Browsing The Daily Guardian by Subject "Exclusive economic zone"
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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 ... -
₱500M earmarked for PH-wide coral restoration program
(Manila Bulletin,December 27, 2015 , on page 11)The senates climate change committee chaired by Sen. Loren Legarda said yesterday that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) would start next year a nationwide coral restoration program. The Senate ... -
Benham Rise trip: Duterte's latest comedy act
(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 ... -
China has control of Scarborough, fisher says
(The Daily Guardian,June 12, 2018 , on page 3-14)Despite it being within the Philippines' 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Scarborough Shoal seems to be under the control of China, at least according to one of the fishermen whose catch were seized by ... -
China told to explain Scarborough radar plan
(Manila Standard,March 23, 2017 , on page A1-A2)Foreign Affairs on Wednesday confirmed it has filed another note verbale against China asking it to explain its plan to install a radar station in the resource-rich Panatag or Scarborough Shoal. Foreign Affairs spokesman ... -
Duterte knows China's ultimate goal is control of South China Sea
(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 ... -
Duterte’s ‘red lines’ in the West Philippine Sea
(The Daily Guardian,June 5, 2018 , on page 5)In a remarkable twist of events, the Rodrigo Duterte administration has, for the first time, sought to draw the line in the sands of the West Philippine Sea. This is a welcome development, though action speaks louder than ... -
Iloilo prov'l board bats for creation of DOFAR
(The Daily Guardian,October 17, 2018 , on page 11)The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Iloilo has approved Resolution No. 2018-574 which “strongly supports the legislative measures” now pending in Congress for the creation of the Department of Ocean, Fisheries and Aquatic ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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, ...