Browsing The Manila Times by Author "Reyes, Dempsey"

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    • Asset rights in South China Sea 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, November 20, 2019, on page A2)
      United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has urged all nations, especially claimants to the hotly contested South China (West Philippine) Sea, to take a stand publicly by asserting their sovereign rights and to adopt ...

    • China lands aircraft on another PH reef 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 11, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A Chinese military aircraft has landed on the last of three airstrips it had built at the disputed Spratly Islands, at a reef claimed by the Philippines that is close to an island occupied by Filipino troops. The Asia ...

    • China to punish violators 

      Villanueva, Ralph; Reyes, Dempsey; Antiporda, Jefferson (The Manila Times, June 11, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      China has assured the Philippines it would not tolerate violations of Filipinos’ fishing rights at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and would apply the law against violators, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said ...

    • Chinese boat seen roaming shoal in SCS, says expert 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, January 16, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      While its sister ship is on a “friendly visit” in Manila, another Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel was spotted roaming Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, according to a maritime expert. Ryan Martinson, an assistant professor ...

    • Chinese harassment of PH Navy troops an isolated case 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, June 8, 2018, on page A2)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday said harassment by a Chinese aircraft of Philippine military forces aboard a rubber boat off Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal to resupply Marine troops based there was only an ...

    • Chinese presence near island 'illegal' 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E.; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, April 5, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday declared the presence of Chinese vessels near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the Kalayaan Island Group “illegal.” The DFA said Pag-asa Island is part of the Kalayaan or Spratly ...

    • Chinese ships harass PH boats in Ayungin 

      Maralit, Kristina; Reyes, Dempsey; Tamayo, Bernadette (The Manila Times, November 19, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Chinese coast guard vessels blocked and fired water cannon at two civilian boats resupplying Filipino troops stationed in the Ayungin Shoal, Philippine government officials reported. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ...

    • Chinese vessels seen near Recto Bank confirmed 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, August 12, 2020, on page A8)
      The Philippine Navy has confirmed the presence of two Chinese vessels near Recto (Reed) Bank. An intelligence report dated August 9 disclosed that the two ships were seen near Recto Bank a week ago, according to VAdm. ...

    • Countries should unite vs sea militarization 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, June 6, 2018, on page A3)
      Countries in Asia should “band together” in voicing out their concerns against China’s militarization of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, said Tuesday. “I think what should ...

    • DENR mulls temporary closure of dolomite beach 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, October 29, 2021, on page A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is contemplating closing temporarily the Manila Bay dolomite beach for expansion, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. ...

    • Duterte airs concern over Chinese vessels 

      Calayag, Keith; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, March 26, 2021, on page A3)
      President Rodrigo Duterte met with Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian on Thursday to raise concern over the presence of Chinese vessels at the Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea. The National ...

    • Duterte won't summon Chinese envoy 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Ismael, Javier Joe; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, June 19, 2019, on page A1-A9)
      President Rodrigo Duterte is not inclined to ask Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jinhua to shed light on the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in disputed waters, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Palace spokesman ...

    • Duterte: Chinese incursion 'abhorrent' 

      Maralit, Kristina; Tamayo, Bernadette; Cueto, Francis; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, November 23, 2021, on page A1-A9)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the government finds abhorrent the harassment of Filipino boats by Chinese coast guard ships in the Ayungin Shoal last week. Speaking at a regional summit with the Association of ...

    • Esperon wants Pag-asa Island declared protected area 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, April 25, 2019, on page A8)
      The Philippines is considering declaring Pag-asa (Thitu) Island and the eastern part of the Kalayaan Island Group (Spratly Group of Islands) as maritime protected areas (MPA), National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon ...

    • Experts: China to keep asserting WPS claims 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 16, 2020, on page A2)
      A unified and holistic approach among South China Sea (West Philippine Sea or WPS) claimants, especially those in the Southeast Asia is more than needed now, maritime experts suggested on Friday as it projected that China ...

    • Go fish in troubled waters - Lorenzana 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 30, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Filipino fishers should continue fishing in contested waters despite a ban announced by China, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. The summer fishing ban, which started on May 1, covers the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East ...

    • 'Joint exploration in West PH Sea legal' 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Reyes, Dempsey; Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, March 2, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Joint exploration in the West Philippines Sea (South China Sea) with China is in accordance with the 1987 Constitution, Malacañang insisted on Thursday, after President Rodrigo Duterte likened China’s offer of joint ...

    • Lorenzana also changes tune, hits China's Spratlys claim 

      Reyes, Dempsey; Villanueva, Ralph U. (The Manila Times, April 15, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      China has been relying on an “imagined historical claim” over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Sunday, as he also stepped up his rhetoric against Beijing. This was after ...

    • Lorenzana hits China's nukes WPS 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, August 28, 2018, on page A2)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has objected to China’s transport of “nuclear elements” to the contested area at the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), as reported by the US defense and military establishment. “We ...

    • Manila to tighten watch on West PH Sea 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, July 24, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines will be able to keep a tighter watch on the West Philippines Sea (South China Sea or WPS) when a satellite launched by a country in Europe kicks off, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said ...