Browsing The Manila Times by Place "Kalayaan Group of Islands"
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Carpio: PH imports galunggong from China
(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 to patrol disputed sea
(The Manila Times,February 26, 2013 , on page A2)China will conduct its "routine" fishery patrols in the disputed Kalayaan (Spratly) Islands and Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) amid tensions with its neighbors over the ownership ... -
Chinese presence near island 'illegal'
(The Manila Times,April 5, 2019 , on page A1-A2)The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday declared the presence of Chinese vessels near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the Kalayaan Island Group “illegal.” The DFA said Pag-asa Island is part of the Kalayaan or Spratly ... -
Duterte is wrong to call Carpio buang... or maybe not
(The Manila Times,June 28, 2019 , on page A1-A5)President Duterte is wrong to call Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio buang, for criticizing his statement to allow Chinese fishermen access to “Philippine waters.” Buang means stupid — certainly a description that applies ... -
Esperon wants Pag-asa Island declared protected area
(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 ... -
Lorenzana also changes tune, hits China's Spratlys claim
(The Manila Times,April 15, 2019 , on page A1-A2)China has been relying on an “imagined historical claim” over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Sunday, as he also stepped up his rhetoric against Beijing. This was after ... -
'New baselines law needed to assert PH sea rights'
(The Manila Times,July 9, 2021 , on page A1-A2)A new baselines law should be passed to enable the Philippines to better assert its rights in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said on Thursday. During a virtual media forum, Roque ... -
Pag-asa Island? Oops, arbitration award ruled it’s just a rock
(The Manila Times,April 8, 2019 , on page A1-A5)Our Pag-Asa Island in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), as well as three other features that Marcos had called islands when he annexed the area in 1978 through his Presidential Decree 1596, are all in the Spratly Islands, ... -
Revealed: Marcos’ secret operations to take over entire Spratly archipelago
(The Manila Times,August 13, 2018 , on page A1-A4)The strongman Ferdinand Marcos ordered secret military operations in 1970 to 1971, and in 1978 to take over the entire now hotly disputed Spratly group of islands in the South China Sea. Marcos apparently decided to undertake ... -
Senate probe pressed on WPS incursion
(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 ... -
Vietnam: Proof that "arbitral victory" is a colossal sham (First of 2 parts)
(The Manila Times,July 12, 2021 , on page A1-A12)There is incontrovertible proof that what the Yellows claim as the country's "victory" in the compulsory arbitration the Aquino regime brought against China in 2013 is fraudulent: Vietnam claims the Spratlys (Truong Sa to ...