Browsing The Manila Times by Name "Lacson, Panfilo"

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    • Aquino grants fishing boats to fishermen 

      Galvez, James Konstantin (The Manila Times, February 26, 2014, on page A6)
      President Benigno Aquino 3rd led the awarding of newly built fishing boats to fisherfolk in coastal communities affected by the onslaught of Super Typhoon Yolanda. During the 28th anniversary of EDSA People Power in Visayas, ...

    • China must stop intruding into our EEZ 

      Arcilla, Reynaldo O. (The Manila Times, August 18, 2020, on page A6-A7)
      In a recent television interview, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana stressed the need for the Philippines to balance its relationships with China and the United States where the South China Sea is concerned. That balance, ...

    • Chinese drills tense up South China Sea anew 

      Ismael, Javier Joe; Baroña, Franco Jose (The Manila Times, May 28, 2022, on page A1-A9)
      China will hold naval exercises in the South China Sea on Saturday, its maritime authority said, after a week of recrimination from Western powers over its military ambitions across the Pacific region. The exercises, set ...

    • Drop the humbug, focus on national and strategic interest 

      (The Manila Times, June 24, 2019, on page A9)
      The nation will find a resolution of the Recto (Reed) Bank incident faster if it drops much of the posturing and humbug that some of our countrymen are spewing nonstop, and focus its attention instead on national and ...

    • 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 ...

    • Impeach Duterte, Palace dares critics 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, June 28, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Malacañang on Thursday challenged critics of President Rodrigo Duterte to file an impeachment complaint if they believe that he committed an impeachable offense when he agreed to allow the Chinese to fish in the country’s ...

    • Lacson backs joint ventures with China 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E.; Ismael, Javier (The Manila Times, November 1, 2021, on page A1-A9)
      Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said he is open to Manila entering a joint venture agreement with Beijing in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) so long as China follows the 60-40 provision in the Philippine Constitution. Lacson, who ...

    • Pinoy vessel sinks after collision with Chinese boat 

      Reyes, Dempsey; Tamayo, Bernadette E. (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 ...

    • Where he stands: Duterte affirms arbitral ruling, rebukes China 

      (The Manila Times, September 25, 2020, on page A6)
      President Rodrigo Duterte surprised many nations, and maybe even himself, with his forthright and strong virtual address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 22. Mincing no words, the President ...