Browsing The Daily Guardian by Subject "United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea"

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    • 5 important facts about China's alleged incursion in Pag-Asa Island 

      Heydarian, Richard (The Daily Guardian, August 29, 2017, on page 5)
      Not long after the Philippines hosted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial meetings, reports emerged that Chinese vessels have been gathering near Pag-Asa (Thitu) island in the West Philippine ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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. ...

    • 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 

      Brunnstrom, David (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? 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (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, ...