Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Gaven Reef"
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240 Chinese vessels spotted lingering in West Philippine Sea
(SunStar Philippines,April 15, 2021 , on page 5)The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) on Tuesday, April 13, denounced the continued swarming of Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) and Maritime Militia vessels, which Chinese authorities have claimed to be ... -
Beijing permanently stations rescue ship in spartlys
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 3, 2018 , on page A6)China is stationing a search and rescue ship on its man-made island on Philippine-claimed Zamora Reef in the Spratly archipelago, in a “gray zone tactic” to assert its ownership of the disputed feature in the South China ... -
China condemns US for S. China Sea freedom of navigation operation
(Malaya,October 3, 2018 , on page B5)China expressed anger on Tuesday after a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea, saying it resolutely opposed an operation that it called a threat to its sovereignty. Beijing ... -
China destroyer nearly rams US warship
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 3, 2018 , on page A1-A12)A Chinese warship sailed within yards of an American destroyer — forcing it to change course — in an “unsafe and unprofessional” encounter as the US vessel was in contested waters in the South China Sea, an official said ... -
'China fired flares at PH sea patrols in June'
(Manila Standard,August 21, 2021 , on page A2)China has fired flares to repel Philippine patrol ships in the West Philippine Sea on at least five instances in June, the military’s Western Mindanao Command said Friday. WestMinCom’s Lt. Col. Bill Pasia, in an online ... -
China has taken P9.7 trillion in reefs, fish - and counting
(The Philippine Star,February 17, 2021 , on page 9)The CCP is stepping up sea aggression. Seven Philippine reefs have been landfilled into Chinese island-garrisons. From there gunboat-backed Chinese poachers overfish Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and mineral-rich Recto (Reed) ... -
China military again lands plane on PH reef
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 11, 2018 , on page A1-A12)Malacañang need no more wait to acquire technology to verify and protest China’s violation of the Philippines’ sovereignty in the Spratly archipelago. Satellite imagery has shown the first confirmed landing by China of a ... -
China military planes land on PH reef
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 18, 2018 , on page A1-A6)Two Chinese military transport planes have been photographed on Panganiban Reef, marking the first reported presence of this type of aircraft in Philippine territory in the South China Sea and raising the prospect that ... -
'China sea claim hopeless'
(The Philippine Star,November 27, 2015 , on page 1-14)China's expansive claim in South China Sea and West Philippine Sea is "hopeless and indefensible" and without legal or historical basis, the Philippines told an international arbitration court on Wednesday. The Permanent ... -
China's land reclamation alarms US senators
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 21, 2015 , on page A3)Leading US senators expressed alarm on Thursday at the scale and speed of China's land reclamation in the South China Sea and said a formal US strategy was needed to slow or stop the work. In a letter to US Secretary State ... -
China, US destroyers in close ‘unsafe’ encounters
(Manila Standard,October 3, 2018 , on page A1-A2)A Chinese warship sailed within yards of an American destroyer―forcing it to change course―in an “unsafe and unprofessional” encounter as the US vessel was in contested waters in the South China Sea, an official said Monday. ... -
China, US warships face-off in disputed South China Sea
(Manila Bulletin,October 3, 2018 , on page 3)China expressed anger on Tuesday after a US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea, saying it was resolutely opposed to an operation that it called a threat to its sovereignty. ... -
Joint exploration with China in the West Philippine Sea
(BusinessWorld,June 18, 2018 , on page S1/7)Shock waves rippled through the land when the President said that “China should turn the Philippines into a Chinese province.” These words were uttered before the Chinese Filipino Business Club. To many, it was as if our ... -
Manila begins legal proceedings over South China Sea claims
(The Philippine Star,February 2, 2013 , on page 14)On January 22, the Philippines fired a legal shot across China’s bow with Secretary of State Albert del Rosario’s announcement that Manila had submitted a motion to the United Nations requesting that China’s South China ... -
'Most Pinoys reject Rody's WPS policy'
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 12, 2019 , on page A6)There is a growing clamor for the government to resolve the territorial conflict in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), with an overwhelming support among Filipinos for seizing back Philippine reefs occupied by China, results ... -
No need to be nasty, Rody tells Chinese patrols
(The Philippine Star,August 19, 2018 , on page 10)With the Philippines and China supposedly friends, the Chinese military does not have to be “nasty” by threatening Filipinos conducting maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea especially around the Spratlys where the ... -
Palace: Filing protest over China ships up to DFA
(The Philippine Star,May 26, 2021 , on page 2)It’s up to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to officially protest the presence of about 120 Chinese vessels particularly on the side of Tizard Bank that is within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in ... -
PH urges ASEAN: Unite to halt 'de facto control' of disputed sea
(Manila Bulletin,April 27, 2015 , on page 1-14)The satellite images included the artificial island built by China in Gaven Reef (Burgos Reef) as well as its possible military base on Fiery Cross Reef (Kagitingan Reef). Del Rosario pointed out that China’s massive ... -
Philippines fires off protest after Chinese ships swarm waterway
(BusinessWorld,April 15, 2021 , on page S1/10)The Philippines on Wednesday fired off another diplomatic protest against China after authorities spotted a swarm of Chinese vessels, including six war ships within its waters in the South China Sea. Two Houbei class missile ... -
Phl relies on China's good faith amid expansion in SCS
(The Philippine Star,December 26, 2017 , on page 3)The Philippines will still rely on China’s good faith even as the Asian power has expanded and fortified the islands it is occupying in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea. Asked to comment on a report from Beijing ...