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    • 'US must act if China moves on reef' 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 21, 2016, on page A2)
      President Aquino said the United States would be obligated to take military action in the South China Sea if China moved to reclaim a hotly contested reef directly off the Philippines. Mr. Aquino said he had no indication ...

    • 'US must pay more for reef damage' 

      Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2014, on page A2)
      It’s all right if the United States has not yet paid the P58.3-million fine slapped on it by the Philippines for messing up the Tubbataha Reefs this time last year, because it has to pay more, a Filipino lawyer said on ...

    • US Navy to launch more sea patrols 

      Reuters; Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 4, 2015, on page A1-A19)
      The US Navy plans to conduct patrols near China's artificial islands in the South China Sea at least twice every three months to remind Beijing and other countries about US rights under international law, a US defense ...

    • US Nuclear submarine slammed into underwaer mountain, severely damaged 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 3, 2021, on page B4)
      A US Navy nuclear submarine that was severely damaged in an accident while submerged in the disputed South China Sea last month struck an uncharted underwater mountain, the Navy said Monday. The US Navy regularly conducts ...

    • US officials: China behavior could trigger 'major incident' 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 28, 2022, on page A9)
      China is showing increasingly “aggressive and irresponsible behavior” in the South China Sea which it claims almost in its entirety and it will only be “a matter of time” before its actions trigger a “major incident” in ...

    • US Pacific chief to meet PH officials 

      Aurelio, Julie (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 26, 2015, on page A7)
      The Commander of the United States Armed Forces in the Pacific is in the country for discussions amid China's expansion activities in the South China Sea. "The purpose is to discuss bilateral security concerns and gain a ...

    • US presence matters, says aircraft carrier’s admiral 

      Dizon, Nikko (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 16, 2018, on page A10)
      With a deafening roar, the fighter jets catapulted off the USS Carl Vinson and soared above the heavily disputed South China Sea, as the aircraft carrier’s admiral vowed that the mighty warship’s presence was proof the ...

    • US rebuffs China over Taiwan Strait 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 16, 2022, on page B3)
      The United States on Tuesday backed Taiwan’s assertion that the strait separating the island from China is an international waterway, a further rebuff to Beijing’s claim to exercise sovereignty over the strategic passage. ...

    • US report:China broadcasting presence in 3 disputed shoals 

      Mangosing, Frances G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 29, 2019, on page A4)
      China Coast Guard (CCG) ships are purposely switching on their tracking signals for long periods of time in some areas being claimed by the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea as part of China’s efforts to project power, ...

    • US sending ships to counter China 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 25, 2020, on page A14)
      The United States said Friday it would deploy Coast Guard patrol ships in the western Pacific to counter “destabilizing and malign” activities by China in disputed fishing grounds of the South China Sea. Accusing China of ...

    • US to China: Attack on PH to trigger defense treaty 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 13, 2021, on page A2)
      The United States on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to come to the Philippines’ defense, as it warned China anew that an attack on Philippine armed forces in the South China Sea would trigger the 1951 Mutual Defense ...

    • US to compensate PH for damage to Tubbataha Reefs 

      Avendaño, Christine O.; Cabacungan, Gil C.; Esplanada, Jerry E. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 5, 2013, on page A1-A11)
      The US government has apologized and pledged to provide “appropriate compensation” to the Philippines for the damage caused by the grounding of a US warship at the protected Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea. The US compensation ...

    • US to confront Chinese moves in disputed Sea 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 16, 2016, on page A1-A22)
      The United States is ready to confront China should it press ahead with its overreaching maritime claims in the South China Sea, adm. Harry Harris, head of the US Pacific Command, said on Wednesday. The comments threaten ...

    • US told to ignore China claims in South China Sea 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 19, 2015, on page A1-A16)
      Republican senators pressed the Pentagon on Thursday to flex US military muscle by sailing Navy ships within 22 kilometers of artificial islands Beijing is building to assert its territorial claims in the South China Sea. ...

    • US toughens stand on sea row 

      Avedaño, Christine (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 5, 2015, on page A2)
      It is even “more critical” now for the United States to show support for the Philippines in its dispute with China over the South China Sea region, according to former US Ambassador to the Philippines John Negroponte. ...

    • US warns 'aggressive' Beijing in South China Sea 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 15, 2016, on page A11)
      The United States will keep challenging Beijing’s “assertive, aggressive behavior in the South China Sea,” the US Pacific commander said on Wednesday, as tensions between two powers rise over comments by Donald Trump. Adm. ...

    • US warns China over missiles deployed on 3 PH reefs 

      Ramos, Marlon; Mangosing, Frances; Yap, DJ; Nawal, Allan; Aurelio, Julie M.; Agoncillo, Jodee A. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 5, 2018, on page A1)
      The White House has warned that China would face “consequences” for its military buildup in contested waters in the western Pacific following reports that the Chinese had installed missiles on three disputed reefs in the ...

    • US warns of impunity amid 'bullying' in South China Sea 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 11, 2021, on page A9)
      U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called out bullying in the South China Sea on Monday and warned the U.N. Security Council that a conflict "would have serious global consequences for security and for commerce," ...

    • US warship challenges Beijing's claims in Spratlys 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 18, 2022, on page A2)
      A United States warship on Saturday sailed near a disputed area in the South China Sea, the second “freedom of navigation operation” meant to challenge “excessive maritime claims” in the region since Wednesday. According ...

    • US warship cruises near Sino outpost in West PH Sea 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 11, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      A United States Navy guided-missile destroyer cruised near a Chinese man-made military outpost in the West Philippine Sea on Monday, drawing condemnation from China, which described the warship’s entry into the waters as ...