Browsing Manila Standard by Place "Malaysia"

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    • 41 vessels sunk for fishing in Indonesia 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, May 22, 2015, on page A2)
      Indonesia has sunk 41 foreign boats across the archipelago, reports said Thursday, as part of an ongoing push to stop illegal fishing in its waters. Authorities sank the vessels in public displays at several sites Wednesday, ...

    • Asean ministers decry Chinese reclamation 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 7, 2018, on page A2)
      China’s continued reclamation in the South China Sea has eroded trust among claimants and could raise regional tensions, Southeast Asian foreign ministers said Tuesday. The ministers from the 10-nation Association of ...

    • Asean urged: Stand up to China 

      Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, April 27, 2015, on page A2)
      Beijing is moving toward "de facto control" of the South China Sea, the Philippines warned on Sunday as it called on fellow Southeast Asian countries to stand up to their massive neighbor. China's unabated reclamation in ...

    • Aussies join naval drill in PH Sea 

      (Manila Standard, July 24, 2020, on page A2)
      In efforts to keep international waters “free and open,” five Australian warships have joined American and Japanese navies in conducting military exercises in the Philippine Sea in a reciprocal show of strength as tensions ...

    • Ban on Benham in force: Rody lets China explorers in, bars other aliens 

      (Manila Standard, February 7, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has banned all foreign scientific exploration on a vast undersea plateau claimed by Manila, his spokesman said Tuesday, now that China has completed its research there. Authorities announced three ...

    • Beijing escalates word war on disputed waters 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, March 28, 2015, on page A5)
      Beijing escalated its war of words with the Philippines over the South China Sea on Friday, decrying Manila as “hypocritical” for criticising its land reclamation works in the area. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua ...

    • Beijing warns off US warship in SCS 

      Agence France-Pressse (Manila Standard, February 6, 2021, on page A7)
      China on Friday warned off a US warship sailing near contested islands in the South China Sea, Beijing said, the first such encounter made public since the inauguration of President Joe Biden. The USS John s. McCain "broke ...

    • BI to hire personnel to guard seaports 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, June 27, 2017, on page A3)
      The Bureau of Immigration will hire new personnel to man rebel-infested seaports and stations in Mindanao to help thwart the entry of illegal aliens, including foreign terrorists, via the backdoor. Immigration Commissioner ...

    • Carpio: No to war, but assert rights on SCS 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, July 29, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines can still assert its sovereign rights over its territories in the South China Sea without going to war, retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Tuesday. "Vietnam, Malaysia and ...

    • China builds SCS rescue, maritime station 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, July 25, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      China has built permanent stations for its rescue and maritime forces on its artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea. Citing reports from state broadcaster China Central Television, South China Morning Post said ...

    • China defiant, offers cruises on disputed sea 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, July 22, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      China announced Thursday that a Chinese company will boost tourism by offering cruises around the contested South China Sea and buy eight new ships over the next five years for that purpose. The state-owned China Daily ...

    • China ignores protests to focus on goal—Carpio 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 27, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      China will ignore all diplomatic protests filed against its aggressive behavior in the South China Sea because they run counter to its objective of establishing its national boundary based on its excessive nine-dash line ...

    • China protests US warship near reef 

      Bencito, John Paolo (Manila Standard, August 12, 2017, on page A2)
      Beijing voiced displeasure on Friday after a US warship sailed near an artificial island in the disputed South China Sea, an operation that prompted the Chinese navy to warm off the American destroyer. The USS John S. ...

    • China pushes sea aggression, uses virus aids as camouflage 

      (Manila Standard, April 28, 2020, on page A2)
      China is using its aid to other countries in the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent pushback in its continuing aggression in the disputed South China Sea, a maritime law expert said Monday. Beijing is also using other claimant ...

    • China ships block PH boats 

      Requejo, Rey; Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, November 19, 2021, on page A1)
      The Philippines on Thursday accused Chinese Coast Guard vessels of firing water cannon at boats delivering supplies to Filipino marines in the disputed South China Sea/West Philippine Sea, and told Beijing to "back off." ...

    • China to stage sea exercises ahead of ruling 

      Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, July 4, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      China will hold military drills in the disputed South China Sea, Chinese officials said Sunday, ahead of an international tribunal ruling over Beijing’s maritime claims in the resource-rich area. The drills will be held ...

    • 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 ...

    • China wants Asian solution to sea row 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, August 19, 2016, on page A2)
      The Philippines welcomed the plan of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to finish the general framework of the Code of Conduct by June 2017. On Wednesday, China announced that it agreed with the Asean to ...

    • China warns vs cradle of war 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne; Solmerin, Florante (Manila Standard, July 14, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      China warned its rivals Wednesday against turning the South China Sea into a "cradle of war" and threatened to establish an air defense zone there, after its claims to the strategically vital waters were declared invalid. ...

    • China, PH urged to 'properly handle' SCS territorial disputes 

      (Manila Standard, July 2, 2022, on page A3)
      China and the Philippines can improve international relations by properly handling ongoing disputes in the South China Sea, Chinese vice-president Wang Qishan said. Wang, who was attending the inauguration ceremony of ...