Browsing The Daily Guardian by Subject "disputes"
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Lost not ‘a single island’ but the whole of Spratlys
(The Daily Guardian,June 1, 2018 , on page 5)Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was being smart the other day when he challenged critics of the Duterte’s complacent attitude in the face of China aggressive moves in South China Sea. At the flag-raising ceremony at ... -
Manila, Beijing in 'very serious conversations,' says DFA official
(The Daily Guardian,June 2, 2018 , on page 12)The Philippines and China are in "very serious conversations" over Beijing's activities in the South China Sea, a foreign affairs official said Friday. Government agencies are "not being remiss in their duties" even if the ... -
PH 'softness' on China's territorial claims not working- law expert
(The Daily Guardian,May 7, 2018 , on page 6)The Philippines' "soft position" on China's territorial claims in the South China Sea is putting the country at a disadvantage, an international law expert said Sunday. The Chinese army installed anti-ship and air-to-air ... -
PH readies protest vs China
(Manila Standard,March 22, 2017 , on page A1-A2)The Philippines is preparing another protest against China over the latter’s plan to install a radar station in the Panatag or Scarborough Shoal, a Cabinet official said Tuesday. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said ... -
PH wants China to make first move on S. China Sea row
(The Daily Guardian,October 25, 2016 , on page 2-7)Your move, China: After winning an arbitration case against China, the Philippine government is now looking to Beijing to make the first move in reviving talks to resolve the South China Sea dispute. "We would hope that ... -
PH, China 'co-control' Panatag - Cayetano
(The Daily Guardian,June 20, 2018 , on page 12)Beijing and Manila "co-control" the Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said Monday night amid reports of the Chinese coast guard's harassment of Filipino fishermen there. ... -
Philippines urges ASEAN to stop China in South China Sea
(The Daily Guardian,April 27, 2015 , on page 7)The Philippines on Sunday urged its fellow Southeast Asian countries to take immediate steps to halt land reclamation by China in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, warning that failure to do so will see Beijing ... -
PHL at risk if China lands bombers in Spratlys-analyst
(The Daily Guardian,May 22, 2018 , on page 12)Manila, China could soon deploy combat planes in the Spratly Islands that would place the Philippines within the Asian powers bombing range, an analyst warned Sunday. In a report on 24 hours, University of the Philippines ... -
PHL could bring another case vs. China before int’l court, says Carpio
(The Daily Guardian,June 9, 2018 , on page 5)Manila could bring another case against Beijing before the court that invalidated the latter's excessive claims to the South China Sea, after Chinese Coast Guard was reported to be taking Filipino fishermen's haul from ... -
PNoy, Del Rosario responsible for PH losing control of Scarborough shoal
(The Daily Guardian,May 26, 2016 , on page 5-7)The term “lost Scarborough shoal” is debatable. Security officials deny that. Foreign affairs officials will not say that because that would be detrimental to the claim of the Philippines on the shoal which is included in ... -
Renaming Benham Rise to 'Philippine Rise' eyed
(The Daily Guardian,April 4, 2017 , on page 3)The government said Saturday it was studying the possibility of renaming Benham Rise to "Philippine Rise," to strengthen the country's rights over the resource-rich undersea plateau. Manila's move came after Chinese survey ... -
Roque is best adviser to Duterte on joint exploration with China
(The Daily Guardian,March 10, 2018 , on page 4-5)“We have gone beyond determining if there are resources” and “The only issue is now, is it commercially viable,” he said. Roque and Davila were talking about the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking or JMSU entered into by the ... -
Satellites over Benham eyed
(The Daily Guardian,March 30, 2017 , on page A1-A2)A top security official on Wednesday recommended the procurement and use of satellites to better monitor marine activity in Benham Rise, an undersea region 250 kilometers east of the northern coastline of Dinapigue, Isabela. ... -
Scientists alarmed over China’s island building
(The Daily Guardian,June 26, 2015 , on page 5-11)Equal importance had been given to “construction and protection”, he said, adding China would honour its obligations under the UN conventions on Biological Diversity and International Trade in Endangered Species. One marine ... -
Some fishers too traumatized to return to Panatag Shoal
(The Daily Guardian,November 7, 2016 , on page 9)Some fishermen in Masinloc, Zambales have yet to return to Panatag Shoal despite improving relations between China and the Philippines, saying Chinese harassment in the past had left them traumatized. Interviewed by GMA ... -
The South China Sea conflict - in under five minutes
(The Daily Guardian,June 11, 2015 , on page 5)1. Whose South China Sea is it, anyway? China’s claim to the South China Sea is based in history, dating back to records from the Xia and Han dynasties. China delineates its claims via the nine-dash line, which Chiang Kai ... -
South China Sea ruling in Hague could be mid-2016- PH lawyer
(The Daily Guardian,November 2, 2015 , on page 9)The chief counsel for the Philippines in its Hague tribunal case against China over competing claims in the South China Sea said on Friday a final ruling could come as early as June next year. Paul Reichler said he also ... -
Trump presidency's impact on sea disputes uncertain-officials
(The Daily Guardian,November 14, 2016 , on page 4-11)Philippine officials who defended the country’s rights over South China Sea said Donald Trump’s presidency may or may not have an impact on the territorial dispute, depending on his policies on foreign affairs. “It's ... -
Who is protecting PH national interest in South China Sea?
(The Daily Guardian,December 21, 2016 , on page 4)Sovereignty is the supreme right to the state to command obedience within its territory, as stated in the Constitution, consists "of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, ... -
Who is the man tasked to execute US' military policy in South China Sea?
(The Daily Guardian,July 23, 2018 , on page 9-19)When journalists covering the 2018 Rim of the Pacific Exercises were told we were meeting with the US Indo-Pacific Command commander Admiral Philip Davidson, I considered it a rare opportunity to meet the man tasked to ...