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    • 'PH a willing victim of China in sea dispute’ 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Salaverria, Leila B.; Aning, Jerome; Gascon, Melvin; Gonzales, Catherine (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 13, 2018, on page A14)
      Two years after winning an international arbitral court ruling against China, the Philippines has become a “willing victim” of the Asian behemoth in the South China Sea disputes, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario ...

    • PH acquires 6 more patrol boats from South Korea 

      Cabalza, Dexter V. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 29, 2022, on page A5)
      The Philippines has inked a contract for the purchase of six additional offshore patrol vessels from South Korea, the Department of National Defense (DND) said on Tuesday. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Hyundai ...

    • PH arbitral win: What is to be done? 

      Loja, Melissa; Bagares, Romel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 29, 2021, on page A10)
      We borrow a famous question asked in 1902 by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in a work of classic Marxist polemics to consider how to make the most out of the gains we won in our South China Sea (SCS) arbitral proceedings against ...

    • PH as vassal 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 19, 2020, on page A6)
      The two Chinese research vessels seen in the vicinity of Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea since early this month have left, according to the Philippine Navy chief, Vice Adm. Giovanni Bacordo. The Xiang Yang Hong 14 ...

    • PH assessing cost of damage by China's reclamation in WPS 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 21, 2021, on page A5)
      The Philippines is now assessing the cost of the damage caused by China’s reclamation activities in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) so that it would have data to support its position should it decide to seek compensation, ...

    • PH best hope against China still with UN 

      Dizon, Nikko (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 23, 2015, on page A2)
      In the face of Beijing’s expanding reclamation work in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippines’ best hope still lies in a United Nations arbitral committee hearing its complaint against China, security experts said. ...

    • Ph bid to establish sulu marine sanctuary ok'd 

      Uy, Jocelyn (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 20, 2017, on page A12)
      A United Nations specialized agency tasked to improve safety and security of international shipping has added a layer of protection to the Tubbataha Reef with the approval of the country’s proposal to establish the ...

    • PH building Batanes shelter for fishers 

      Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 19, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Before any dispute erupts over an uninhabited island in northern Philippines, the government is building a shelter for fishermen on Mavulis Island — the northernmost of the Batanes Islands — to assert the country’s ...

    • PH Coast Guard asking for another base in Mindoro, facing WPS 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 2, 2022, on page A4)
      Philippine Coast Guard logo over photo of PCG members on rubber boat. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is seeking support from Congress for another base and a training center that would be built in Occidental Mindoro, a ...

    • PH Coast Guard beefs up force with 4,220 new recruits 

      Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 15, 2023, on page A4)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has beefed up its workforce amid its key role in safeguarding its territorial waters, especially in the tension-filled waters of the West Philippine Sea (WPS). A total of 4,220 new recruits ...

    • PH company wants to build bigger Navy ships to patrol seas 

      Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 18, 2021, on page A5)
      A local shipbuilder is considering building bigger vessels for territorial defense and patrolling of the country’s waters in the near future. Propmech Corp. said it was “definitely interested” to work with the government ...

    • PH Court junks case vs foreign ship in Mindoro collision 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 22, 2020, on page A5)
      A local court dismissed the charges filed against the Chinese crew of the MV Vienna Wood after the owner of the Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier paid the families of the 14 Filipino fishermen, who presumably died in the sea ...

    • PH decries China plans to fly planes from disputed islands 

      Quismundo, Tarra (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 13, 2016, on page A3)
      The Philippines on Saturday called for Chinese restraint in the South China Sea, describing as “provocative” China’s plan to start launching civilian flights to and from the contested Paracels within a year. “We reiterate ...

    • PH defers repairs at Spratly isles 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 14, 2017, on page A8)
      The Philippines is deferring plans to repair and upgrade features it occupies in the disputed South China Sea, the country's military chiefs said on Thursday, to avoid provoking China while the two traditional foes seek ...

    • PH ends talks for joint oil search with China 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 24, 2022, on page A1-A5)
      The negotiations for the planned joint oil exploration between the Philippines and China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) have been completely terminated upon instructions of President Duterte, Foreign Secretary Teodoro ...

    • PH fears China will build island on Panatag Shoal 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 8, 2017, on page A3)
      The Philippines expects China to try to build on the Scarborough Shoal, the country's Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday, a move he said would be "unacceptable" in the flash-point waterway. In an interview ...

    • PH fertile ground for agribusiness 

      Domingo, Ronnel W. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 27, 2017, on page B3-5)
      In a country endowed with 17,460 kilometers of coastline, aquaculture may be fertile ground for businesses both big and small. Still, be it marine-based or land-based, farm activities present opportunities for both producers ...

    • PH files protest vs China over boat sinking 

      Aning, Jerome; Aurelio, Julie; Andrade, Jeannette I.; Santos, Tina; Gascon, Melvin; Ocampo, Karl (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 14, 2019, on page A1-A3)
      The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China after an anchored Philippine fishing boat was hit by a Chinese vessel that abandoned 22 Filipino fishermen as the boat sank in the disputed South China Sea on ...

    • PH fishers await typhoons for Panatag trips 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 13, 2016, on page A5)
      President Duterte may have decided to abandon Scarborough Shoal to make friends with China, but some fishermen here have not and they have found a way to go back there without being chased away by the Chinese Coast Guard: ...

    • Ph fishers brave water cannons 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 22, 2015, on page A1-A18)
      He had been driven away twice from Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal), but fisherman Efren Montehermozo Jr. said he would continue to fish in the area. Montehermozo, 20 was one of 80 fishermen in 15 boats from the provinces ...