Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Place "Whitsun Reef"

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    • Beijing says its carrier group doing drills in South China Sea 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 3, 2021, on page A7)
      China’s Shandong aircraft carrier task group recently conducted an exercise in the South China Sea, the country’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said on Sunday. China has repeatedly complained about United States Navy ships ...

    • Build outposts, research stations in WPS-Carpio 

      Ramos, Marlon; Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 15, 2022, on page A4)
      Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday suggested building permanent civilian installations at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal and other parts of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to enforce ...

    • China warns PH against patrolling Panatag Shoal 

      Santos, Tina G.; Salaverria, Leila B.; Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 30, 2022, on page A1-A4)
      China has warned the Philippines against “interfering” with its patrols at Bajo de Masinloc, saying the shoal and its waters are part of Chinese territory. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) earlier reported that a China ...

    • Chinese ships moored at Julian Felipe Reef since November 2020 

      Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 27, 2021, on page A4)
      The presence of Chinese vessels at a reef within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), which had aroused the concern of President Rodrigo Duterte, was detected by a US-based research company as early as November ...

    • Coast Guard, BFAR drive away Chinese vessels from PH shoal 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 6, 2021, on page A2-A3)
      The Philippines on Wednesday said its maritime patrols had twice driven Chinese vessels away from a shoal within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). It was the first time since President Duterte took office in ...

    • Du30 to send warships if China drills for 'our oil' 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Ramos, Marlon; Corrales, Nestor; Gascon, Melvin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 21, 2021, on page A3)
      President Duterte on Monday said he was ready to send military ships to assert the country’s claim in the West Philippine Sea should China start drilling for oil and mineral resources in the disputed waters. Speaking ...

    • EU: China endangering peace in S. China Sea 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 26, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The European Union called out China on Saturday for endangering peace in the South China Sea and urged all parties to abide by a 2016 tribunal ruling which rejected most of China’s claim to sovereignty in the sea, but which ...

    • Lorenzana, Austin discuss Felipe Reef situation in phone conversation 

      Andrade, Jeannette I.; Corrales, Nestor; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 12, 2021, on page A4)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin III discussed on Sunday the fleet of Chinese ships still anchored at Julian Felipe Reef in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone since early March ...

    • Marcos: China 'strongest partner' in PH recovery 

      Corrales, Nestor; De Villa, Kathleen; Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 12, 2022, on page A2)
      President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has called China the country’s “strongest partner” in its efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic despite Beijing’s continued intrusion into Philippine waters which Manila has ...

    • Palace: No Du30-Xi fishing pact; Sino 'swarm' remains 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Ramos, Marlon; Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 24, 2021, on page A1)
      Malacañang on Friday denied that there was a “verbal fishing agreement” between President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping just days after Manila filed two more diplomatic protests against the continued presence ...

    • Rody to Sino envoy: We're concerned about your ships 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 26, 2021, on page A4)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has told the Chinese ambassador that the Philippines was concerned about the large number of Chinese vessels at Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef and reasserted the international arbitral tribunal’s ...

    • Roque: Time for 'private' diplomacy on Sino vessels 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 16, 2021, on page A6)
      While his defense and foreign secretaries openly fire off strong statements against the incursions by Chinese vessels into the West Philippine Sea, President Duterte will try to iron out the latest diplomatic kink between ...

    • Task force answers China radio message: Withdraw your militia 

      Cabalza, Dexter; Aning, Jerome; Miranda, Romar; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 1, 2021, on page A2)
      A Philippine military plane patrolling the West Philippine Sea this week spotted scores of Chinese vessels at several reefs within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and received several radio messages telling it ...

    • US backs PH amid China's new incursion in West PH Sea 

      Santos, Tina G.; Corrales, Nestor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 30, 2021, on page A3)
      The US government reiterated on Monday that it stands by the Philippines amid the latest incursion of China in the West Philippine Sea. “The United States stands with our ally, the Philippines, in the face of the PRC’s ...