Browsing The Manila Times by Name "Western Command (Wescom)"

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    • Climate change will end sea dispute – Locsin 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, April 8, 2019, on page A1-A7)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday claimed rising sea levels brought about by climate change would eventually wipe out structures and artificial islands built by China in the contested Kalayaan (Spratly) ...

    • Palace to China on PH Island: ‘Get away from Kota’ 

      Villanueva, Ralph U.; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, April 11, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has heightened its rhetoric against China, with Malacañang calling on Chinese vessels supposedly seen near the Philippine-owned Kota (Loaita) Island to “go away.” In a news briefing on Wednesday, Palace ...

    • PH protects Chinese fishing at Panatag 

      Villanueva, Ralph U.; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, April 17, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Foreign Affairs department has formally protested China’s reported mass harvesting of giant clams at the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which Malacañang on Tuesday called as an “affront” to the Philippines. A ...

    • PH protests Chinese vessels near Pag-asa 

      Villanueva, Ralph U.; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, April 2, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      MANILA has filed a diplomatic protest against China, presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said, after the military over the weekend reported more than 600 Chinese vessels had been circling Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the ...