Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Name "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)"
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Pentagon: Row raises demand for US presence
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 2, 2015 , on page A1-A12)Disputes over territory in the South China Sea are causing countries in the region to increase their demand for an American security presence, the US defense chief said on Sunday. A US warship sailed within the territorial ... -
PH arbitral win: What is to be done?
(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 ends talks for joint oil search with China
(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 must review foreign policy strategy amid Chinese missile deployment
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 7, 2018 , on page A19)The discovery of China’s deployment of missiles on three Philippine reefs in the Spratly archipelago is deeply concerning but not the least bit surprising. If one has dealt with China, of certainty is the stark inconsistency ... -
PH protests as China reimposes annual fishing ban ‘without basis’
(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’
(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 ... -
PH slams patrols Sino fishers
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 27, 2013 , on page A3)The Philippines yesterday denounced China’s announced fishery patrols in the Spratlys group of islands, as it asserted its sovereignty over its established maritime boundaries in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South ... -
PH softness in sea dispute emboldens Chinese poachers
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 26, 2018 , on page A3)The administration’s “soft-landing” approach in dealing with the country’s maritime dispute might have emboldened Chinese fishermen to continue to fish without restrictions and interference in the West Philippine Sea, an ... -
PH submits new evidence against China
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 18, 2015 , on page A2)The Philippines submitted last Monday to a United Nations tribunal supplemental evidence for its arbitration case against China over disputed territories in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said ... -
PH supports US patrols in South China Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 29, 2015 , on page -A17)The Philippines on Wednesday said US patrols in the South China Sea were necessary to check China’s “illegal, unilateral and expansive” claims in the heavily disputed waterway. “The Philippines reiterates its previous ... -
PH to press UN case on disputed sea despite China rejection
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 21, 2013 , on page A3)The arbitration proceedings that the Philippines has initiated before the United Nations (UN) against China to nullify the latter's "excessive" claims in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) will not stop despite ... -
PH to resume reef repairs
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 27, 2015 , on page A2)The Philippines had called on all countries last October to stop construction work on small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, virtually all of which is claimed by China. China itself is undertaking massive reclamation ... -
PH, Indonesia see overlapping EEZs as areas of cooperation
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 3, 2019 , on page A2)An agreement marking the boundary between the overlapping exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of the Philippines and Indonesia officially entered into force following the exchange by the two countries’ foreign ministers of the ... -
Rody to Sino envoy: We're concerned about your ships
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 26, 2021 , on page A4)President Rodrigo Duterte has told the Chinese ambassador that the Philippines was concerned about the large number of Chinese vessels at Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef and reasserted the international arbitral tribunal’s ... -
Roque: We’re not behind our rivals in reef dev’t
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 9, 2018 , on page A6)Malacañang on Tuesday disputed the Inquirer report that the Philippines had been left behind by its rivals in the development of territorial claims in the hotly contested South China Sea. Presidential spokesperson Harry ... -
Save planet Earth but destroy the ocean?
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 26, 2020 , on page A7)As recent studies and assessments indicate, the world is still able to change course in the face of this threat, if major pressures—including climate change—are mitigated and marine ecosystems restored. But a new risk is ... -
Sea conduct, pandemic to agenda of meet
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 12, 2020 , on page A12)The ongoing negotiations for a new South China Sea Code of Conduct and the continuing battle to contain the new coronavirus disease were among the items discussed in the recent Association of Southeast Asian Nations ... -
Security Council Debate: PH takes on China at UN
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 4, 2015 , on page B3)The Philippines has criticized the massive reclamation being conducted by China on contested islands and waters in the South China Sea, during a United Nations Security Council open debate that was initiated by China. ... -
Senate to probe Chinese Missiles
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 7, 2018 , on page A1-A19)The Senate will investigate the reported deployment by China of missiles on three Philippine-claimed reefs in the Spratly archipelago, and press the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to explain how it will respond to ... -
Sino boats harvest giant clams, corals
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 7, 2014 , on page A1-A8)In this uninhabited shoal, you see the most beautiful hues of green and blue in the waters of the West Philippine Sea. Glistening clear water defines the base of the rocks and reefs. At low tide, fishermen actually walk ...