Browsing The Manila Times by Place "Julian Felipe Reef"

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    • AFP Chief lied on new 'illegal structures' at Union Banks 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, April 12, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      Or perhaps Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana was just fed the wrong information or just ignorant of the Spratly Islands dispute, when he claimed last April 1 that the Chinese had built new illegal ...

    • Carpio: PH imports galunggong from China 

      Roxas, Patrick (The Manila Times, May 13, 2021, on page A7)
      Retired Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio, in a statement aired over DZMM Teleradyo on Monday, said the Philippines is now importing galunggong from China, which sources it from the West Philippine Sea. Galunggong, ...

    • China's fishing fleet part of Beijing's drive to become a maritime power: First word 

      Makabenta, Yen (The Manila Times, April 24, 2021, on page A1-A11)
      Whenever Chinese fishing vessels land in a major fishing dispute with another country, the standard rationale of China’s foreign ministry is that its fishermen are only exercising their rights to fish in traditional fishing ...

    • Chinese embassy denies militia in WPS 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, March 23, 2021, on page A3)
      The Chinese embassy in Manila on Monday denied the alleged presence of Chinese maritime militia in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The National Task Force on WPS on Sunday reported that Chinese fishing vessels believed ...

    • Chinese maritime militia invasion a hoax; Duterte should fire Lorenzana and Locsin 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, April 23, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      A month after the hysterics, sadly participated in by our own Defense and Foreign Affairs secretaries, the so-called “intrusion” by 200 Chinese “maritime militia in our territory” is turning out to be a hoax. It is a hoax ...

    • 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 is dealing with China intrusion' 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Depasupil, William B.; Calalo, Arlie O. (The Manila Times, April 16, 2021, on page A1-A8)
      President Rodrigo Duterte is “privately” dealing with China’s incursions into the West Philippine Sea (WPS), his spokesman said on Thursday. Harry Roque Jr. issued the statement after the National Task Force for the West ...

    • Generals should shut up on international disputes 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, April 16, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana in a phone call disputed the headline of my column last Monday that said he “lied on new illegal structures” at Union Banks, where Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef is. He ...

    • How Julian Felipe Reef brouhaha impacts on CPP-NPA-NDF insurgency 

      Samonte, Mauro Gia (The Manila Times, April 17, 2021, on page A5-A6)
      A number of speculations has surfaced from the continuing controversy on the Julian Felipe Reef in the South China Sea. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana appears the most persistent in hammering on the issue in the media ...

    • Overcoming orchestrated conflicts in South China Sea 

      Steinbock, Dan (The Manila Times, April 12, 2021, on page A4-A5)
      The Whitsun Reef, known in the Philippines as the Julian Felipe Reef, is part of the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. In Manila, the reef narrative has been promoted, particularly by that part of local ...

    • Reef row: US plot in its 're-pivot' to Asia 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, April 7, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      US President Joe Biden couldn’t have picked more anti-China officials than US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. The two were at the head of former President Obama’s so-called ...

    • Senate probe pressed on WPS incursion 

      Calalo, Arlie O. (The Manila Times, April 10, 2021, on page A3)
      Environmentalists and student groups on Friday are seeking a congressional inquiry on claims that China has been exploiting resource-rich areas in different parts of the country for its illegal reclamation and construction ...

    • US engages China in 'cognitive warfare' 

      (The Manila Times, April 13, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The United States is engaged in a form of “cognitive warfare” with China in the East and South China Sea, where both countries have deployed aircraft carrier strike groups, the South China Morning Post reported Monday. On ...