Browsing The Manila Times by Place "Kota Island"

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    • Navy vows more patrols in WPS 

      Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, May 10, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippine Navy will continue to patrol territorial waters, especially the highly volatile West Philippine Sea (WPS) to provide a reassuring presence to Filipino fishermen. The Navy feels that the patrols are one way ...

    • Palace to China on PH Island: ‘Get away from Kota’ 

      Villanueva, Ralph U.; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, April 11, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has heightened its rhetoric against China, with Malacañang calling on Chinese vessels supposedly seen near the Philippine-owned Kota (Loaita) Island to “go away.” In a news briefing on Wednesday, Palace ...

    • 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 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 ...