Browsing The Daily Guardian by Place "Benham Rise"

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    • 5 key facts on Benham Rise 

      (The Daily Guardian, February 6, 2018, on page 5)
      Around a year ago, the obscure Benham Rise was catapulted to the center of national discourse, when Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed the suspicious presence of Chinese vessels within our Exclusive Economic Zone ...

    • Benham Rise trip: Duterte's latest comedy act 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (The Daily Guardian, May 1, 2018, on page 5)
      China builds a monument on Kagitingan Reef that the Philippines claims as part of its territory in South China Sea and President Duterte announces he will sail to Benham Rise, an underwater plateau east of Luzon that has ...

    • Benham teems with metals lawmaker 

      (Manila Standard, March 20, 2017, on page A3)
      “The sea floor around Benham is covered with metal-rich chunks—manganese nodules that also contain nickel, copper, cobalt and other minerals,” Atienza, one-time Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, said. The ...

    • Cimatu cites PH efforts to protect marine resources at EAS Congress 2018 

      (The Daily Guardian, November 1, 2018, on page 12-13)
      The Philippines has made notable progress in its efforts to protect the country’s rich marine ecosystems and resources despite many challenges, Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said as he welcomed participants to the ...

    • Lawmaker says joint 60-40 sea exploration with China a 'win-win' 

      GMA News (The Daily Guardian, May 2, 2018, on page 10)
      Buhay party-list Representative Lito Atienza on Tuesday said he supports a 60-40 joint exploration agreement with China in the West Philippine Sea instead of going to war against the Asian superpower. “We fully support and ...

    • PH readies protest vs China 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (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 ...

    • Renaming Benham Rise to 'Philippine Rise' eyed 

      ABS-CBN News (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 ...

    • Satellites over Benham eyed 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon; Bencito, John Paolo; Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (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. ...