Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Place "Pag-asa Island"

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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 ...

    • Carpio sees Sino militia at work, urges 'strong signal' to China 

      Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 16, 2019, on page A2-A6)
      The Philippines should send a strong signal to China that a repeat of the ramming of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in the South China Sea could lead to a break of diplomatic ties, Supreme Court Senior Associate ...

    • 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 ...

    • Chinese vessels enter 2 more PH islands' waters 

      Mangosing, Frances; Andrade, Jeannette I.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 18, 2019, on page A2)
      After swarming Pag-asa in the Kalayaan Island Group, Chinese vessels believed to be part of China’s maritime militia have been seen close to two other Philippine-occupied islands in the South China Sea. Some of the Chinese ...

    • Coast Guard to unveil new Kalayaan station 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 4, 2021, on page A4)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will unveil on Thursday its new operation hub on Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea. The hub includes a four-unit structure made of modular containers fully equipped with radar, ...

    • Du30 extols ‘special ties’ with China 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Andrade, Jeannette I.; Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 11, 2020, on page A3)
      President Rodrigo Duterte sought stronger ties with China on the 45th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations on Tuesday and said that threats like the COVID-19 pandemic could push the partnership to “take ...

    • Du30 to China: We're pals but don't touch Pag-asa 

      Aurelio, Julie M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 6, 2019, on page A1-A6)
      President Duterte has told China not to “touch” Pag-asa Island, the largest in the Kalayaan Island Group occupied by Filipinos, otherwise he would send Philippine troops on a “suicide mission” in response. The President, ...

    • Duterte orders afp to improve military facilities in the Spratlys 

      Tubeza, Philip (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 19, 2017, on page A3)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the military to improve its facilities on the disputed Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Saturday. In particular, Lorenzana said ...

    • Filipinos can still fish in disputed sea-Lorenzana 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 30, 2019, on page A3)
      Filipino fishermen can still ply their trade in the South China Sea not covered by any restrictions in the area. In an online interview uploaded on social media on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Filipinos ...

    • Kalayaan mayor urges PH fishers to defy China. 

      Anda, Redempto; Quismundo, Tarra; Cabacungan, Gil (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 11, 2014, on page A1-A9)
      The mayor of Kalayaan town, in the Spratlys, on Friday said he would encourage Filipino fishermen to ignore China’s new rules that require foreign fishermen to seek permission from Chinese regional authorities before ...

    • Newly built beaching ramp on Pag-asa Island turned over to DND 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 10, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Department of National Defense on Tuesday formally received from a private contractor the newly completed P268-million beaching ramp on Pag-asa Island. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the completion of the ramp ...

    • Pag-asa gets upgrade amid China objection 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 13, 2020, on page A3)
      Beijing had tried to stop it, but a long-imagined development plan in the biggest and most strategically important Philippine-held island in the disputed Spratlys is finally taking shape. As the Philippine Air Force C-130 ...

    • 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 outgunned in China's island-building frenzy 

      Balana, Cynthia D. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 14, 2015, on page A4)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr., looks worried as he surveys the rusted cranes and eroded runway on the tiny island of Pag-asa, now on the front line of a rapidly intensifying ...

    • PH to turn Pag-asa into tourist attraction 

      Tubeza, Philip C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 22, 2017, on page A1-A4)
      The government has set aside P1.6 billion to turn the biggest Philippine-held island in the Spratlys into a tourist attraction and marine research center, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Friday. Lorenzana visited ...

    • 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 ...

    • Roque: We’re not behind our rivals in reef dev’t 

      Aurelio, Julie M.; Salaverria, Leila B.; Nonato, Vince F.; Nawal, Allan (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 ...

    • Sea row tackled at Duterte, Xi meet 

      Dumlao-Abadilla, Doris (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 27, 2019, on page A3)
      While China has continued to downplay the 2016 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) ruling favoring the Philippines’ territorial rights, tension between the two countries have subsided following the ...

    • Series of bilateral talks leading calm for South China Sea 

      Munitalks (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 11, 2017, on page A2)
      With the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit happening in Manila, a discussion about the Code of Conduct on South China Sea (SCS) is expected to be brought up by its participating leaders. With ...

    • Tales from my travel: From Basilan to the Spratlys 

      Guerrero, Amadís Ma. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 24, 2022, on page C2)
      The Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (110,000 hectares) in Agusan del Norte is a forbidding place. A pump boat ride through the marsh is quite an experience for a first-timer, like something out of a Joseph Conrad novel ...