Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "Oil and gas exploration"
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3rd Sino airstrip rising on PH reef
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 16, 2015 , on page A1-A19)The photographs taken for the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank on Sept. 8 show the construction of an airstrip on Panganiban Reef (Mischief Reef), one of several artificial ... -
Beijing blocks sea for war exercises
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 19, 2016 , on page A1-A4)China on Monday said it was closing off a part of the South China Sea for military exercises this week, days after an international tribunal ruled against Beijing's claim to ownership of virtually the entire strategic ... -
Carpio book on sea row challenges China
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 6, 2017 , on page A4)Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has launched a book that says China’s claims to virtually the entire South China Sea are baseless and said he would make an electronic copy in Mandarin available on the ... -
Carpio thankful Locsin cleared Du30 gab on arbitral ruling
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 14, 2019 , on page A1-A11)China could have held President Rodrigo Duterte to his “unilateral declaration” to set aside the Philippines’ 2016 victory at the international arbitral tribunal were it not for Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.’s timely ... -
China backs joint oil drilling with Philippines in disputed sea
(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 ... -
China's challenge to PH sovereignty
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 21, 2015 , on page A16)For decades, our government has bowed to the impositions of foreign interests, which we have allowed to shape and dictate our policies. These have made us weak and vulnerable. And yet, we declare in our 1987 Constitution ... -
Chinese Navy in large show of force
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 28, 2018 , on page A9)The images, provided by Planet Labs Inc, confirm a Chinese carrier group has entered the vital trade waterway as part of what the Chinese navy earlier described as combat drills that were part of routine annual exercises. ... -
Defense chief on Chinese ships: Why the secrecy?
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 10, 2019 , on page A1-A2)Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has stepped up criticism on Chinese ships sailing unannounced into Philippine waters, in what may be taken as a signal of souring relations between the Philippines and China despite ... -
Duterte recalls China warning if PH explores sea for oil
(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 ... -
Energy department awaits go-ahead on oil drilling in West Philippine Sea
(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 ... -
G7 to express concern over sea row, says paper
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 8, 2015 , on page A20)Group of Seven (G7) leaders will express their concern over any unilateral action to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas amid tensions between China and a number of Asian countries, Japan's Yomiuri ... -
The Hague tribunal: ramifications of ruling
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 21, 2016 , on page A1-A16)Last week’s ruling of an UNCLOS tribunal on the South China Sea dispute has two distinct but related ramifications. The first deals with the rights to the resources of the South China Sea among the coastal states, and the ... -
Indonesia to hold exercises in disputed sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 5, 2016 , on page A9)Indonesia's air force is holding its largest military exercise this week, near some of its islands in the South China Sea, in a show of sovereignty over the gas-rich are on the fringe of territory claimed by China, officials ... -
Itu Aba: PH biggest worry is biggest win
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 18, 2016 , on page A1-A20)The rock of contention was the Philippine legal team’s “biggest worry.” But in the end, the status of Itu Aba, the largest feature in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, turned out to be one of the ... -
No Asean consensus on sea row-for now
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 25, 2016 , on page A1-A17)The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) failed to reach a consensus on how to deal with China's territorial expansion in the South China Sea, intensifying a diplomatic stalemate that officials said they hoped ... -
No expansion in disputed sea, China tells PH
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 17, 2017 , on page A7)China has assured the Philippines it will not occupy new features or territory in the South China Sea, under a new "status quo" brokered by Manila as both sides try to strengthen their relations, according to Defense ... -
Palace eyes favorable provisions in joint oil exploration with China
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 28, 2017 , on page A12)Any deal for joint exploration for oil and gas in the West Philippine Sea should contain provisions “favorable” to the Philippines, Malacañang said on Thursday. Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, however, ... -
Palace: Nothing objectionable in China proposal
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 4, 2018 , on page A6)Malacañang finds “nothing objectionable” to China’s proposal to exclude non-Asian countries, such as the United States, from joint military exercises and energy exploration with Southeast Asian nations. Presidential ... -
Palace: the president will definitely raise Hague ruling in meeting with Xi
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 27, 2019 , on page A6)There is no stopping President Rodrigo Duterte from speaking his mind about the 2016 arbitral ruling on the South China Sea dispute and other issues affecting the country’s interests. The President’s longtime aide, Sen. ... -
PH future is in the West Philippine Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 17, 2020 , on page A11)As US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explained, the United States rejects any People’s Republic of China (PRC) maritime claims within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone or continental shelf, and claims in waters ...