Browsing Manila Standard by Place "Kagitingan Reef"

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    • China accosts US plane flying over disputed sea 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, May 22, 2015, on page A2)
      A US surveillance plane was warned eight times by the Chinese Navy against flying over the contested West Philippine Sea on Wednesday, CNN Philippines said in an exclusive report. A CNN team led by senior correspondent Jim ...

    • China builds maritime rescue hub; PH unfazed 

      Mariano, Nat (Manila Standard, January 31, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      China has established a “maritime rescue center” in the West Philippine Sea, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday. The rescue center was opened Tuesday in Fiery Cross Reef or Kagitingan Reef, one of the ...

    • China turns on lighthouse atop reef 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, April 7, 2016, on page A2)
      China has expanded its presence in the contested South China Sea by switching on a lighthouse atop a reconstructed reef also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines, state media said. The 55-meter-high (180-foot) facility ...

    • DFA bucks China maritime hub 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, February 4, 2019, on page A2)
      The Philippines should protest the construction of a maritime rescue center in the contested South China Sea once it is verified by relevant offices, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Saturday. He said the ...

    • Fisherfolk group slams govt for inaction in kagitingan Reef 

      Casas, Bill (Manila Standard, January 6, 2018, on page A3)
      The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas on Friday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte and the Armed Forces of the Philippines for allowing China to convert the Kagitingan Reef, ...

    • Impunity in the South China Sea 

      Abelgas, Val (Manila Standard, April 6, 2019, on page A5)
      With the government either defending, justifying or simply doing nothing about China’s aggressive actions, the country’s giant neighbor has become even bolder to pursue its “creeping invasion” of the disputed territories ...

    • Island defense buildup targets no one-China 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, January 11, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      China said Wednesday that the defense facilities it has built on the disputed Kagitingan Reef in the West Philippine Sea are not directed at any country. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lu Kang made this ...

    • PH steps up island devt in China sea 

      Casas, Bill; Tuyay, Francisco; Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, January 10, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines will follow the lead of China and Vietnam and develop islands under its control in the disputed South China Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday. “My plan of action is also to develop all ...

    • ‘Protest new Sino claims in WPS‘ 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, April 21, 2020, on page A2)
      A retired Supreme Court justice and a former diplomat have urged the government to lodge a diplomatic protest against China for establishing two districts in Hainan province. Former Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio ...