Browsing Manila Standard by Author "Solmerin, Florante S."

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    • China may be building airstrip on reef-PH 

      Solmerin, Florante S.; Tuyay, Francisco; Fabunan, Sara Susanne D.; Barcelo, Vito; Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, May 15, 2014, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines warned on Wednesday that China may be building an airstrip on a reef in the South China Sea as the Asian superpower asserts its claim to most of the strategic area. Filipino military surveillance aircraft ...

    • China ship conks out near tubbataha reef 

      Zurbano, Joel E.; Solmerin, Florante S. (Manila Standard, March 6, 2013, on page A3)
      The Coast Guard has dispatched its search-and- rescue ship to help the crew members of a Chinese vessel whose engine quit southwest of the Tubbataha Reef, an official said Tuesday. The BRP Pampanga was deployed to help the ...

    • Name-calling mars sea dispute 

      Solmerin, Florante S. (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 ...

    • Ship sinks off Luzon, oil spill threatens area 

      Solmerin, Florante S.; Zurbano, Joel E. (Manila Standard, February 19, 2013, on page A1-A2)
      The Office of Civil Defense on Monday confirmed the reported oil spill in Bolinao, Pangasinan, coming from a Myanmar ship that sank there Sunday afternoon, killing a Burmese crewman, hurting seven and causing 14 others to ...

    • US aid for reef rehab up 

      Pañares, Joyce Pangco; Solmerin, Florante S. (Manila Standard, February 4, 2013, on page A1-A2)
      The United States government has unveiled a package of targetted assistance, including a P4 million grant for coral restoration research, for the Tubbataha Reef which has been damaged by a US Navy minesweeper that got ...