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    • US, China raise Spratlys stakes 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 16, 2015, on page A2)
      When the US Navy sent a littoral combat ship on its first patrol of the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea during the past week, it was watching the skies as well. The USS Fort Worth, one of the most modern ...

    • US-Asean agri-food trade: who is faring better? 

      Dy, Rolando T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2015, on page B2-6)
      The United States is one of the largest trade partners of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In agri-food products, the total two-way trade in 2013 was $29 billion: $10.2 billion of US exports and $18.8 billion ...

    • US-China rivalry takes Apec center stage 

      Doronila, Amando (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 20, 2015, on page A17)
      On the official agenda, global free trade was the headline of the summit of the leaders of 21 member-economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in Manila this week. But the rivalry of the region’s superpowers—the ...

    • US: China expanding outposts in disputed sea 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 28, 2015, on page A2)
      China is expanding its outposts in the South China Sea to include stationing for ships and potential airfields as part of its "aggressive" effort to exert sovereignty, the US intelligence chief said. Director of National ...

    • US: China pushing sea claims amid COVID-19 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 7, 2020, on page A5)
      China is using the coronavirus as a cover to push territorial claims in the South China Sea through a surge in naval activity meant to intimidate other countries that claim the waters, the commander of US Forces in Japan ...

    • Use papaya whitening soap on Manila Bay 

      Butuyan, Joel Ruiz (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 14, 2020, on page A6)
      The DENR gives the justification that the “white sand,” consisting of crushed dolomite rocks, is actually for a “beach nourishment” project in furtherance of efforts to rehabilitate Manila Bay. DENR officials should be ...

    • Vanishing dugongs 

      Tacio, Henrylito (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 26, 2013, on page 5)
      It was still five o’clock in the morning and yet Sonny Boy Aporbo was already awake. Immediately, he went to nearby Dahican Beach in Mati, Davao Oriental to do the usual morning ritual: to practice skimboarding. As he ...

    • Vannamei shrimp breeding stock destroyed amid diseases onslaught 

      Sotelo-Fuertes, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 14, 2005, on page A18)
      Dagupan City - The experimental culture of vannamei shrimps (Penaeus vannamei) in the country hit a snag when the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources decided to destroy its stock breeders which were found afflicted ...

    • Vendors feel pinch of Boracay closure 

      Burgos, Nestor Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 1, 2018, on page A6)
      Market vendors are also being hit hard by the closure of Boracay Island to tourists. Fish, fruit and vegetable vendors at Talipapa Bukid, the main market on the island, have complained of a drastic drop in sales since April ...

    • De Venecia calls for PH-China-Vietnam exploration, development in Spratlys 

      Canivel, Roy Stephen C.; Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 15, 2017, on page A14)
      Philippine special envoy Jose de Venecia Jr. on Sunday called for joint exploration and development in the Spratly Islands as lawmakers at home cautioned the administration of President Duterte against entering into such ...

    • Verde Island Passage faces new oil spill threat 

      Virola, Madonna T.; Mallari, Delfin T. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 29, 2023, on page A8)
      A fishing vessel carrying 70,000 liters of diesel nearly sank off the coast of Calatagan, Batangas, on Sunday, sparking fears of another oil spill in the fragile biodiversity of Verde Island Passage (VIP), an advocacy group ...

    • Verdict: 'Very Serious Marine Casualty' 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 10, 2019, on page A10)
      Call them the Downplay Duo. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo have become the headliners of the administration’s merry jig to minimize the culpability of the Chinese vessel ...

    • Vietnam accuses China of attacking its fishermen 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 18, 2015, on page A16)
      A Vietnamese official on Wednesday accused China of attacking its fishermen in three separate incidents over the past week in the disputed South China Sea. Vietnam claims sovereignty over the Paracels, which were occupied ...

    • Vietnam accuses china of sinking fishing boats 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 16, 2015, on page A19)
      Vietnam on Thursday accused China of sinking one of its fishing boats near disputed islands in the South China Sea, in the latest incident that could further raise tensions between the Communist neighbors. Phan Huy Hoang, ...

    • Vietnam offers Spratlys soverignty cruise 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 6, 2015, on page A16)
      Vietnam is offering scores of patriotic citizens the holiday of a lifetime with a cruise to some of Asia’s most hotly contested islands, in a move likely to stoke its simmering dispute with Beijing over South China Sea ...

    • Vietnam plans to take legal action vs China 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 23, 2014, on page A1-A12)
      Vietnam’s prime minister said yesterday for the first time that his country was considering legal action against China over its sovereignty claims in the South China Sea, a move that Beijing would likely fiercely oppose. ...

    • Vietnam protests Beijing's 'fishing ban' in South China Sea 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 9, 2020, on page A7)
      Vietnam protested on Friday what it called China’s unilateral fishing ban in the disputed South China Sea from May 1 to Aug. 16, weeks after it said Vietnamese boat had been rammed by a Chinese maritime vessel. “Vietnam ...

    • Vietnam protests China’s weather stations in disputed Spratlys 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 10, 2018, on page A2)
      Vietnam strongly protested China’s launch of weather stations in the disputed Spratly group of islands, saying on Thursday they seriously violate Vietnam’s sovereignty and complicate the situation in the South China Sea. ...

    • Vietnam to host Japan warship; China displeasure seen 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 7, 2015, on page A7)
      Vietnam has agreed to invite a Japanese warship to visit its strategic Cam Ranh Bay base on the South China Sea and for the two countries to hold their first ever joint naval exercise, Kyodo News reported yesterday. The ...

    • Vietnam wants more fun and games in Spratlys 

      Balana, Cynthia D. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 29, 2015, on page A3)
      Vietnam wants to conduct more friendly engagements with the Philippines following the successful holding of ball games and other sports activities on Wednesday in Parola Island (Northeast Cay) in the West Philippine Sea. ...