Browsing The Manila Times by Place "Kagitingan Reef"

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    • China lands aircraft on another PH reef 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 11, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A Chinese military aircraft has landed on the last of three airstrips it had built at the disputed Spratly Islands, at a reef claimed by the Philippines that is close to an island occupied by Filipino troops. The Asia ...

    • China will of course merely ignore you 

      Santos, Gil H. A. (The Manila Times, May 7, 2018, on page B6)
      The latest geopolitical development in the tension-filled South China Sea is Beijing’s installation of ballistic missiles launching pads in three atolls in the West Philippine Sea—Zamora, Kagitingan and Panganiban Reefs—all ...

    • ‘DFA should handle sea row’ 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, May 31, 2019, on page A2)
      Sen. Loren Legarda on Thursday said she had decided not to conduct any public hearing on alleged Chinese incursions in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) because the “sensitive issue” must be handled by the Department ...

    • Manila to tighten watch on West PH Sea 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, July 24, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines will be able to keep a tighter watch on the West Philippines Sea (South China Sea or WPS) when a satellite launched by a country in Europe kicks off, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said ...

    • 'No breach' 

      Antiporda, Jefferson; Villanueva, Ralph U.; Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, May 8, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Cross), Zamora (Subi) Reef, and Panganiban (Mischief) Reef-all within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone. Two months ago, Roque said the Philippines was relying on China's good faith and that it would keep its promise. ...

    • PH to protest China island 'militarization' 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, January 9, 2018, on page A2)
      The Philippines will file a diplomatic protest against China if it is proven that there was “militarization” in the Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday. In a news briefing after ...

    • Sea militarization dangerous - Esperon 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, March 19, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The growing militarization of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) is "dangerous" because it will undermine the cooperation of frontline nations on other issues surrounding the region, National Security Adviser ...

    • US asserts rights over disputed sea 

      Antiporda, Jefferson (The Manila Times, January 11, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The United States (US) has vowed to do everything necessary to protect freedom of navigation and overflight in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), as it reiterated that it would defend the Philippines if ...