Browsing Aquatic News Index by Author "Santos, Tina G."

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    • AFP chief pushes Pinoy structures in West PH Sea 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 23, 2021, on page A3)
      The military’s highest-ranking official on Thursday proposed that the country also start building structures in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) considering China’s apparent disregard for the status quo agreement among states ...

    • Allies condemn Ayungin incident, stand behind PH 

      Santos, Tina G.; Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 7, 2023, on page A1-A6)
      The United States and other countries on Sunday said they stand with the Philippines in the face of the China Coast Guard's (CCG) “dangerous actions” when it fired water cannons at a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) supply ...

    • Arbitral court member has advice to PH, China 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 24, 2021, on page A3-A5)
      A member of the five-man Permanent Court of Arbitration that handed down the decision in favor of the Philippines against China’s sweeping claims to the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea has urged countries in ...

    • Bigger crane ship in Tubbataha today 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 16, 2013, on page A4)
      The second, bigger crane ship that would help remove portions of the USS Guardian, which remains stuck in Tubbataha Reefs in Palawan, is expected to arrive at the site on Saturday, according to the Philippine Coast Guard ...

    • Burmese ship eyed in oil spill 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 2, 2013, on page A13)
      The Philippine coast guard on Friday said that the oil spill reportedly contaminated the shorelines of 11 coastal barangay from La Union up to Ilocos Norte might have come from the sunken Burmese cargo ship MV Arita Bauxite.

    • China warns PH against patrolling Panatag Shoal 

      Santos, Tina G.; Salaverria, Leila B.; Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 30, 2022, on page A1-A4)
      China has warned the Philippines against “interfering” with its patrols at Bajo de Masinloc, saying the shoal and its waters are part of Chinese territory. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) earlier reported that a China ...

    • Chinese research ship back in PH 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Corrales, Nestor; Mangosing, Frances; Santos, Tina G.; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 2, 2021, on page A1-A6)
      A Chinese ship that was spotted in northern Philippine waters in 2020 was sighted again, this time on the country’s eastern side before it left that area on Monday morning. But according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), ...

    • Chinese ships still at reef near Palawan-AFP chief 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Santos, Tina G.; Yap, DJ; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 23, 2021, on page A4)
      The chief of the Philippine military on Monday confirmed that there were still Chinese ships at Julian Felipe Reef near Palawan province, two weeks since more than 200 vessels were seen there by a Philippine Coast Guard ...

    • Coast Guard finds debris of sunken boat in Palawan waters 

      Miranda, Romar; Santos, Tina G.; Semilla, Nestle (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 31, 2022, on page A5)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has already tracked the possible location of the sunken fishing vessel that collided with a foreign commercial vessel in the waters near Maracanao Island in Agutaya town, Palawan province, ...

    • Coast Guard insists dredger is Chinese 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 5, 2021, on page A9)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday insisted that the dredger seized last week because of its “illegal and unauthorized presence” in Philippine waters is a Chinese company-owned vessel. “Upon verification, the PCG ...

    • Coast Guard to unveil new Kalayaan station 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 4, 2021, on page A4)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will unveil on Thursday its new operation hub on Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea. The hub includes a four-unit structure made of modular containers fully equipped with radar, ...

    • Coast Guard's BRP Cabra shoos away 7 Chinese, Vietnamese vessels 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 5, 2021, on page A4)
      Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) authorities shooed away five Chinese and two Vietnamese fishing vessels near Marie Louise Bank, 272.24 kilometers off El Nido town in Palawan province, in another daring act to protect the ...

    • Coast Guard, BFAR drive away Chinese vessels from PH shoal 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 6, 2021, on page A2-A3)
      The Philippines on Wednesday said its maritime patrols had twice driven Chinese vessels away from a shoal within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). It was the first time since President Duterte took office in ...

    • 'Crising stalls Tubbataha salvage 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 20, 2013, on page A8)
      The salvage operation for the US Navy minesweeper USS Guardian, which has been stuck in the Tubbataha Reefs off Palawan for over a month, suffered another setback after tropical depression “Crising” struck parts of Mindanao ...

    • Death toll in Quezon ferry fire climbs to 9 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 3, 2022, on page A7)
      The death toll from the fire that hit a ferry off the coast of Real, Quezon, on May 23 rose to nine after a mother and daughter who were injured during the incident died while being treated at a hospital in Metro Manila ...

    • Del Rosario pushes drive to declare Spratlys 'marine protected area' 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 19, 2020, on page A5)
      Former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario on Wednesday called on Filipinos, the Philippine government and neighboring countries to support efforts to declare the disputed Spratly Islands a “marine protected area.” The ...

    • DFA chief spews profanity at China over sea row 

      Santos, Tina G.; Aning, Jerome; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 4, 2021, on page A2)
      The Philippines’ top diplomat on Monday demanded in an expletive-laced message on Twitter that China’s vessels get out of the West Philippine Sea, marking the latest exchange in a war of words with Beijing over its activities ...

    • DU30 talking to Beijing envoy about West Philippine Sea incursion 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Cabalza, Dexter; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 24, 2021, on page A2-A4)
      President Rodrigo Duterte plans to talk to the Chinese ambassador about China’s latest incursion in the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang said on Tuesday, after Manila filed a diplomatic protest over the presence of more ...

    • Gem-Ver fishers finally getting ₱6-M compensation 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 29, 2022, on page A6)
      Almost three years after what President Duterte played down as a “little maritime accident,” the 22 fishermen left for dead by a Chinese trawler that rammed their small fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea will finally ...

    • Go after other illegal Chinese dredgers, gov't urged 

      Corrales, Nestor; Santos, Tina G.; Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2021, on page A4)
      The government should look for and investigate other Chinese dredging vessels operating illegally in Philippine waters following the seizure of the 2,340-ton MV Zhonhai 68 off Bataan and Bulacan provinces by authorities ...