Browsing BusinessMirror by Author "Acosta, Rene"

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    • ‘Catch the wind’: Navy taps Subic boat maker to meet essential requirement of modernization program 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, January 23, 2021, on page 1)
      As the military implements the second of its three-phased multibillion-peso modernization program, a local shipbuilder has offered to help the Navy by supplying it with locally built modern small and big warships. Propmech, ...

    • China harassment of oil-exploring boats signal to claimants–AMTI 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, May 4, 2020, on page A8-A4)
      China’s harassment of Malaysia’s ongoing oil exploration in its coastal waters—but which Beijing deems as within the vast maritime area that it disputes in the South China Sea—has reinvented the norm and set new rules ...

    • Chinese ships remain in Julian Felipe Reef, defense chief says 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, March 30, 2021, on page A3)
      Chinese ships moored in great numbers in the Julian Felipe Reef are trying to drive away Philippine military “sovereignty patrols” in the area, but their warnings are being ignored by the government, Defense Secretary ...

    • Chinese vessels back in Mainland after research in Reed Bank-Navy 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, August 17, 2020, on page A3)
      The two Chinese vessels that carried out “unauthorized” research activities in the Recto Bank near the island of Palawan early this month are back in China, Navy Flag Officer in Command Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo ...

    • Court blocks departure of ship officers in sea mishap 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, July 16, 2020, on page A4)
      A local court in Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro has granted the petition of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to issue a hold departure order (HDO) against the top officers of a Hong Kong-flagged carrier vessel, which collided ...

    • Defense treaty with US takes effect at 1st shot against any Pinoy vessel in WPS, Lorenza says 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, February 12, 2021, on page A3)
      Any Filipino vessel that may be fired upon Chinese Coast Guard ships in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) will automatically trigger the Philippines’s defense agreement with the United States, Defense Secretary Delfin N. ...

    • Emerging 'tinderbox': PHL defies China's reported 'fishing ban' in disputed WPS, including Scarborough 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, May 8, 2021, on page A1)
      Defense and military authorities are bracing for a possible escalation of tensions anew between China and the Philippines amid the raging territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) that could raise the specter ...

    • Esperon hits Chinese Coast Guard's risky maneuvers vs PCG ships at Scarborough 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, May 6, 2021, on page A3)
      A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel that took part in a maritime training exercise that went on patrol in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) challenged Chinese maritime militia (CMM) ships within the country’s exclusive ...

    • 'In effect, but undeclared' 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, July 4, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      China has been imposing air, and even maritime, travel restrictions against other countries, especially the weaker ones that include the Philippines, in the South China Sea (SCS) for years, but has not officially declared ...

    • Military conducts war exercise near China-occupied Scarborough Shoal 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, December 3, 2020, on page A3)
      With new assets in the inventory of the Navy and the Air Force, the military carried out its amphibious landing and island defense exercises in Zambales where the Scarborough Shoal sits at a shooting distance. The drills ...

    • PHL in fine balance between US, China in S. China Sea-DND 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, August 11, 2020, on page A8)
      The country is protecting and keeping its stake in the West Philippine Sea by balancing its relationship with superpowers in the South China Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday. He said this as the ...

    • PHL says 200 Chinese ships at disputed reef 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, March 22, 2021, on page A4)
      National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said on Sunday that eight Chinese fishing vessels were spotted in the Pagasa Island area last week just as the government reported the presence of at least 220 Chinese ...

    • Pompeo to China: SCS bullying is illegal 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, July 15, 2020, on page A8)
      China's insistence that it owns rich resources in most parts of the South China Sea and its bullying of neighbors in order to control them are illegal, US Secretary Mike Pompeo said. Pompeo’s statement released on Tuesday, ...

    • Port of hope 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, June 20, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The recent completion and inauguration of a military harbor project on Pagasa Island in the Municipality of Kalayaan, Palawan, has sparked a ray of hope within a small Filipino community there that the much-awaited undertaking ...

    • 'Powder keg' 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, February 20, 2021, on page A1)
      More warships have been deployed to the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as part of the Philippine Navy’s continued maritime operations in the disputed area to ensure the safety and security of Filipino fishermen who make a living ...

    • Sea search for missing victims of Mindoro boat collision ends with no recovery-PCG 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, July 8, 2020, on page A4)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has ended its search and retrieval operations without recovering any of the 14 persons aboard the fishing vessel F/V Liberty 5, which sank in the waters of Occidental Mindoro following a ...

    • Shift to 'active defense' 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, December 27, 2020, on page A1)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is slowly beefing up both its offensive and defensive capabilities, working to boost the country’s ground-based air defense, which will be reinforced by the planned acquisition of ...

    • Someone to watch over me 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, June 6, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Amid the vast expanse of territorial sea waters that it protects and the country’s claims of some parts of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) being aggressively challenged, primarily by China, the Philippine Navy (PN) is stepping ...

    • Testing the waters 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, July 19, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      With the United States and Asean’s affirmation of support for the four-year-old ruling of the United Nations (UN) arbitral tribunal, the Philippines should seize the initiative in “implementing” the decision, at the very ...

    • Testing the waters 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, July 19, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      With the United States and Asean’s affirmation of support for the four-year-old ruling of the United Nations (UN) arbitral tribunal, the Philippines should seize the initiative in “implementing” the decision, at the very ...