Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "disputes"
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14 missing in sea collision off Occ. Mindoro
(Manila Standard,June 30, 2020 , on page A1-A2)Rescuers were searching Monday for 14 people missing after a local fishing boat collided with a Chinese cargo ship about 15 miles from Paluan town in Occidental Mindoro, authorities said. The boats crashed early Sunday, ... -
2 former PH officials sue China leader before ICC
(Manila Standard,March 22, 2019 , on page A1-A2)Former government officials accused Chinese President Xi Jingping of crimes against humanity for his actions in the South China Sea, bringing their complaint to the International Criminal Court on March 15, just two days ... -
200 Chinese vessels remain in WPS—intel firm; PH sets another sea drill
(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 ... -
48-man team to argue PH case vs China
(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
(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 ... -
Agreeing to disagree
(Manila Standard,September 2, 2019 , on page A4-A5)As expected, nothing came out of the well-scripted, one-on-one meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on the issue of the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The ... -
Albert del Rosario has no moral authority to scold President Duterte
(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 ... -
Amid sea row, Japan insists on rule of law
(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 ... -
Aquino blamed for China militarization in SCS
(Manila Standard,June 26, 2018 , on page A2)Malacañang on Monday continued to blame the “militarization” of the South China Sea on former President Benigno Aquino III as it defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to be friendly with China to resolve the dispute ... -
ASEAN code of conduct completed
(Manila Standard,May 21, 2017 , on page A1-A2)Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago Sta. Romana has welcomed the completion of the draft of the framework of the Code of Conduct for the South China Sea territorial disputes. Sta. Romana lauded the senior officials ... -
Asean heads fret over sea conflicts
(Manila Standard,April 27, 2017 , on page A1-A2)Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations expressed concerns over the escalation of tension in the South China Sea, but made no mention of the landmark arbitral ruling that the Philippines won against Beijing, ... -
Asean ministers decry Chinese reclamation
(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
(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 ... -
ASG abducts 5 Indonesian fishermen, lets 3 other go
(Manila Standard,January 22, 2020 , on page A2)Abu Sayyaf militants from the Philippines seized five Indonesian fishermen from a vessel off eastern Borneo, Jakarta officials said Tuesday, the latest in a series of abductions in the area. Indonesia’s foreign ministry ... -
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 ... -
Australia weights in on Chinese boats' intrusion
(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 ... -
Back to the 'boro'
(Manila Standard,November 1, 2016 , on page A4-A5)The “boro,” as Filipino fishermen call it, is back. And hundreds of them have happily returned to their old, rich fishing grounds, coming home with their outrigger boats groaning with the weight of their bountiful catch. ... -
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 ... -
BBM eyes 'balanced' sea tack
(Manila Standard,June 18, 2022 , on page A1-A2)President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will take a “very measured and balanced” approach to the country’s territorial disputes with China over the West Philippine Sea. Marcos made this commitment during a meeting with ... -
Beijing escalates word war on disputed waters
(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 ...