than during this second decade of the 21st century. All because of the uses of the South China (West Philippine) Sea and its resources – ...
    • New warning issued on climate change 

      (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2016, on page B-9)
      According to scientists and environmentalist, the risk remains that the continued development of carbon-rich deposits around the world will harm the planet, increasing temperatures and negating all efforts at mitigating ...
    • PH, China OK joint SCS oil exploration 

      Mabasa, Roy (Manila Bulletin, February 15, 2018, on page 1-8)
      Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua (center) and other Chinese foreign ministry officials return to their meeting with their Philippine counterparts on the second Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on South ...
    • The Philippines turns to lawfare in the South China Sea 

      Mata, Nestor (Malaya, September 8, 2015, on page B5)
      Two and a half years ago, the Philippines took an unprecedented step to shake up the territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea. That was when it brought its case into the halls of the Peace Palace, the home of ...
    • ‘Someday PH will thank China for Spratlys’ 

      Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, February 9, 2018, on page 7)
      Someday the Philippines will be thankful to China for the artificial islands it has built in the disputed Spratlys in the South China Sea, according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. But when? When the Chinese would ...
    • South China Sea exploration pact shaping up 

      Casayuran, Mario (Manila Bulletin, August 29, 2018, on page 3)
      Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano said Tuesday he looks forward to a joint Philippine-China gas and oil exploration agreement in the disputed areas in the South China Sea, ‘’hopefully’’ ...
    • US hits out at China on sea reclamation 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Panay News, May 31, 2015, on page 9)
      The United States on Saturday vowed to keep sending military aircraft and ships to disputed parts of the South China Sea and called for an immediate halt to reclamation works by Beijing in the tense region. US Defense ...