Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "lighthouses"
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China completes construction of lighthouses in disputed South China Sea
(,October 11, 2015 , on page )China has completed the construction of two lighthouses in the disputed South China Sea, the official Xinhua news agency reported, as tensions in the region mount over Beijing’s maritime ambitions. A completion ceremony ... -
China gives 'gentle reminder' to Phi, warns small nations
(,May 28, 2015 , on page )China gave the Philippines a “gentle reminder” last Tuesday that Beijing will not bully small countries but warned these nations not to make trouble willfully and endlessly. “Here is a gentle reminder to the Philippines: ... -
China hits back at US criticism sea 'restrictions'
(,August 11, 2015 , on page )China hit back yesterday at United States criticism that it restricts navigation and overflights in the South China Sea amid a festering marine territorial dispute with some of its neighbors. China claims most of the South ... -
China lighthouses beckon in Spratlys
(,October 19, 2015 , on page )The next time the United States sends warships by China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea, officers aboard will have to decide how, if at all, they will engage with a pair of giant lighthouses that Beijing ... -
China opens lighthouses on 2 PH reefs in Spratlys
(,October 11, 2015 , on page )China has started operating lighthouses on two reefs in the disputed West Philippine Sea, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, as tensions in the region mount over Beijing’s maritime ambitions. The two reefs are ... -
China seals area for war games
(,July 19, 2016 , on page )Beijing will close off access to part of the South China Sea for military drills, Chinese officials said Monday, after an international tribunal ruled against its sweeping claims in the waters. An area off the east coast ... -
China starts lighthouse operations in Subi Reef
(,April 7, 2016 , on page )China’s transport ministry held a “completion ceremony”, marking the start of operations of the 55-metre (180-ft) high lighthouse on Subi Reef, where construction began in October, state news agency Xinhua said late on Tuesday. -
China starts operating lighthouses on disputed maritime territories
(,October 11, 2015 , on page )China has started operating two lighthouses on a reef on a disputed island chain in the South China Sea, a state news agency reported, amid rising concerns among the US and China's neighbors about Beijing's maritime ... -
China starts operating reef lighthouse
(,April 7, 2016 , on page )China has begun operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands in the South China sea near which a US warship sailed last year to challenge China's territorial claims. China claims most of the energy-rich waters ... -
China turns on lighthouse atop reef
(,April 7, 2016 , on page )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 warns US on patrols in disputed sea
(,October 16, 2015 , on page )BEIJING - Chinese media on Thursday slammed the United States for "ceaseless provocation" in the South China Sea and said China's military should be "ready to launch countermeasures." In a rebuff to China on Tuesday, US ... -
China warns US on sea patrols in disputed sea
(,October 16, 2015 , on page )Chinese media on Thursday slammed the United States for "ceaseless provocations" in the South China Sea and said China's military should be "ready to launch countermeasures." In a rebuff to China on Tuesday, US Defense ... -
China-claimed reef rises from obscurity
(,June 18, 2015 , on page )Zamora (Subi) Reef, once recognizable from a distance with only a small bunker and a lighthouse, is now highly visible from the Philippines’ Pag-Asa island as China begins building large structures on what is now an ... -
Duterte tells troops to stake a claim in PHL sea
(,April 7, 2017 , on page )PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. Duterte has ordered the military to occupy and build facilities on maritime features in the South China Sea that is within the Philippine territory. His remarks also came on the heels of a US think ... -
In Tanay, Rizal, predator knife fish ends up as fertilizer
(,January 27, 2015 , on page )The town of Tanay in Rizal province is turning knife fish caught from Laguna de Bay into organic compost to address the growing population of the predator species that continues to threaten local aquaculture. The knife ... -
Malaysia condemns Chinese ‘islands’
(,October 19, 2015 , on page )China’s construction work on reefs in the South China Sea is “unwarranted provocation,” Malaysia’s military chief said on Sunday in a rare public comment about the spat from a country that has its own claims in the heavily ... -
Occupy Spratly isles? too late
(,April 8, 2017 , on page )Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Friday ridiculed President Rodrigo Duterte’s vow to deploy troops to unoccupied South China Sea islands and reefs claimed by the Philippines, saying nothing was left to grab in those disputed ... -
PH helpless vs China-Yasay
(,December 17, 2016 , on page )The Philippines remains practically helpless in stopping Chinese militarization activities on disputed islands in the South China Sea, but is committed to a peaceful approach to the dispute, Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay ... -
PH hits China's lighthouses in two disputed reefs
(,October 20, 2015 , on page )The Philippines on Monday strongly criticized two lighthouses China constructed in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), charging that they were covert mean of enforcing Beijing's claims to the disputed waters. ... -
Phl, US defense chiefs to meet on sea dispute
(,May 27, 2015 , on page )As US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Regan began its journey to Asian waters amid China’s power flexing in the region, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin would try to hear directly from his US counterpart how far America is ...