Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Place "Fiery Cross Reef"

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    • Beijing permanently stations rescue ship in spartlys 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Avendaño, Christine O.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 3, 2018, on page A6)
      China is stationing a search and rescue ship on its man-made island on Philippine-claimed Zamora Reef in the Spratly archipelago, in a “gray zone tactic” to assert its ownership of the disputed feature in the South China ...

    • Cayetano Defends Granting China Research Access to Benham Rise 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 14, 2018, on page A6)
      Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano has defended the Duterte administration’s move allowing China to conduct marine research in Benham Rise off eastern Luzon, indicating that the grant of permission did not break any ...

    • China drives away US spy plane in South China Sea 

      Mabasa, Roy C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 22, 2015, on page 1-9)
      The Chinese navy warned a US surveillance plane flying over artificial islands that Beijing is creating in the disputed South China Sea to leave the area eight times, according to CNN, which was on board the flight on ...

    • China extending reach in sea, says US admiral 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 17, 2015, on page A8)
      The commander of US forces in the Pacific said Wednesday that major land reclamation by China a-at outpost in the south china sea could allow it to exert more influence over the contested area of deploy military asset such ...

    • China military again lands plane on PH reef 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 11, 2018, on page A1-A12)
      Malacañang need no more wait to acquire technology to verify and protest China’s violation of the Philippines’ sovereignty in the Spratly archipelago. Satellite imagery has shown the first confirmed landing by China of a ...

    • China military planes land on PH reef 

      Mangosing, Frances G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 18, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Two Chinese military transport planes have been photographed on Panganiban Reef, marking the first reported presence of this type of aircraft in Philippine territory in the South China Sea and raising the prospect that ...

    • China preps nuke bombers on disputed reefs 

      Mangosing, Frances; Avendaño, Christine O.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 20, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has come within easy reach of China’s top-ofthe-line nuclear strike-capable bomber after the Chinese military demonstrated that it could operate from its artificial islands in the South China Sea, according ...

    • China warships, planes sighted at PH-claimed reefs since 2017 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 15, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Chinese warships and aircraft have been frequenting Philippine territory in the Spratly archipelago since 2017, indicating a steady pace of development toward “operational status” of Beijing’s military bases in the hotly ...

    • China's islets ready for arms 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 1, 2017, on page A2)
      Three of Beijing’s outposts on contested South China Sea reefs are close to being ready for the deployment of military assets including mobile missile launchers, a US think tank reported Thursday. Analyzing satellite ...

    • China's land reclamation alarms US senators 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 21, 2015, on page A3)
      Leading US senators expressed alarm on Thursday at the scale and speed of China's land reclamation in the South China Sea and said a formal US strategy was needed to slow or stop the work. In a letter to US Secretary State ...

    • China’s ‘new islands’ in disputed seas alarming 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 20, 2015, on page A27)
      China’s creation of artificial islands in the South China Sea is happening so fast that Beijing will be able to extend the range of its Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and fishing fleets before long, much to the alarm of rival ...

    • FVR mission to focus on tourism, fishing 

      Associated Press (AP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 10, 2016, on page A13)
      Former President Fidel V. Ramos on Tuesday said he wanted to focus on points of common interest with China such as tourism and commercial fishing as part of efforts to smooth relations with Beijing roiled by the South China ...

    • Golez: China building defense triangle at sea 

      Cabacungan, Gil C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 14, 2015, on page A12)
      China's incursion into disputed islands in the South China Sea is part of a triangle aimed at expanding its military influence close to the US trust territory of Guam in the Western Pacific, former National Security Adviser ...

    • Hanoi to Beijing: Pull out missiles 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 10, 2018, on page A1-A6)
      Vietnam has requested China to withdraw its weapons from disputed territory in the South China Sea, while security experts have urged the Philippine government to upgrade the country’s defenses in the Spratly archipelago ...

    • Lack of resolve 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 10, 2018, on page A12)
      President Duterte has a standard response to critics who point out that despite the government’s deferential stance toward China, it has virtually taken over several reefs and islets within the Philippines’ exclusive ...

    • 'Most Pinoys reject Rody's WPS policy' 

      Inquirer Research (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 12, 2019, on page A6)
      There is a growing clamor for the government to resolve the territorial conflict in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), with an overwhelming support among Filipinos for seizing back Philippine reefs occupied by China, results ...

    • P-noy: South China Sea row a global problem 

      Burgonio, TJ; Aurelio, Julie M.; Yap, DJ (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 18, 2015, on page A2)
      A concrete runaway suitable for military use being built by China in a disputed part of the south china sea has aroused worldwide concern as global trade is expected to be hit by China reclamation, according to President ...

    • PH giving china "too much; says up prof 

      Enano, Jhesset (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 18, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has given “too much, too early and too soon” in seeking rapprochement with China and may end up with the short end of the stick, a maritime law expert warned on Saturday. “We are trading away too much, too ...

    • PH outdone by rivals in developing reefs 

      Mangosing, Frances G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 8, 2018, on page A1-A5)
      As China steps up the transformation of seven reefs in the Spratly archipelago into sprawling military outposts, other claimants have also strengthened their stakes in the South China Sea, except the Philippines, which has ...

    • PH protests China’s 2 ‘new’ districts in South China Sea 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 1, 2020, on page A9)
      The Philippines does not recognize China’s self-declared administrative districts in the disputed South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday. Speaking for the first time on the diplomatic ...