Browsing Aquatic News Index by Author "Quismundo, Tarra"

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    • Chinese warships enter West Philippine Sea 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 5, 2013, on page A8)
      Chinese naval vessels entered Philippine waters on Feb. 1 amid efforts by the Philippines to peacefully resolve its territorial dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea through arbitration in the United Nations. China’s ...

    • DFA photos shows Sino building up reef on PH waters 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 16, 2014, on page A19)
      China's reclamation of land on Mabini Reef (Johnson South Reef) in the West Philippine Sea is a progressive undertaking and is likely for military use, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. Military ...

    • DU30: back to Panatag 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 24, 2016, on page A1-A20)
      President Duterte on Sunday raised the possibility of Filipino fishermen returning to the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea after his three-day state visit to China. Speaking before residents of typhoon-hit ...

    • French leader to make PH Ground Zero in climate action 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 25, 2015, on page A6)
      On the historic first visit of a French head of state to the Philippines in February, French President François Hollande will be seeking the help of a country battered—but never defeated—by climate change. France is turning ...

    • Int'l opinion against China buildup in disputed sea 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 9, 2015, on page A1-A13)
      In the face of growing international condemnation for its building artificial islands in the South China Sea from which to project its military power in the region, China appears to have reduced itself into an island. From ...

    • Italy backs PH in sea row 

      Dizon, Nikko; Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 4, 2015, on page A1-A4)
      The Philippine has found another supporter of its decision to take its territorial dispute with China in the South China Sea to the United Nations for arbitration, with Italy's top leaders telling President Aquino that it ...

    • Itu Aba: PH biggest worry is biggest win 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 18, 2016, on page A1-A20)
      The rock of contention was the Philippine legal team’s “biggest worry.” But in the end, the status of Itu Aba, the largest feature in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, turned out to be one of the ...

    • Kalayaan mayor urges PH fishers to defy China. 

      Anda, Redempto; Quismundo, Tarra; Cabacungan, Gil (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 11, 2014, on page A1-A9)
      The mayor of Kalayaan town, in the Spratlys, on Friday said he would encourage Filipino fishermen to ignore China’s new rules that require foreign fishermen to seek permission from Chinese regional authorities before ...

    • De Lima tell DU30: be careful with statements on sea row 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 28, 2016, on page A11)
      Sen. Leila de Lima on Thursday called on President Duterte to be careful with his statements about unresolved disputes in the South China Sea, saying his recent remarks viewed as friendly to China tended to undermine ...

    • PH decries China plans to fly planes from disputed islands 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 13, 2016, on page A3)
      The Philippines on Saturday called for Chinese restraint in the South China Sea, describing as “provocative” China’s plan to start launching civilian flights to and from the contested Paracels within a year. “We reiterate ...

    • PH helpless vs China-Yasay 

      Quismundo, Tarra; Yap, DJ; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 17, 2016, on page A4)
      The Philippines remains practically helpless in stopping Chinese militarization activities on disputed islands in the South China Sea, but is committed to a peaceful approach to the dispute, Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay ...

    • PH slams patrols Sino fishers 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 27, 2013, on page A3)
      The Philippines yesterday denounced China’s announced fishery patrols in the Spratlys group of islands, as it asserted its sovereignty over its established maritime boundaries in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South ...

    • PH to press UN case on disputed sea despite China rejection 

      Quismundo, Tarra; Ubac, Michael Lim (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 21, 2013, on page A3)
      The arbitration proceedings that the Philippines has initiated before the United Nations (UN) against China to nullify the latter's "excessive" claims in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) will not stop despite ...

    • PH urged to rethink China ties 

      Quismundo, Tarra; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 19, 2017, on page A2)
      The Philippines should rethink relations with China following reports Beijing was planning to build a radar station on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal off the coast of Zambales, Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio ...

    • SC sides with dolphins, strikes down oil deal 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 22, 2015, on page A4)
      For the sake of endangered dolphins, whales and other marine mammals, the Supreme Court yesterday struck down as unconstitutional, a deal between the Department of Energy (DOE) and a Japanese firm for oil “exploration, ...

    • UN backs peaceful solution to sea row 

      Aning, Jerome; Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 22, 2013, on page A7)
      The United Nations has reiterated its support for a peaceful settlement of the protracted dispute between the Philippines and China over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ...

    • US has not paid tubbataha fine 

      Yap, DJ; Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 3, 2014, on page A1-A13)
      Almost a year after an American warship ran aground on an atoll of the Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea, the US government has yet to pay the fine imposed by the Philippines for the damage to the environment. The Department ...