Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "Legal aspects"

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    • At last, the only rational policy for our disputes in the Spratlys: Fortify our islands and reefs there! 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, June 1, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      The opposition’s allegation that President Duterte has been kowtowing to China on our territorial disputes is unadulterated hogwash, so grossly ignorant of what sovereignty in the South China Sea entails. After four ...

    • China warns of penalties vs foreigners in West PH Sea 

      Delizo, Michael Joe (The Manila Times, August 3, 2016, on page A1-A8)
      China has warned of penalties against foreigners caught violating its sovereignty over its territorial seas, including the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). State-run Xinhua news agency reported that the Chinese Supreme ...

    • China won't build structures in Panatag - Duterte 

      Valente, Catherine (The Manila Times, March 24, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      Amid reports of Chinese construction in the disputed areas in West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), President Rodrigo Duterte said China had assured him it would honor its word not to build structures on Panatag (Scarborough) ...

    • EU chief slams China reclamation 

      KYODO; Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Manila Times, May 28, 2015, on page A1-A8)
      European Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday criticized "construction activities" in the South China Sea in reference to China's land reclamations on submerged reefs, saying it would complicate the resolution of ...

    • France's Marineland accused of 'mistreating orcas' 

      (The Manila Times, March 29, 2016, on page B8)
      Antibes, France: Environmental campaigners said Sunday (Monday in Manila) they were taking legal action against a French marine park, Europe's largest, over the treatment of its orca whales and other animals after many ...

    • Legal battle looms over sea exploration 

      Panti, Llanesca (The Manila Times, August 31, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Cayetano on Thursday said the Duterte administration’s plan for a joint exploration and development deal with China over South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) resources would face tough legal ...

    • Managing Boracay as ancestral land and as protected landscape 

      Contreras, Antonio (The Manila Times, June 7, 2018, on page A4-A5)
      The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) through Undersecretary David Erro, perhaps in its desire to please the President who wants to convert the entire Boracay island into a land reform area, has boldly announced that ...

    • PH taking action on China - Cayetano 

      Antiporda, Jefferson (The Manila Times, May 7, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano gave assurances that the government is taking all necessary diplomatic actions in responding to China’s actions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). “We are taking ...

    • Public interest should guide PH action on Reed incident 

      (The Manila Times, June 17, 2019, on page A4)
      The government has come under growing pressure from all sides to take an aggressive action on the recent Reed (Recto) incident in the contested South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) and is itself anxious to find a resolution ...

    • Understanding the simmering US-China rivalry in the SCS: First of 2 parts 

      Corpus, Victor N. (The Manila Times, September 24, 2020, on page A8)
      US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently issued a statement that the United States does not recognize the legality of most of China’s claim in the South China Sea. This is followed by a statement from Defense Secretary ...