Browsing Manila Standard by Name "United Nations (UN)"

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    • Benham eyed as ‘food zone’ 

      Bencito, John Paolo; Gonzales, Anna Leah E. (Manila Standard, May 9, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      Benham Rise could be the key to securing the country’s food security and the Philippines should build a research facility on its shallowest portion to assert its ownership of the resource-rich 13-million-hectare undersea ...

    • Benham gets renamed; Beijing sidesteps threat 

      Bencito, John Paolo; Fabunan, Sara Susanne; Araneta, Macon Ramos (Manila Standard, May 23, 2017, on page A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order officially renaming Benham Rise to “Philippine Rise” to use the resource-rich territory off the coast of Aurora province. He signed Executive Order 25 on May 16 ...

    • Benham on the rise 

      Robles, Jojo (Manila Standard, March 15, 2017, on page A4-A5)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio explained that the Philippines enjoys sovereign rights but does not have sovereignty over the plateau, which is believed to hold huge amounts of minerals and oil, apart ...

    • China steps up naval drills: In wake of WPS exercises, Duterte crafting ‘3Cs foreign policy’—Roque 

      Pañares, Joyce; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, May 3, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      China's Shandong aircraft carrier has conducted exercises in the South China Sea – military drills which the People's Liberation Army (PLA) said will be regularly held in the disputed regional waters. “We hope the outside ...

    • Del Rosario repeats SCS plea 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, September 23, 2020, on page A2)
      Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Tuesday reiterated his call on President Rodrigo Duterte to bring up for enforcement before the United Nations the Philippines’ 2016 arbitral victory against China ...

    • DFA mulls over filing complaint over Panatag 

      Cruz, Maricel V.; Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, November 28, 2018, on page A2)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday raised the possibility of bringing before the United Nations the case of the China Coast Guard personnel driving away the crew of Reporter’s Notebook from the Panatag ...

    • Enrile favors negotiation on disputed West PH Sea 

      (Manila Standard, March 23, 2019, on page A5)
      With former Philippines government officials lodging a complaint in the International Criminal Court against Chinese President Xi Jinping for activities in the disputed South China Sea, former Senate President Juan Ponce ...

    • Hinatuan Mining coral garden project a success 

      (Manila Standard, July 24, 2020, on page A4)
      Hinatuan Mining Corp. (HMC), a subsidiary of Nickel Asia Corp. (NAC), has announced the success of its coral nursery project on the island of Hinatuan in Tagana-an, Surigao del Norte. The coral nursery initiative, designed ...

    • Lawmaker wants 60-40 sharing pact with China 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, May 2, 2018, on page A4)
      An opposition lawmaker on Tuesday backed President Rodrigo Duterte’s move for a joint exploration agreement with China in the South China Sea. “We fully support and appreciate President Duterte’s plan to forge a 60-40 ...

    • Near-unanimous against China's incursions 

      Oxales, Orlando (Manila Standard, July 15, 2019, on page A5)
      A month or so after the controversial Reed Bank incident involving a Filipino fishing boat and a Chinese trawler, public opinion on the matter has scarcely subsided. The horrific details from the altercation were rightly ...

    • New Zealand to create large marine sanctuary 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, September 30, 2015, on page B8)
      New Zealand has unveiled plans to create a South Pacific marine sanctuary the size of France, saying it would protect one of the world's most pristine ocean environments. Prime minister John Key said the Kermadec Ocean ...

    • Obama warns China: tensions rise over world tribunal's maritime ruling 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (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. ...

    • Ph eyes protest vs Beijing 

      Barcelo, Vito; Araneta, Sandy; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 15, 2015, on page A4)
      The Philippines plans to file another diplomatic protest against China's reclamation activities that have destroyed close to 300 acres of coral reef in the South China Sea, an official said Tuesday. "We are looking into ...

    • PH may sue China for war threat 

      Bencito, John Paulo; Fabunan, Sara Susanne (Manila Standard, May 21, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said that he would “wait for better times” to raise the issue of oil extraction and the arbitration ruling in disputed waters “when heads are cooler,” even as Supreme Court Associate ...

    • PH repairs sea outposts 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, May 27, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has begun long-delayed repairs to its crumbling runway in the country’s territory in the disputed Spratly Islands, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative reported. The renovation in the Philippines’ nine ...

    • 'Pointed' demarche needed for China 'incursion' 

      (Manila Standard, April 11, 2021, on page A1)
      The reported pursuit of a Filipino boat by two Chinese militia vessels in the West Philippine Sea last week “squarely calls for a demarche that is direct, purposeful and pointed” as the move was “tantamount to territorial ...

    • Preserving Philippine marine life 

      Gabac, Rhosedel Grace (Manila Standard, February 28, 2019, on page C3)
      The melting of the polar ice caps, frequent and stronger typhoons, the thinning of the ozone layer--these are just some of the telltale signs of Global warming. It is no longer a myth or a conspiracy theory, that’s why ...

    • President asserts arbitral award rejecting China's claims in SCS 

      Pañares, Joyce Pangco (Manila Standard, September 23, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      In an unprecedented move to assert the country’s position on the South China Sea, President Rodrigo Duterte raised the 2016 arbitral award that rejected Beijing’s excessive nine-dash-line claim before the United Nations ...

    • Scarborough Shoal and the violation of human rights 

      Roque, Harry Jr. (Manila Standard, June 25, 2015, on page A9-A11)
      Center Law Philippines yesterday (June 24) submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to call attention to the human rights violations which took place on the fishing grounds of the Scarborough ...

    • Sea chase: PH assures Vietnam of fair inquiry 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, September 26, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines on Monday assured Vietnam it will conduct a fair and thorough investigation into the deaths of two Vietnamese fishermen during a sea chase involving the Philippine Navy off the coast of Pangasinan on Saturday. ...