Browsing Aquatic News Index by Author "Requejo, Rey"

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    • BBM eyes 'balanced' sea tack 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, June 18, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will take a “very measured and balanced” approach to the country’s territorial disputes with China over the West Philippine Sea. Marcos made this commitment during a meeting with ...

    • Carpio warns of China zone over Scarborough 

      Requejo, Rey; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, March 20, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      A Magistrative on Sunday warned the government on China’s reported plan to install a radar station in the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Senior Justice Antonio Carpio said the installation of an environmental monitoring station ...

    • Carpio won't back down stand vs china 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, October 23, 2018, on page A3)
      Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio will not change his strong stance on the country’s sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea in his bid for the most coveted post in the judiciary. Carpio, one of the five most senior ...

    • Carpio: Benham not PH territory 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, March 15, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      A senior magistrate of the Supreme Court said Tuesday the Philippines had some rights over Benham Rise as confirmed by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf as part of the country’s “Extended Continental ...

    • China insists PH arbitral win 'null and void' 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, July 15, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      China has reiterated its position that the arbitral award rendered by the United Nations-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration on the South China Sea case in favor of the Philippines is “null and void” and “violates ...

    • China says WPS traditional fishing area of Chinese 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, June 14, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines on Monday said the West Philippine Sea is a “traditional fishing ground” for Chinese fishermen. The embassy made the statement in response to the diplomatic protest filed by the ...

    • China seeks closure to boat-ramming incident 

      Mariano, Nat; Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 3, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Beijing wants to put the issues involving the Recto Bank incident to rest due to its effects on the friendly relations between Philippines and China, Malacañang said Tuesday. In a Palace press briefing, Presidential Spokesman ...

    • China ships block PH boats 

      Requejo, Rey; Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, November 19, 2021, on page A1)
      The Philippines on Thursday accused Chinese Coast Guard vessels of firing water cannon at boats delivering supplies to Filipino marines in the disputed South China Sea/West Philippine Sea, and told Beijing to "back off." ...

    • China to throw CG 'bad apples' into sea - envoy 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne; Barcelo, Vito; Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, June 13, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      China's Ambassador Zhao Jianhua admitted Tuesday there were “bad apples” in the Chinese Coast Guard and said he would throw them into the South China Sea to feed the fish, but a foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing said ...

    • Chinese envoy accuses West of 'sowing discord' over WPS 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, July 16, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines on Friday said “some outsiders” who are not from Asia are trying to sow discord between the two countries to serve their own geopolitical interests in the region. In a statement, ...

    • Court tells agencies to report on, assess Manila Bay reclamations 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, September 2, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      The Supreme Court has required concerned government agencies to submit a report on the ongoing land reclamation projects in Manila Bay, including their assessment of the impact of these activities on the environment. The ...

    • DFA confronts China envoy 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos- Araneta, Macon; Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, April 14, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs has summoned Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian to protest the presence of Chinese vessels at the Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef in the West Philippines Sea. Acting Foreign Affairs Undersecretary ...

    • Dried sharks confiscated 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, October 26, 2012, on page A3)
      Customs authorities have seized some P10 million worth of shipment of various dried marine products declared as endangered species by the government at the Sub-Port Manila North Harbor on board MV Princes of the South last ...

    • Duterte treads gingerly on China 

      Pañares, Joyce Pangco; Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, February 13, 2021, on page A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte said he cannot afford to put up a brave front against China despite repeated incursions and provocative actions in the West Philippine Sea. “I am walking on a tightrope, actually. I cannot afford ...

    • Gov't to boost troops in WPS 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos- Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, December 23, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      The government has ordered the military to beef up its presence in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) following Chinese activities monitored near Pag-asa Island. In a statement Thursday, the Department of National Defense (DND) ...

    • High court asked to drop petition vs Bora closure 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, August 22, 2018, on page A2)
      Malacañang has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition questioning the six-month closure of the world-famous Boracay Island resort. In a 61-page comment, Malacañang, through the Office of the Solicitor General, sought ...

    • Legal forum a win-option for PH in sea dispute 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, June 24, 2016, on page A5)
      International legal forum is the only option for the Philippines in pursuing its claim over the disputed West Philippine Sea, according to a senior magistrate of the Supreme Court. Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio ...

    • No case in Sino sea intrusions 

      Requejo, Rey; Mariano, Nat (Manila Standard, July 10, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The fishermen who had asked the Supreme Court to order the government to protect and rehabilitate Panatag Shoal and Panganiban Reef in the West Philippine Sea have withdrawn their names from the petition, saying they were ...

    • PH raps China for sea threats 

      Requejo, Rey (Manila Standard, June 1, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      The government on Tuesday said it summoned a senior Chinese Embassy official back in April to protest the harassment of a Philippine research in the West Philippine Sea, and rejected a unilateral fishing ban declared by ...

    • PH readies protest vs China 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, March 22, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines is preparing another protest against China over the latter’s plan to install a radar station in the Panatag or Scarborough Shoal, a Cabinet official said Tuesday. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said ...