Browsing The Manila Times by Place "Bajo de Masinloc"
Now showing items 1-17 of 17
-
Act on near-collision at sea, govt urged
(The Manila Times,March 29, 2022 , on page A9)Sen. Mary Grace Poe urged the government to act urgently on the Philippine Coast Guard's (PCG) report of "close distance maneuvering" by a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The senator on ... -
AFP won't protect fishermen at West Philippine Sea
(The Manila Times,March 3, 2014 , on page A7)A few days ago, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported that a Chinese vessel fired water cannons at a group of fishermen in Scarborough Shoal or Bajo De Masinloc in the West Philippine Sea. Fortunately, the ... -
Chinese drive Pinoy fishers out of shoal
(The Manila Times,February 25, 2014 , on page A7)China renewed its aggressive stance on the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) nearly two years following the Panatag (Scarborough) standoff, with Beijing reasserting its presence in the contested waters. Philippine Armed ... -
Chinese ship nearly rams PCG vessel
(The Manila Times,March 28, 2022 , on page A1-A2)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Sunday said that a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship steered very close to one of its patrol ships in waters near Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in Zambales. The PCG said that the ... -
Colossal blowback: PH arbitration suit prodded, justified China's island-building blitz
(The Manila Times,July 15, 2019 , on page A1-A5)Three years after the five-man arbitral tribunal ruled almost entirely in favor of the Aquino government’s maritime claims against China that invoked the Unclos provisions, its real impact has become so crystal clear, yet ... -
Manila files protest over Scarborough incident
(The Manila Times,March 30, 2022 , on page A9)Manila has filed a diplomatic protest over incidents of "close distance maneuvering" by Chinese coast guard ships in waters off Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal, the National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea said ... -
Palace firm despite new China regulation 'Filipinos can fish in Panatag'
(The Manila Times,August 4, 2016 , on page A1-A8)Amid China's threat to penalize foreign fishermen in what it claims is its territory, Malacañang said that Filipino fishermen can go to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, but with “caution.” Speaking to reporters, presidential ... -
PH bent on retaking Scarborough Shoal
(The Manila Times,September 28, 2023 , on page A1-A9)The Philippines is committed to retaking Scarborough Shoal, locally known as Bajo de Masinloc, which China has occupied since 2012. "Since the new administration took office, we have already strategized how we can take ... -
PH boats fishing outside Panatag, US think tank claims
(The Manila Times,November 3, 2016 , on page A1-A8)Filipino fishermen have been fishing just outside, not inside, the lagoon of Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, a Washington, D.C. think tank claims, citing recent satellite images. On its website, the Asia Maritime Transparency ... -
PH to protest if China builds on Panatag
(The Manila Times,March 23, 2017 , on page A1-A2)The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the government will file a protest if China makes good on its reported plan to build structures at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, a resource-rich fishing ground well within the ... -
PH to remove floating barrier
(The Manila Times,September 26, 2023 , on page A1-A9)Philippine officials vowed Monday to remove a floating barrier placed by China's coast guard to prevent Filipino fishing boats from entering Bajo de Masinloc in the South China Sea. The officials all believe that the ... -
PH, China wrangle over shoal 'incursion'
(The Manila Times,November 1, 2023 , on page A1-A9)China has accused the Philippines of trespassing in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea on Monday "without the approval of the Chinese government." People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Senior ... -
Search for 7 missing fishermen fruitless - PCG
(The Manila Times,January 22, 2020 , on page A7)Aerial search for seven missing Zambales fishermen has been fruitless, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Tuesday. Capt. Armand Balilo, PCG spokesman, said with the help of BRP Dagohoy of the Bureau of Fisheries ... -
Trillanes: Aquino and Del Rosario lost Panatag Shoal to China
(The Manila Times,November 12, 2018 , on page A1-A6)I AM publishing in full, for the sake of truth and as material for historians, the secret aide memoire that Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th wrote in August 2012 on his activities as President Aquino’s special envoy to China to ... -
US fooled del Rosario into losing Panatag but he blames, vents his ire on, China
(The Manila Times,June 24, 2019 , on page A1-A9)Perhaps something useful could come out of former foreign secretary Albert del Rosario’s pathetic “look-I-am-bullied” publicity stunt last week to portray China as an Evil Empire, when it refused to allow him into Hong ... -
'West Philippine Sea' appellation: Aquino's brainwashing trick, and a curse
(The Manila Times,June 9, 2021 , on page A1-A5)Disregarding international conventions and practice, President Benigno Aquino 3rd in 2012, on his own, renamed as the "West Philippine Sea" a segment of the South China Sea. It is a term that would hobble our efforts to ... -
Yellows lost not just Scarborough Shoal but also our Kalayaan Island Group
(The Manila Times,June 2, 2021 , on page A1-A5)It wasn't just Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc) that President Aquino 3rd and his minions lost in 2012 because of their bungling in their quarrel with China. Much worse than that: we lost our entire Spratly Island ...