Browsing The Daily Guardian by Place "Reed Bank"

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    • 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 ...

    • Duterte knows China's ultimate goal is control of South China Sea 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (The Daily Guardian, August 23, 2018, on page 5)
      Twice last week, President Duterte complained about China’s activities in the South China Sea--a stark departure from his pandering stand since the start of his presidency. Always, he was all praises for China’s President ...

    • Lost not ‘a single island’ but the whole of Spratlys 

      Todesillas, Ellen (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 ...