Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "Exclusive economic zone"

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    • 200 Chinese vessels remain in WPS—intel firm; PH sets another sea drill 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, May 7, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      A geospatial intelligence firm on Thursday revealed that some 200 Chinese ships are still moored in the West Philippine Sea as the Philippine Coast Guard announced it will hold the second leg of its joint maritime exercise ...

    • 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, ...

    • 48-man team to argue PH case vs China 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, November 25, 2015, on page A5)
      The Philippines will present the country’s case for the first round of oral arguments filed against China over the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea this week before the Permanent Court Arbitration in The ...

    • 9 Sino fishermen plead 'not guilty' to charges 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, May 22, 2014, on page A3)
      Nine Chines fishermen arrested by Philippine authorities in disputed South China Sea waters pleaded not guilty to all charges against them on Wednesday, the prosecutor said. The nine were taken in handcuffs to a court on ...

    • Albert del Rosario has no moral authority to scold President Duterte 

      Biraogo, Louis (Manila Standard, May 7, 2021, on page B1)
      Former Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario is currently drumming up public animosity against President Rodrigo Roa Duterte over the way the latter is handling the ongoing maritime dispute between the ...

    • Ambivalent opposition to the joint oil exploration 

      Kapunan, Rod P. (Manila Standard, December 29, 2018, on page A5)
      The Philippines only enjoys the right to claim over that portion of the South China Sea as part of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), but does not vest sovereign right over the area. Should we insist, it is possible that ...

    • Australia weights in on Chinese boats' intrusion 

      Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, March 25, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      Australia on Wednesday joined the United States and Japan in expressing concern over Chinese incursions in the West Philippine Sea after Manila protested the presence of more than 200 Chinese vessels moored near the Julian ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 Rise out, 'Philippine Rise' in 

      Bencito, John Paolo (Manila Standard, April 2, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte wants to rename Benham Rise to “Philippine Rise” in a bid to assert the country’s ownership of the mineral-rich underwater landmass 250 kilometers east of Luzon. Presidential Spokesman Ernesto ...

    • Breezing through 

      (Manila Standard, May 18, 2017, on page A4)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was said to have breezed through his confirmation hearing at the Commission on Appointments. Unfortunately for Cayetano, that breezing through is not bound to last. On Wednesday ...

    • ‘Bring China to court’: Carpio prods Philippines to protest Sino bullying of Pinoy fishermen 

      Barcelo, Vito; Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, June 9, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio on Friday said the Philippines could use video of the Chinese Coast Guard apparently raiding Filipino fishermen’s catch in Scarborough Shoal, inside the country’s exclusive economic zone, ...

    • Carpio warns of China zone over Scarborough 

      Requejo, Rey; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, March 20, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      A Magistrative on Sunday warned the government on China’s reported plan to install a radar station in the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Senior Justice Antonio Carpio said the installation of an environmental monitoring station ...

    • Carpio: Benham not PH territory 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, March 15, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      A senior magistrate of the Supreme Court said Tuesday the Philippines had some rights over Benham Rise as confirmed by the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf as part of the country’s “Extended Continental ...

    • China angered by young campers on disputed isle 

      Tuyay, Francisco (Manila Standard, December 29, 2015, on page A2)
      BEIJING expressed anger Monday after a group of young Filipinos camped out on Pagasa, an island in the South China Sea that both China and the Philippines claim as their own. The voyage of the group, which calls itself ...

    • 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 builds military-grade runway in West PH Sea 

      Ortuoste, Jenny (Manila Standard, April 19, 2018, on page A4-A5)
      Aerial photographs show an increase in Chinese military infrastructure in the West Philippine Sea, and as a threat upon our sovereignty it is most alarming. Some of the photos show a military-grade runway and Chinese ...

    • China claims PH deal on sea issue 

      Barcelo, Vito; Cruz, Maricel V.; Macon-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, May 12, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      China on Tuesday bared a consensus has already been reached with the Philippines to “properly and peacefully handle” issues on maritime disputes in the South China Sea disputes through "dialogue and negotiation." When asked ...

    • China denies SCS ruling anew: Envoy: ‘Consensus’ reached by Xi, Duterte is to ‘put aside’ arbitral decision 

      (Manila Standard, September 27, 2020, on page A1)
      China has underlined its non-recognition of the 2016 international arbitral ruling favoring the Philippines and nullifying Beijing’s nine-dash line claim over nearly all of the South China Sea, only days after President ...