Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Place "Recto Bank"

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    • Carpio slams DFA stand on PH reef incident 

      Mangosing, Frances G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 23, 2018, on page A9)
      The Philippines must protest China’s landing of military aircraft on Panganiban Reef or its silence may be taken as implied consent, according to acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio. “If we don’t protest, we acquiesce. We ...

    • Carpio: Duterte-Xi fishing deal unconstitutional and lopsided 

      Aning, Jerome; Aurelio, Julie M.; Chiu, Patricia Denise M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 6, 2019, on page A5)
      The agreement between President Duterte and China’s President Xi Jinping allowing Chinese fishermen into the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is not only unconstitutional but also lopsided and could lead to a rapid ...

    • China backs joint oil drilling with Philippines in disputed sea 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z.; Tubeza, Philip C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 26, 2017, on page A8)
      Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday said that he supported the idea of joint energy exploration with the Philippines in the heavily disputed South China Sea, warning that unilateral action could cause problems and ...

    • Distinguishing the 'real' Filipino fish 

      Salcedo, Margaux (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 30, 2019, on page B4)
      The DGF Essay Writing Awards—the country’s first and most prestigious food writing contest inspired by Philippine culinary writing icon Doreen Gamboa Fernandez—is now open for entries for this year’s competition. The theme ...

    • Du30: PH, China, 'neutral' state to probe hit-and-run 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Aning, Jerome; Cinco, Maricar; Virola, Madonna T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 23, 2019, on page A1-A6)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted China’s proposal for a joint investigation of the June 9 incident near Recto Bank in the South China Sea where a Chinese trawler rammed and sank a Philippine fishing boat and then ...

    • Duterte recalls China warning if PH explores sea for oil 

      Aurelio, Julie M.; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 29, 2019, on page A1-A10)
      After disclosing his “mutual agreement” with China’s President Xi Jinping that would allow the Chinese to fish within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), President Duterte reminded Filipinos that Xi had also ...

    • Duterte's 'agreement' with China 

      David, Randy (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 28, 2019, on page A8)
      Basking in the glory of his record-breaking high approval ratings in the latest opinion surveys, President Duterte began his fourth State of the Nation Address (Sona) by highlighting the minuscule 3 percent that disapprove ...

    • Energy department awaits go-ahead on oil drilling in West Philippine Sea 

      Domingo, Ronnel W. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 14, 2017, on page A10)
      The Department of Energy (DOE) is ready to resume drilling for oil and natural gas on Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea, but when work will restart is up to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), which suspended the ...

    • Gem-Ver crew may settle for ₱6M from Chinese over sea collision 

      Virola, Madonna T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 11, 2021, on page A2)
      The representatives of the Chinese company that owns the steel-hulled trawler that damaged and abandoned the Filipino fishing boat Gem-Ver 1 have made a counteroffer of only P3.6 million in compensation, just about a quarter ...

    • Gem-Ver fishers finally getting ₱6-M compensation 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 29, 2022, on page A6)
      Almost three years after what President Duterte played down as a “little maritime accident,” the 22 fishermen left for dead by a Chinese trawler that rammed their small fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea will finally ...

    • 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 ...

    • '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 ...

    • 'Outraging' 

      Garcia, Ed (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 20, 2019, on page A9)
      Outraging” is a word seldom used, but it somehow perfectly sums up the current mood of many citizens, as our government flounders from one explanation to another in trying to accommodate contradictory positions regarding ...

    • PCG report pins down China crew; raps pushed 

      Mangosing, Frances G.; Salaverria, Leila B.; Aning, Jerome (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 7, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The government should file cases against the Chinese vessel that caused the sinking of the Filipino fishing boat Gem-Ver 1 and then abandoned its 22 crew members in the open sea, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said after details ...

    • PH as vassal 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 19, 2020, on page A6)
      The two Chinese research vessels seen in the vicinity of Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea since early this month have left, according to the Philippine Navy chief, Vice Adm. Giovanni Bacordo. The Xiang Yang Hong 14 ...

    • PH trying to 'rope in' other countries to sea row - China 

      Balana, Cynthia D. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 26, 2015, on page A6)
      China military yesterday accused the Philippines of trying to "rope in" other countries the dispute over ownership of the South China Sea and stir regional tension after Japan joined a military drill with the Philippines ...

    • Resist China's aggression 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 23, 2020, on page A6)
      There is no end to China’s aggressive behavior toward this friendly nation. The Jiageng, said to be one of China’s top research ships, spent a week within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, according to Ryan Martinson, ...

    • We didn't lose an inch of territory, says PH ambassador 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 13, 2017, on page A16)
      The Philippines’ ambassador to China on Wednesday rejected concerns that the Duterte administration’s decision to shelve the arbitral ruling won over China a year ago would compromise the country’s claims in the West ...

    • What PH fishers after Chinese apology 

      Cinco, Maricar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 29, 2019, on page A1-A8)
      A month after they received an apology, the fishermen from Mindoro province who were put out of work after a Chinese trawler rammed and damaged their fishing boat in the West Philippine Sea in June have yet to receive ...