Browsing Manila Standard by Place "United States"
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DND seeks to review treaty between US, PH
(Manila Standard,December 21, 2018 , on page A3)Nearly seven decades after the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Philippine government, the defense department will seek to review the Aug. 30, 1951 accord to solicit Washington’s ... -
Du30 to China: Back off from Pag-asa
(Manila Standard,April 6, 2019 , on page A1-A2)President Rodrigo Duterte has warned Beijing to back off from a disputed island in the South China Sea, warning of possible military action if China “touches” it amid rising tensions over the key waterway. Duterte, aiming ... -
Duterte to assert PH win in sea row
(Manila Standard,May 6, 2018 , on page A1-A2)President Rodrigo Duterte said he would assert the Philippines’ victory in an international court before his term ends in 2020 to get back the territory now occupied by China, as he blamed former President Benigno Aquino ... -
Envoy: PH-US military pact crucial to keeping region stable
(Manila Standard,May 24, 2019 , on page A1-A2)The military alliance between the United States and the Philippines remains critically significant to maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, including in the hotly contested South China Sea, US Ambassador ... -
Fire 'stabilized' on cargo ship spewing toxic gas off Canada
(Manila Standard,October 26, 2021 , on page B2)The Canadian Coast Guard said Sunday that a fire spewing toxic gas from a container ship has been "stabilized" and that it now planned to deploy firefighters to the vessel to quell the rest of the blaze. The Zim Kingston ... -
Fisheries to acquire 100 new patrol boats
(Manila Standard,June 23, 2015 , on page A5)The Philippines is buying nearly 100 new patrol boats to protect its fisheries, an official said Monday, in a substantial expansion from its current fleet of 20 as it responds to poaching by Chinese and Taiwanese vessels. ... -
Focus on Palawan
(Manila Standard,November 22, 2022 , on page B1)When US Vice President Kamala Harris visits Palawan today, many will be listening to echoes of her speech – from as far as Washington, Canberra and Beijing and neighboring capitals from East Asia and Southeast Asia. The ... -
Foreign Affairs clams up on China threat
(Manila Standard,July 7, 2016 , on page A1-A2)The Foreign Affairs Department declined to comment Wednesday on China’s threat to make the United States pay the price if it crosses Beijing’s limits in the disputed South China Sea. “We have yet to confirm the report,” ... -
Gov't won't ban Chinese firms from PH projects; Sangley Airport on
(Manila Standard,September 2, 2020 , on page A1-A2)Malacañang said the country would not ban Chinese firms involved in reclamation activities in the South China Sea, and would not follow sanctions imposed by the United States against Chinese companies involved in construction ... -
Group: Pinoys want SCS win enforced
(Manila Standard,May 21, 2022 , on page A2)Eight out 10 Filipinos want to assert the legal victory for the Philippines against China over the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), according to an independent international and strategic research organization. At ... -
Growing resistance to Beijing aggression
(Manila Standard,July 13, 2020 , on page B1)Tensions have reached new levels four years after the arbitral decision declared unlawful and without basis Beijing’s absurd “nine-dash line” territorial claim of 1.3 million square miles in the South China Sea (SCS). For ... -
'Illegal fishing in WPS a cause of concern'
(Manila Standard,April 23, 2021 , on page A1-A2)The United States said Thursday the multi-billion “illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and destruction of the rich marine ecosystem in the West Philippine Sea is a cause of concern for both the United States and ... -
Islands ready for climate agreement
(Manila Standard,April 22, 2016 , on page B6)With their very existence under threat from climate change, the world's island states come to the United Nations on Friday not only to sign the Paris climate deal but to be first in line to make sure it goes into force. ... -
Locsin nixes SCS push with UN: Says PH could lose gains of sea award by raising issue with world body
(Manila Standard,August 30, 2020 , on page A1)The Philippines could lose the gains it achieved in the international arbitral ruling on the South China Sea should it push raising the issue before the United Nations General Assembly next month, Foreign Secretary Teodoro ... -
Lorenzana says China’s planned ADIZ on WPS ‘illegal’
(Manila Standard,June 26, 2020 , on page A3)Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday concurred with the warning of a ranking United States military official saying the air defense identification zone planned by China in the South China ... -
Name-calling mars sea dispute
(Manila Standard,April 22, 2015 , on page A3)The quarrel between the Philippines and China over the disputed territories in the South China Sea turned into a war of words on Tuesday, with the Philippines calling China “a big-time squatter” as a result of its reclamation ... -
Obama asks India to do more for climate change
(Manila Standard,January 28, 2015 , on page B5)President Barack Obama said the United States could be India's "best partner" Tuesday but urged his hists to do more in the battle against climate change as he wrapped up a three-day visit to New Delhi. Speaking to an ... -
Obama warns China: tensions rise over world tribunal's maritime ruling
(Manila Standard,September 9, 2016 , on page A1-A2)US President Barack Obama warned Beijing Thursday it could not ignore a tribunal's ruling rejecting its sweeping claims to the South China Sea, driving tensions higher in a territorial row that threatens regional security. ... -
Obama-Xi talks tackle sea dispute
(Manila Standard,April 2, 2016 , on page A2)US President Barack Obama opened a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with a promise of candid discussion over Beijing’s alleged military buildup in the South China Sea. “We will have candid exchanges about ... -
Our misunderstood position in the South China Sea
(Manila Standard,May 26, 2018 , on page A5)There are factors affecting our understanding of our claim in the South China Sea. This has deeply divided us such that the US has been using this to create a wedge between this country and China. This stems from our lack ...