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    • Barrier removal BBM's call - PCG 

      Ayeng, Raffy; Garner, Jom; Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, September 26, 2023, on page A1-A6)
      Dismantling the floating barrier that China installed at Scarborough Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc is a matter for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to decide, a Philippine Coast Guard official said yesterday. Commodore Jay ...
    • BBM: China's barrier deprived Pinoys of 164 tons of fish daily 

      Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, September 30, 2023, on page A2)
      President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday defended the removal by the Philippine Coast Guard of a floating barrier installed by China in the West Philippine Sea, saying that it was necessary to protect the country's maritime ...
    • Biz group: 'Keep China as a friend' 

      Ayeng, Raffy; Guillang, Michelle (Daily Tribune, July 15, 2021, on page A6)
      A local business group composed of Filipino-Chinese businessmen on Wednesday sought a peaceful, wise and diplomatic solution to the still scorching sea lanes issue that puts a wedge on the Philippines-China relations. The ...
    • Brawner calls out Chinese propaganda 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean; Garner, Jom (Daily Tribune, October 11, 2023, on page A1-A6)
      Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. on Tuesday dismissed China's claim that it drove away a Philippine Navy ship from Scarborough Shoal. "It came from Beijing, right? Then that's Chinese propaganda. ...
    • China on floating barrier removal: 'Nothing more than self-amusement' 

      Garner, Jom; Labrador, Pedring; Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, September 29, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      The word war between the Philippines and China continued Wednesday after Beijing called Manila's removal of the floating barrier at Scarborough Shoal "nothing more than self-amusement." China Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...
    • China's blocking won't stop Phl patrols in WPS 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, October 12, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      As the Chinese Coast Guard is determined to intercept, harass, and block the country's maritime patrols in its exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea, the military vowed to be more eager to defend and protect ...
    • China’s claim over Bajo has no basis — Año 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A6)
      National Security Adviser Eduardo Año has emphasized that China’s persistent claims over the waters of Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) have “no legal basis.” “China’s repeated claims of sovereignty over Bajo de Masinloc ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • No need for China fishing deal 

      Blancaflor, MJ (Daily Tribune, April 28, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      In yet another effort to convince the public that President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have not forged a five-year-old fishing deal, Malacañang on Tuesday said the Philippines does not need an agreement ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Scarborough fiasco 

      Enrile, Juan Ponce Sr. (Daily Tribune, May 22, 2021, on page A1-A4)
      My Monday evening visit to Malacañang has evoked in my mind many more unanswered questions about the Scarborough loss to the Philippines. If there was an agreement between the Philippines and China to withdraw from ...
    • Who lost Scarborough? 

      (Daily Tribune, May 10, 2021, on page A4)
      Had former President Noynoy Aquino not resorted to subterfuge in dealing with China by employing the anarchist Antonio Trillanes IV as back channel, relations would not have deteriorated to the extent that the country’s ...