Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "aircraft"

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    • 4 survive aircraft accident in Zambo 

      Zurbano, Joel E. (Manila Standard, July 8, 2020, on page A8)
      Four persons on board a training aircraft survived after their plane ditched near the sea wall of Sinunuc Boulevard in Zamboanga City Tuesday morning. Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines spokesperson and chief ...

    • 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 may be building airstrip on reef-PH 

      Solmerin, Florante S.; Tuyay, Francisco; Fabunan, Sara Susanne D.; Barcelo, Vito; Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, May 15, 2014, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines warned on Wednesday that China may be building an airstrip on a reef in the South China Sea as the Asian superpower asserts its claim to most of the strategic area. Filipino military surveillance aircraft ...

    • Diplomatic protest vs China eyes — Cayetano 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, April 19, 2018, on page A3)
      Manila is ready to take “diplomatic action” against Beijing if reports of Chinese military planes in Panganiban Reef are confirmed, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Cayetano said. Panganiban Reef, also known as Mischief Reef, ...

    • 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. ...

    • PH airmen hop on Orion flight over disputed sea 

      Bloomberg (Manila Standard, June 24, 2015, on page A3)
      Filipino airmen flew with their Japanese counterparts on a Japanese P3-C Orion surveillance plane and circled over the disputed Recto Bank in the Spratly Islands on Tuesday at the start of an exercise with the Philippines ...

    • PH told not to give up terrorial claim vs China 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, April 13, 2018, on page A2)
      China has told the Philippine government not to give up its claim to the disputed South China Sea but simply asked it to put some order on how to discuss that claim so the two countries could pursue a joint oil and gas ...

    • Rody hailed for calling out China on WPS 

      Mariano, Nat (Manila Standard, July 18, 2018, on page A2)
      Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Friday hailed President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s call for China to temper its behavior in the West Philippine Sea amid reports that Beijing warned a Philippine military ...

    • Think tank warns: China deploys jet in SCS 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne; Cruz, Maricel; Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, May 11, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      China has deployed a military aircraft to a base it had built on a reclaimed island in the South China Sea, photos from an American think tank released Wednesday confirmed. The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative published ...

    • 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 ...

    • US warship sets mission in disputed sea 

      Macaraig, Ayee (Manila Standard, February 16, 2018, on page A1)
      With a deafening roar, the fighter jets catapulted off the US aircraft carrier and soared above the disputed South China Sea, as its admiral vowed that the ship’s presence was proof America still had regional clout. “US ...