Browsing The Manila Times by Place "Kalayaan Island"

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    • 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 ...

    • Climate change will end sea dispute – Locsin 

      Tamayo, Bernadette E. (The Manila Times, April 8, 2019, on page A1-A7)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday claimed rising sea levels brought about by climate change would eventually wipe out structures and artificial islands built by China in the contested Kalayaan (Spratly) ...

    • PH protects Chinese fishing at Panatag 

      Villanueva, Ralph U.; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, April 17, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Foreign Affairs department has formally protested China’s reported mass harvesting of giant clams at the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which Malacañang on Tuesday called as an “affront” to the Philippines. A ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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) ...

    • Sea dispute biggest challenge to PH 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, July 19, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) dispute is the top concern as regards the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, according to the Cabinet’s security cluster. The security cluster made the assessment as ...

    • Senators condemn China's invasion of disputed territories 

      Antiporda, Jefferson (The Manila Times, May 21, 2018, on page A1-A8)
      Senators on Sunday condemned what they viewed as China’s continuous violation of international rules governing the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) as they raised the need for the Senate leadership to make a firm stand ...