Browsing Aquatic News Index by Name "Bacordo, Giovanni Carlo"
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Amid Chinese presence, Navy wants to stay in Sangley Point
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 7, 2020 , on page A2)The Philippine Navy is opposing a plan by the Cavite provincial government to boot the military service command out of Sangley Point in Cavite as part of a P500-billion airport project that is expected to ease congestion ... -
‘Catch the wind’: Navy taps Subic boat maker to meet essential requirement of modernization program
(BusinessMirror,January 23, 2021 , on page 1)As the military implements the second of its three-phased multibillion-peso modernization program, a local shipbuilder has offered to help the Navy by supplying it with locally built modern small and big warships. Propmech, ... -
China denies SCS ruling anew: Envoy: ‘Consensus’ reached by Xi, Duterte is to ‘put aside’ arbitral decision
(Manila Standard,September 27, 2020 , on page A1)China has underlined its non-recognition of the 2016 international arbitral ruling favoring the Philippines and nullifying Beijing’s nine-dash line claim over nearly all of the South China Sea, only days after President ... -
Chinese vessels back in Mainland after research in Reed Bank-Navy
(BusinessMirror,August 17, 2020 , on page A3)The two Chinese vessels that carried out “unauthorized” research activities in the Recto Bank near the island of Palawan early this month are back in China, Navy Flag Officer in Command Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo ... -
Chinese vessels seen near Recto Bank confirmed
(The Manila Times,August 12, 2020 , on page A8)The Philippine Navy has confirmed the presence of two Chinese vessels near Recto (Reed) Bank. An intelligence report dated August 9 disclosed that the two ships were seen near Recto Bank a week ago, according to VAdm. ... -
DFA confronts China envoy
(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 ... -
Navy protests Chinese survey
(Manila Standard,August 11, 2020 , on page A2)The Philippine Navy will request that a diplomatic protest be filed over a Chinese vessel’s alleged surveying activities at Recto Bank or Reed Bank, its chief Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo said Monday. Bacordo told ... -
Navy vows more patrols in WPS
(The Manila Times,May 10, 2020 , on page A1-A2)The Philippine Navy will continue to patrol territorial waters, especially the highly volatile West Philippine Sea (WPS) to provide a reassuring presence to Filipino fishermen. The Navy feels that the patrols are one way ... -
Navy wants WPS gas platforms for monitoring
(The Philippine Star,September 28, 2020 , on page 4)The Philippine Navy is moving to transform two retired gas platforms in Palawan into Littoral Monitoring Stations or LMS in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Such observation posts will “further enhance our capability to ... -
PN Chief: US Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group at S. China Sea a 'welcome development'
(Manila Bulletin,April 8, 2021 , on page 2)The entry of the United States Navy’s Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) in the South China Sea came as a ‘welcome development’ in the exercise of freedom of navigation operations (FONOPS) in the tension-filled ... -
'Powder keg'
(BusinessMirror,February 20, 2021 , on page A1)More warships have been deployed to the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as part of the Philippine Navy’s continued maritime operations in the disputed area to ensure the safety and security of Filipino fishermen who make a living ... -
'Remember Recto Bank sinking'
(The Philippine Star,June 10, 2020 , on page 4)A year after the ramming and sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank, former foreign affairs chief Albert del Rosario is urging Filipinos not to forget the incident or surrender to China’s ... -
‘Remember Recto Bank sinking’
(The Philippine Star,June 10, 2020 , on page 3)A year after the ramming and sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in Recto Bank, former foreign affairs chief Albert del Rosario is urging Filipinos not to forget the incident or surrender to China’s ... -
Resist China's aggression
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 23, 2020 , on page A6)There is no end to China’s aggressive behavior toward this friendly nation. The Jiageng, said to be one of China’s top research ships, spent a week within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, according to Ryan Martinson, ... -
Someone to watch over me
(BusinessMirror,June 6, 2020 , on page A1-A2)Amid the vast expanse of territorial sea waters that it protects and the country’s claims of some parts of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) being aggressively challenged, primarily by China, the Philippine Navy (PN) is stepping ...