Browsing The Manila Times by Place "Whitsun Reef"

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    • 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 ...

    • Del Rosario lost Panatag to China 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, April 26, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      The gall of former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario to even open his mouth on the Whitsun Reef brouhaha and to admonish the Duterte administration to do this or that in dealing with China. In an article prominently ...

    • '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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...