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US to compensate PH for damage to Tubbataha Reefs
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ... -
US Warship sails close to Panatag: China says US warship entered what it claims as its territorial waters in the West Philippine Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 21, 2018 , on page A1-A2)China’s foreign ministry has accused a US warship of entering what it claims as its territorial waters in the West Philippine Sea without permission and said it would take “necessary measures” to ensure its sovereignty is ... -
US warship sails near disputed islands anew
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 12, 2017 , on page A17)A US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Tuesday, three US officials told Reuters, even as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks Chinese cooperation in dealing with North ... -
US warship sails near disputed isle
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 11, 2016 , on page A10)A US Navy warship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea on Tuesday, a US Department of Defence official said, days after China warned criticism of its claims in the crucial waterway would rebound like a ... -
US warships in South China Sea as Beijing ups Taiwan pressure
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 25, 2021 , on page A7)A US aircraft carrier group led by USS Theodore Roosevelt has entered the South China Sea to promote “freedom of the seas,” the American military said on Sunday, as Taiwan reported that another large flight of Chinese ... -
US warships likely to ignore Chinese lighthouses
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 19, 2015 , on page A9)US warships are unlikely to engage with a pair of lighthouses that China has lit up on two reefs in the West Philippine Sea next time they sail by Beijing’s artificial islands in the heavily disputed waters. Chinese officials ... -
US warships sail amid South China Sea standoff
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 22, 2020 , on page A9)Two US warships are operating in the South China Sea, the Navy said on Tuesday, with three regional security sources saying they were near an area of a standoff between China and Malaysia. The Haiyang Dizhi 8, a Chinese ... -
US, China raise Spratlys stakes
(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?
(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
(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
(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
(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 ...