Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Author "Gascon, Melvin"

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    • Palace hope China won't use force in WPS 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Gascon, Melvin; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 26, 2021, on page A4)
      Countries must abide by their obligations under international law, which generally prohibits the use of force, Malacañang said on Monday after China last week adopted a law that would allow its coast guard to fire on foreign ...

    • PCG gets ₱250-M training facility from US gov't 

      Mangosing, Frances; Lazaro, Jacob; Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 13, 2023, on page A3)
      The United States has turned over to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) a P250-million facility in Bulacan province that will help enhance its capability to address maritime challenges by training its personnel on navigation, ...

    • PCG on the track of oil tanker in boat ramming 

      Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 13, 2023, on page A6)
      While the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has yet to categorically say that it was a Marshall Islands-registered crude oil tanker that hit a Filipino fishing boat off Pangasinan early this month, it has started tracking its ...

    • '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 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 protests as China reimposes annual fishing ban ‘without basis’ 

      Santos, Tina G.; Ocampo, Karl R.; Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 20, 2021, on page A3)
      The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China’s fishing ban in the South China Sea, saying the prohibition encroaches into parts of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and puts Filipino fishermen at ...

    • PH rejects ‘2023 version’ of China map: ‘No basis’ 

      Lazaro, Jacob; Aning, Jerome; Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 1, 2023, on page A1-A4)
      The Philippines on Thursday refused to recognize China’s latest map, which showed a new 10-dash line that still encompassed parts of the country’s 370-kilometer exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and pressed Beijing to abide ...

    • Ping pushes united tack on WPS 

      Gascon, Melvin; Salaverria, Leila (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 2, 2021, on page A4)
      Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson urged the country’s leaders to stand united on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue and stop bickering in public and exposing what could be exploited as a national weakness. “Isn’t it sad and ...

    • Ping pushes united tack on WPS 

      Gascon, Melvin; Salaverria, Leila (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 2, 2021, on page A4)
      Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson urged the country’s leaders to stand united on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue and stop bickering in public and exposing what could be exploited as a national weakness. “Isn’t it sad and ...

    • Reported Chinese waste dumping in EEZ angers lawmakers 

      Gascon, Melvin; Corrales, Nestor; Mangosing, Frances; Santos, Tina G.; Andrade, Jeannette I.; Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 14, 2021, on page A2-A4)
      True or not, a report that Chinese ships have not only been intruding into the West Philippine Sea but have also been dumping raw sewage into the waters in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) has angered lawmakers. ...

    • Sabah, WPS to be printed on PH passports 

      Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 22, 2020, on page A3)
      A committee in the House of Representatives has approved the substitute bill that requires the printing of the country’s map, including its 320-kilometer exclusive economic zone and Sabah, on the pages of Philippine ...

    • Sino maritime militias back in bigger groups 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Gascon, Melvin; Ramos, Christia Marie; Santos, Tina (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 13, 2021, on page A1-A4)
      A government task force watching over the country’s western waters reported on Wednesday that Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels were back inside the West Philippine Sea and the country’s 370-kilometer exclusive economic ...

    • WPS will be key issue in 2022 elections' 

      Aurelio, Julie M.; Ramos, Marlon; Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 9, 2021, on page A8)
      Filipino voters should consider the West Philippine Sea (WPS) dispute a “high-priority issue” in the 2022 presidential elections and politicians should go beyond generalities and present a credible plan to protect national ...