Browsing Aquatic News Index by Place "Subi Reef"
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Beaching ramp in Pag-Asa 60% complete — DND
(The Philippine Star,July 7, 2019 , on page 7)The construction of a beaching ramp on Pag-Asa Island in the Kalayaan Island Group is expected to be completed by the end of the year, a development that would pave the way for the long-delayed repair of the Rancudo airfield ... -
Beijing 'installs missiles' on South China Sea
(The Manila Times,May 4, 2018 , on page A2)Beijing Thursday reasserted its right to build "defense" facilities in the disputed South China Sea, but declined to confirm reports it had installed new missiles on artificial islands it has built in the region. The Chinese ... -
‘Bring China to court’: Carpio prods Philippines to protest Sino bullying of Pinoy fishermen
(Manila Standard,June 9, 2018 , on page A1-A2)Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio on Friday said the Philippines could use video of the Chinese Coast Guard apparently raiding Filipino fishermen’s catch in Scarborough Shoal, inside the country’s exclusive economic zone, ... -
Carpio: China’s naming of sea features doesn’t mean sovereignty
(The Philippine Star,May 8, 2020 , on page 7)China’s naming of features in the South China Sea, including islands in the Philippine-held Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), does not matter since names of the geologic features do not determine sovereignty, retired Supreme ... -
Carpio: Chinese ships in PH's reef could be a 'prelude' to occupation
(Panay News,March 25, 2021 , on page 5)Former Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio warned that the presence of Chinese vessels at Julian Felipe Reef should be a cause of concern as it may prelude to occupation and building of a naval base. The Chinese ... -
China building surveillance facilities on Kagitingan reef
(The Philippine Star,February 18, 2018 , on page 1-13)China has new communications facilities at a military base it built over Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef, indicating its intention to use the fortified feature for its forward signal and surveillance operations in the South ... -
China building triangle of bases, warns Carpio
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 2, 2015 , on page A19)Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio called on the nation Thursday to make the Philippines’ territorial dispute with China an issue in next year’s national elections as Beijing continued to build a “a ... -
China bully or not? Panelo will ask Rody
(The Philippine Star,August 2, 2019 , on page 6)Is China a bully? Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo could not give a categorical answer yesterday when asked if he agreed with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s assertion that China’s takeover of Panatag (Scarborough) ... -
China can deploy warplanes on artificial islands anytime
(The Philippine Star,March 29, 2017 , on page 1-3)China appears to have largely completed major construction of military infrastructure on artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea and can now deploy combat planes and other military hardware there at any time, ... -
China Coast Guard entering foreign waters via artificial islands
(The Philippine Star,February 1, 2020 , on page 2)China is now capitalizing on its artificial island military bases in the West Philippine Sea to advance its massive maritime and territorial claims deeper into Indonesian, Malaysian and Brunei waters in the South China ... -
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 lands aircraft on another PH reef
(The Manila Times,May 11, 2018 , on page A1-A2)A Chinese military aircraft has landed on the last of three airstrips it had built at the disputed Spratly Islands, at a reef claimed by the Philippines that is close to an island occupied by Filipino troops. The Asia ... -
'China may be building airstrip on Subi Reef'
(The Philippine Star,April 28, 2015 , on page 10)China appears to be building an airstrip on Zamora (Subi) Reef in the Spratlys archipelago, boosting notions that the Asian superpower is conducting reclamation in disputed areas to display its military might. In a span ... -
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 preps nuke bombers on disputed reefs
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 20, 2018 , on page A1-A2)The Philippines has come within easy reach of China’s top-ofthe-line nuclear strike-capable bomber after the Chinese military demonstrated that it could operate from its artificial islands in the South China Sea, according ... -
China reclaiming 7 islands in Spratlys
(The Philippine Star,March 31, 2015 , on page 9)China is conducting reclamation and infrastructure developments in at least seven reefs in the disputed Spratlys archipelago, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said yesterday. Aside from the artificial islets over ... -
'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 turns on lighthouse atop reef
(Manila Standard,April 7, 2016 , on page A2)China has expanded its presence in the contested South China Sea by switching on a lighthouse atop a reconstructed reef also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines, state media said. The 55-meter-high (180-foot) facility ... -
China warships, planes sighted at PH-claimed reefs since 2017
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 15, 2018 , on page A1-A6)Chinese warships and aircraft have been frequenting Philippine territory in the Spratly archipelago since 2017, indicating a steady pace of development toward “operational status” of Beijing’s military bases in the hotly ...