Browsing The Manila Times by Place "Reed Bank"
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Most Pinoys want govt to regain control of WPS
(The Manila Times,July 12, 2019 , on page A1-A8)About 93 percent of Filipinos want the Philippines to regain control of the West Philippine Sea (WPS or South China Sea), including the islands being occupied by China, according to the latest survey conducted by the Social ... -
Not a debate but full-blown probe of Panatag loss, anti-China drive needed
(The Manila Times,May 12, 2021 , on page A1-A5)We trivialize the loss of Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and the damage the Yellows’ anti-China policy has wrought on the nation if we merely call for debate on it. We trivialize the fact that our quarrel with China was due ... -
Palace: Cabinet execs to discuss boat sinking
(The Manila Times,June 17, 2019 , on page A1-A2)The Chinese Foreign Ministry has warned the Philippines against politicizing the boat’s sinking, which it described as a “ordinary maritime incident.” The Filipino boat’s crew — rescued by a Vietnamese vessel — has claimed ... -
Palace: Let China fish in PH waters
(The Manila Times,June 26, 2019 , on page A1-A2)The Philippines will not stop China from fishing in the country’s territorial waters, Malacañang said on Tuesday amid calls on the government to make Recto (Reed) Bank an exclusive fishing ground for Filipinos. Recto Bank ... -
PH may 'adopt' China, Vietnam agreement
(The Manila Times,March 6, 2018 , on page A2)The joint exploration agreement signed by China and Vietnam may be adopted by the Philippines and China for the joint exploration of the West Philippine Sea, the Palace said Monday. “We could look to the Vietnamese-Chinese ... -
PH won’t stop Chinese patrols in disputed cay
(The Manila Times,August 23, 2017 , on page A3)President Rodrigo Duterte won’t stop China from what he described was a patrolling activity in Sandy Cay near the Pag-asa island in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) that is within the country’s exclusive economic ... -
Philippine EEZ almost as big as China's
(The Manila Times,August 8, 2019 , on page A1-A4)If you want to understand why the South China Sea issue matters so much to our country and our people, I suggest to my readers to take time to read the article of Wikipedia on the subject, “Exclusive Economic Zones.” It ... -
Pinoy vessel sinks after collision with Chinese boat
(The Manila Times,June 13, 2019 , on page A1-A2)A Filipino fishing boat sank last Sunday after being hit by a Chinese vessel near the disputed Recto (Reed) Bank in the West Philippine (South China) Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced on Wednesday. No lives ... -
Public agendas and private interests in ICC/South China Sea
(The Manila Times,April 8, 2019 , on page A4-A5)In February, the US-based Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) released a heavily promoted report alleging that China sought to intimidate Filipinos into ceasing construction work on the Pag-Asa Island (Thitu) in ... -
Public interest should guide PH action on Reed incident
(The Manila Times,June 17, 2019 , on page A4)The government has come under growing pressure from all sides to take an aggressive action on the recent Reed (Recto) incident in the contested South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) and is itself anxious to find a resolution ... -
Revealed: The crux of our SCS dispute — natural gas
(The Manila Times,October 5, 2020 , on page A1-A11)The flag-waving by the Yellows, the likes of United States toady Albert del Rosario and Vietnamese-linked Antonio Carpio, claiming that they are noble patriots upholding Philippine sovereignty against an expansionist China ... -
Robredo rejects joint exploration with China
(The Manila Times,June 22, 2018 , on page A3)Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo has rejected President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal to jointly explore the West Philippine Sea (WPS) with China. In a television interview with veteran journalist Tina Monzon Palma ... -
Salim (aka MVP) Razon, Ongpin's project behind Aquino's discord with China: Part 1: Has Carpio been their lawyer?
(The Manila Times,May 10, 2021 , on page A1-A5)Concealed by the flag-waving histrionics of Antonio Carpio and Albert del Rosario is a classic case of oligarchic rule. What triggered the Aquino 3rd regime’s conflict with the Chinese that led to the unprecedented Philippine ... -
Suit vs China: Oligarchs' last resort to salvage their gas project in Spratlys
(The Manila Times,July 24, 2020 , on page A1-A5)A disgusting penchant of the Yellows, even its oligarchs, has been to claim that their troubles are not just their own, but of others. The Lopez oligarchs claim their fight is that of ABS-CBN Corp.’s 11,000 employees and ... -
Vietnam: Proof that "arbitral victory" is a colossal sham (First of 2 parts)
(The Manila Times,July 12, 2021 , on page A1-A12)There is incontrovertible proof that what the Yellows claim as the country's "victory" in the compulsory arbitration the Aquino regime brought against China in 2013 is fraudulent: Vietnam claims the Spratlys (Truong Sa to ... -
VP, senators oppose joint probe of Recto ramming
(The Manila Times,June 24, 2019 , on page A2)ice President Maria Leonor Robredo, along with Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senators Panfilo Lacson and Francis Pangilinan, has opposed a joint inquiry with China into the Recto (Reed) Bank incident in the ... -
Will the US help us in a fight with China?
(The Manila Times,September 2, 2020 , on page A1-A5)Is Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. right to claim that the United States will come to our aid in case China attacks our vessels in disputed areas in the South China Sea? The short answer: maybe, if Chinese forces ...