Browsing Daily Tribune by Subject "disputes"

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    • DU30, Xi boosting Phl-China ties 

      Blancaflor, MJ (Daily Tribune, April 10, 2022, on page A1-A6)
      President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to boost the “positive engagements” between Manila and Beijing in terms of trade, infrastructure, and Covid-19 response, while keeping peace in the ...

    • Duterte renews call for harmony in SCS 

      Blancaflor, Mj (Daily Tribune, November 28, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed his call to South China Sea (SCS) claimants to adhere to the rule of law and keep stability in the waterway, saying there can be "real peace if the strong tramples on the weak." Duterte ...

    • Exacting accountability for reef damage 

      Angeles, Manny (Daily Tribune, September 21, 2023, on page A5)
      Something is revolting about the recent discovery of massive reef damage at two shoals within the West Philippine Sea. Underwater surveys by a special covert mission conducted by the Philippine Coast Guard recently showed ...

    • Go: Rody pushing WPS stance to the end 

      (Daily Tribune, April 1, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said that President Rodrigo Duterte will continue to fight for the rights of the country in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and all its sovereign territory until the final day of his term. Go ...

    • Gov't proceeds with WPS deals 

      Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, August 16, 2021, on page B9)
      The Department of Energy (DoE) said that joint exploration with China will be pursued but it will also bid out service contracts for other areas in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) considered within Philippine territory. ...

    • Historic trilat puts spotlight on sea spat 

      Piatos, Tiziana Celine; Kabagani, Lade Jean; Garner, Jom (Daily Tribune, April 11, 2024, on page A1-A2)
      President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flew to the United States yesterday, hoping that the trilateral summit between the United States, the Philippines, and Japan would enhance freedom of navigation in the West Philippine Sea and ...

    • Indian navy rescues 19 crew of fishing vessel 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Daily Tribune, February 4, 2024, on page B14)
      India’s navy has rescued 19 crew members aboard a fishing vessel hijacked off Somalia, the third such operation this week after a spate of attacks on shipping in the region. A distress call from the Iranian-flagged FV Omari ...

    • Lorenzana: Non-violent WPS resolution 

      Maralit, Kristina (Daily Tribune, July 14, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      While it welcomes the statements of support from other nations against China’s excessive claims in the South China Sea and the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine government insisted to continue efforts to achieve a ...

    • More patrols bar intrusions 

      Roson, Jhon; Locus, Sundy; Blancaflor, MJ (Daily Tribune, May 14, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar is batting for a bigger presence of local law enforcers in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to protect the country’s waters from intrusion by foreign ships. Eleazar ...

    • Of spies and historical parallels 

      (Daily Tribune, April 11, 2024, on page A5)
      Reports have surfaced indicating China’s recruitment of Filipinos with military backgrounds to serve as spies on the West Philippine Sea. The move, ostensibly, aims to bolster Beijing’s territorial claims in the disputed ...

    • Oil explorartion at standstill - Cusi 

      Romero, Maria (Daily Tribune, April 21, 2022, on page A1-A6)
      Resources at the Malampaya natural gas facility are continuously declining, and the government is persistently searching for an alternative. However, the oil exploration activities in the country, which where supposed to ...

    • Palace disputes fishermen's group claims 

      Blancaflor, MJ (Daily Tribune, July 13, 2021, on page A3)
      The Palace on Monday vowed to look into reports of Filipino fishermen that Chinese boats were hindering them from fishing in some parts of the West Philippine Sea which lie within the country’s exclusive economic zone ...

    • Palace rebuffs Carpio, Del Rosario on WPS 

      Cariaso, Bella (Daily Tribune, May 3, 2021, on page A3)
      Malacañang on Sunday rebuffed retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, saying the two officials are not helping the Philippines in its claim on the West Philippine ...

    • Panelo: 'Carpio, del Rosario botched WPS not Duterte' 

      Garner, Jomelle (Daily Tribune, May 1, 2021, on page A6)
      Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Secretary Salvador Panelo on Friday lambasted retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario over their recent statements on ...

    • 'Pay P800B for ecological damage': China intrusion into WPS hit 

      Locus, Sundy (Daily Tribune, April 27, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      A number of senators on Monday condemned the illegal activities of China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) through a resolution that denounced the superpower country’s intrusion into the Philippine territory. China should ...

    • PCG inflatables confront China's missile corvette 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, March 31, 2023, on page A1-A6)
      Now it can be told, and only because the Philippine Coast Guard has been allowed to lift the veil of secrecy cloaking its operations in the West Philippine Sea. The PCG yesterday revealed that it had deployed from the BRP ...

    • PCG, China ships in close call 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, March 28, 2022, on page A1-A6)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) confirmed on Sunday that one of its vessels nearly had a collision with its Chinese counterpart at the vicinity of Bajo de Masinloc. BRP Malabrigo (MRRV-4402) had a close call with a Chinese ...

    • Phl boosting WPS presence 

      (Daily Tribune, May 16, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The government is boosting its maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea following President Duterte’s declaration that local ships won’t pull out from the disputed area, an official said Saturday. National security ...

    • Phl pressing WPS claim at ASEAN 

      (Daily Tribune, July 29, 2022, on page A2)
      The Philippines will assert the 2016 arbitral ruling to back its territorial claim in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) at the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Cambodia next week. Manalo said ...

    • Phl rebuffs China's sovereignty claim 

      Blancaflor, MJ (Daily Tribune, March 30, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines on Tuesday refuted China’s claim that it has “sovereignty” over Scarborough Shoal, locally known as Panatag or Bajo de Masinloc. It came in response to Beijing’s pronouncement that it has “sovereign” rights ...