Browsing Aquatic News Index by Author "Requejo, Rey E."

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    • Duterte dares, Carpio accepts challenge to debate on WPS 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, May 7, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Retired Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday accepted the challenge of President Duterte for a debate on the West Philippine Sea issue, saying he is ready to face the President anytime of the day. “On ...

    • Duterte lauded for sea stand: Allies, critics call it a victory for invoking PH arbitral award before UN 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, September 24, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Critics and allies alike of President Rodrigo Duterte praised him Wednesday for invoking before the United Nations General Assembly a 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that struck down China’s excessive ...

    • Duterte to China envoy: Arbitral ruling stands in PH favor 

      Barcelo, Vito; Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, March 26, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has asserted the international court’s 2016 arbitral ruling favoring the Philippines against China’s massive claims in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS) during his meeting with Chinese ...

    • Envoy: PH-US military pact crucial to keeping region stable 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, May 24, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The military alliance between the United States and the Philippines remains critically significant to maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, including in the hotly contested South China Sea, US Ambassador ...

    • Ex-DFA chief: China helped Rody 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, July 13, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Former Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario disclosed Monday that China interfered in the 2016 national elections to help then presidential bet Rodrigo Duterte get elected. "On February 22, 2019, we received information ...

    • Fishers told: swarm the seas 

      Ramos- Araneta, Macon; Requejo, Rey E.; Barcelo, Vito; Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, April 30, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The government on Thursday called on Filipino fishermen to swarm the West Philippine Sea after dozens of Chinese vessels were spotted in the area over the last few months. We should be there. That area is our traditional ...

    • Fishing pact with China eyed 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, December 24, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos suggested Friday a regional regulatory fishing agreement with China amid the latter’s alleged continued activities in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Interviewed on Dobol B TV, Carlos ...

    • 'Illegal fishing in WPS a cause of concern' 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, April 23, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The United States said Thursday the multi-billion “illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and destruction of the rich marine ecosystem in the West Philippine Sea is a cause of concern for both the United States and ...

    • Justice prods Palace to assert PH rights over Benham 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, February 19, 2018, on page A1)
      Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has rebuffed the position of Malacanang that there is nothing wrong with China naming undersea features in the Philippine Rise. China, Carpio said, has no right to name the ...

    • Landmark ruling upholds Unclos as charter of oceans 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Cruz, Maricel V.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 13, 2016, on page A2)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday lauded the landmark decision rendered by an international tribunal at The Hague that invalidated China’s massive claims on the South China Sea, including the ...

    • Locsin junks 'verbal deal' with China 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Mariano, Nat; Blancaflor, MJ; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 4, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte’s purported verbal agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping allowing Chinese fishermen to fish within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone cannot be implemented, Foreign Affairs Secretary ...

    • Locsin won't stop criticizing Chinese incursion in WPS 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, May 6, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday vowed to continue criticizing the aggressive behavior of China, one day after apologizing for telling it to “get the f**k out” of the West Philippine Sea. While ...

    • Locsin: cut out 'abominable' offending scene 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, October 17, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday demanded that the scene in the animated film Abominable, which featured controversial China’s nine-dash line map in the South China Sea, be taken down instead of ...

    • Locsin: Get the f*** out of WPS: Du30 remarks that dispute with China not reason to be rude, disrespectful 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, May 4, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The country’s top diplomat unambiguously told Beijing where to go on Monday, as the government insisted Chinese vessels were still illegally lingering in the West Philippine Sea. “China, my friend, how politely can I put ...

    • Malaysia zaps PH Sabah claim in note verbale 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, August 30, 2020, on page A1)
      Malaysia, a co-member of the Philippines in the largely economic group Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has once more nixed the Philippine claim to Sabah and dismissed Manila’s “excessive maritime claims” in the ...

    • Palace talks tough to China: Panelo warns of 'unwanted hostilities' over Chinese boats' incursions 

      Barcelo, Vito; Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, April 6, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte’s chief legal counsel criticized China Monday for the continued presence of Chinese ships in the Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef, warning that the territorial incursion could damage ties and lead to ...

    • Palace: Hague ruling unenforceable 

      Barcelo, Vito; Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 21, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The 2016 UN Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling upholding the Philippines' legal claims in the West Philippine Sea is unenforceable, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday. Roque made the response a day after ...

    • PH blasts China's law on SCS 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, January 28, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China over its law authorizing its coast guard to shoot foreign vessels in areas it claims in the disputed South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin ...

    • PH files protest over twin China WPS ’volations’ 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, April 23, 2020, on page A2)
      The Philippines has filed two protests with China over the pointing of a radar gun at a Philippine Navy ship and for declaring parts of Philippine territory as part of Hainan province, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Boy ...

    • PH protests Chinese tactics 

      Mariano, Nat; Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, April 2, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China over the presence of hundreds of Chinese vessels near Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea, the Palace said Monday, even as it disputed a report that there ...