Browsing Daily Tribune by Place "South China Sea"

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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 ...

    • Bilateral Code on SCS signed with Vietnam 

      Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A1-A6)
      President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said there has been significant progress in establishing a bilateral Code of conduct between the Philippines and Vietnam concerning the South China Sea. In his recent interview with the ...

    • 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 ...

    • China can't make arrests in disputed sea 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, September 10, 2023, on page A2)
      China does not have the “authority or power” to conduct law enforcement operations on waters under the Philippine exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, an official of the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said. ...

    • 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 warns off American warship in South China Sea 

      Global Times (Daily Tribune, September 10, 2021, on page B14)
      China’s military warned off Wednesday a US guided missile destroyer that allegedly trespassed into areas adjacent to a Chinese reef in the South China Sea without permission. Naval and aerial forces of the Chinese People’s ...

    • 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 ...

    • Chinese demand unacceptable 

      (Daily Tribune, November 29, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The Ayungin Shoal is a part of the Kalayaan Group of Islands - an integral part of the Philippine. It belongs to us and it is ours to protect and use for the benefit of our people.

    • Chinese vessel overshadowing PCG ship unverified 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, February 7, 2023, on page A3)
      The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday clarified its report on the alleged overshadowing incident in Mischief reef in the West Philippine Sea purportedly involving two Chinese Coast Guard vessels and two Chinese Maritime ...

    • DFA protests China's WPS 'harassment' 

      Villegas, Gab H. (Daily Tribune, June 1, 2022, on page A1-A6)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed Tuesday that it has protested the alleged harassment by China's Coast Guard. The 'harassment' was one of the three incidents involving CCG at WPS that the United States-based ...

    • DND denies downplaying China's new coast guard law 

      Roson, John (Daily Tribune, February 13, 2021, on page B16)
      The Department of Defense (DND) on Friday denied speculations that it downplayed the effect of China's new coast guard law on Filipino fishermen. In a statement, Lorenzana took exemption to the statement of Sen. Risa ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 'Manila talking firmly over WPS' 

      Agence France-Pressse (Daily Tribune, May 27, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      Manila would not let Beijing run roughshod over its maritime rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as affirmed by a 2016 decision by The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” ...

    • '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 ...

    • 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 vessels patrolling WPS 'sufficient' 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A3)
      A military official said the Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard have a “sufficient number of vessels” patrolling within the country’s exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. “We have a sufficient number ...