Browsing The Manila Times by Place "Ayungin Shoal"

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    • ‘60-40 sea deal with China illegal’ 

      Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, April 30, 2018, on page A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer of a 60-40 percent joint exploration deal with China is tantamount to treason, a lawmaker said Sunday. Rep. Gary Alejano of Magdalo party-list issued the statement in light of Duterte’s ...

    • Arbitration ruling opened us to Chinese or Vietnamese military aggression in South China Sea 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, July 20, 2020, on page A1-A5)
      It is sickening for the previous Yellow regime, especially its Foreign secretary Albert del Rosario, and just recently President Rodrigo Duterte’s present Defense and Foreign Affairs secretaries to be flag-waving in claiming ...

    • Australia calls for de-escalation of tensions over SChina sea 

      Panti, Llanesca (The Manila Times, March 17, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      Canberra has expressed its opposition to the “militarization” of the disputed islands in the South China Sea, saying that provocative actions would hinder progress. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop made the stance ...

    • BRP Sierra Madre to stay in Ayungin-AFP 

      Cueto, Francis Earl (The Manila Times, December 7, 2021, on page A9)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said that the BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57) in Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), will remain, despite calls by Beijing to have it removed. We are not moving LT-57 or the ...

    • Carpio inhibits self in South China Sea case 

      (The Manila Times, July 3, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has recused himself from the West Philippine (South China) Sea case pending before the high court after the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) accused him of being ...

    • China reclamations 'damaging' disputed waters 

      Bauzon, Bernice Camille V. (The Manila Times, April 14, 2015, on page A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday slammed China on its massive reclamation activities in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) that it said have caused ecological damage to some 300 acres of coral reef ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Duterte: Sea row better left untouched 

      (The Manila Times, November 13, 2017, on page A2)
      The maritime dispute will not be on the agenda of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit, given that President Rodrigo Duterte had declared the issue “is better left untouched.” The President on Sunday ...

    • 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 ...

    • Legal battle looms over sea exploration 

      Panti, Llanesca (The Manila Times, August 31, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Cayetano on Thursday said the Duterte administration’s plan for a joint exploration and development deal with China over South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) resources would face tough legal ...

    • Military to probe boat chase in WPS 

      Maghanoy, Christian Crow; Ismael, Javier Joe; Tolentino, Reina C. (The Manila Times, April 10, 2021, on page A1-A8)
      The Department of National Defense (DND) on Friday said it would order the Armed Forces of the Philippines to investigate the incident Thursday in the West Philippine Sea where the boat chartered by an ABS-CBN news crew ...

    • Navy vows more patrols in WPS 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 10, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippine Navy will continue to patrol territorial waters, especially the highly volatile West Philippine Sea (WPS) to provide a reassuring presence to Filipino fishermen. The Navy feels that the patrols are one way ...

    • NSC okays Christmas convoy in WPS 

      Baroña, Franco Jose (The Manila Times, November 29, 2023, on page A9)
      The National Security Council (NSC) gave the go-signal to the planned civilian-led Christmas Convoy to the West Philippine Sea with the agreement that participating vessels would not proceed to the BRP Sierra Madre in ...

    • PH fishers' harassment at Ayungin Shoal probed 

      Baroña, Franco Jose (The Manila Times, January 22, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday that it is currently investigating a recent incident of harassment at Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea involving a Filipino fishing boat and ...

    • PH protests China's fishing ban in SCS 

      Tamayo, Bernadette (The Manila Times, June 1, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      The department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday filed a diplomatic protest against China’s unilateral imposition of a morato rium on fishing in the South China Sea (SCS) or the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The DFA noted ...

    • PH wants review of defense treaty with United States 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, December 21, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines wants to review provisions of its mutual defense treaty (MDT) with the United States, to expand the 1951 pact’s coverage to the nine islands occupied by Manila at the Kalayaan Island Group (Spratly Islands) ...

    • PH won’t stop Chinese patrols in disputed cay 

      Panti, Llanesca T. (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 ...

    • PH-Australia WPS patrol successful 

      Tuyay, Francisco (The Manila Times, November 28, 2023, on page A2)
      Despite China "shadowing," the Philippine-Australia joint patrol in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) was a success, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said on Monday. While there was no direct confrontation, ...

    • Poaching case vs China in danger of dismissal 

      Canlas, Jomar (The Manila Times, July 10, 2019, on page A2)
      A petition before the Supreme Court seeking to protect the marine environment in Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal, Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal and Panganiban (Mischief ) Reef in the South China (West Philippine) Sea is in ...