Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "Security"

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    • Amid sea row, Japan insists on rule of law 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne (Manila Standard, October 26, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Rear Admiral Hidetoshi Iwasaki of Japan called for the rule of law in solving the dispute in the South China Sea and assured the Philippines that its maritime security ties with it will continue. The Philippines and other ...

    • 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 ...

    • China sets war games in disputed sea 

      (Manila Standard, March 24, 2018, on page A2-A1)
      A joint statement of the Asean-Australia Special Summit signed by member heads of state aired the strongest position against aggressive acts in the South China Sea. The group reaffirmed “the importance of maintaining and ...

    • 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. ...

    • Defense chiefs want sea disputers resolved 

      Tuyay, Francisco (Manila Standard, March 12, 2018, on page A2)
      Southeast Asia’s top defense officials on Sunday reaffirmed the importance of maintaining and promoting peace and security in the South China Sea. The Philippines’ Armed Forces Chief Rey Leonardo Guerrero underscored the ...

    • DFA: China wants to be above the law 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, March 1, 2016, on page A4)
      The Philippines has been praised by nations around the world, because it is the first country to have dared (under Art. 287 and Annex VII of UNCLOS) to take China to the court. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin ...

    • Gov't urged to save its seas from overfishing 

      Araja, Rio N.; Pañares, Joyce P. (Manila Standard, June 8, 2013, on page A1-A2)
      At least 13 fishing grounds in the Philippines have been heavily fished and the declining stocks will force local fishermen to go beyond the country's boundaries toward the Malaysian and Indonesian seas to look for catch, ...

    • Mattis hits Beijing for intimidation 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, June 3, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      China’s military buildup in the South China Sea and its deployment of high-end weapons systems in the disputed waterway is designed to intimidate and coerce neighbors, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday. ...

    • Our weak stand on China 

      Del Rosario, Alejandro (Manila Standard, June 4, 2018, on page A4-A5)
      Opposition lawmakers are questioning the Philippines’ anemic stand against China’s military buildup in the West Philippine Sea. It appears to the concerned solons that the government’s foreign policy and national security ...

    • PH insists on sea code, China calls for dialog 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, March 2, 2016, on page A5)
      Despite China’s call for a peaceful dialogue to resolve the territorial dispute in the South China Sea, the Philippines will continue to push for the legally binding Code of Conduct on the South China Sea between the Asean ...

    • Rody backs China buildup in WP Sea 

      Barcelo, Vito; Tuyay, Francisco; Fabunan, Sara Susanne D. (Manila Standard, February 20, 2018, on page A1)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday suggested in jest that China make the Philippines a province as he defended China’s construction of military structures on the contested Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef in the South China ...

    • RP is vulnerable to climate change 

      Lopez, Tony (Manila Standard, March 9, 2018, on page A5)
      Today I adapt the article of my daughter Ivy on climate change at risk: In the last 20 years, the Philippines suffered the most catastrophic events (289). It’s the fifth most vulnerable to climate change with its recurrent ...

    • Troops deployed to secure PH Rise 

      Tuyay, Francisco; Fabunan, Sara Susanne (Manila Standard, February 17, 2018, on page A2)
      The military had deployed hundreds of Marines troopers in the country’s northern frontier to secure and maintain the country’s sovereign rights over Philippine Rise, after China renamed four seamounts and a hill in the ...

    • US defense chief visits China as tensions rise 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, June 27, 2018, on page B3)
      US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in Beijing on his first ever visit to China on Tuesday, aiming to find room for military cooperation as security tensions between the two superpowers edge higher. With Washington ...

    • US reacts to China dare sends warships 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, February 20, 2017, on page A1)
      A US aircraft carrier strike group is patrolling in the South China Sea, the US Navy said Saturday, days after Beijing told Washington not to challenge its sovereignty in the waterway. China asserts ownership of almost all ...

    • What’s next for Philippine Rise 

      (Manila Standard, August 7, 2018, on page C1)
      The Foreign Service Institute and Oceana Philippines recently gathered relevant agencies, members of the academe, and stakeholders to discuss future plans to sustain and further strengthen the protection of the Philippine ...