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    • Asean heads fret over sea conflicts 

      Bencito, John Paolo; Zurbano, Joel E.; Barcelo, Vito (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, ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 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 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 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. ...

    • China's 'illegal' research in Benham Rise bared 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 27, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A Chinese ship conducted the first “illegal” research in Benham Rise, also known as Philippine Rise, in 2004, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon said Monday. Speaking during the Senate science and technology ...

    • 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 ...

    • Focus on Palawan 

      (Manila Standard, November 22, 2022, on page B1)
      When US Vice President Kamala Harris visits Palawan today, many will be listening to echoes of her speech – from as far as Washington, Canberra and Beijing and neighboring capitals from East Asia and Southeast Asia. The ...

    • High Crime in the High Seas 

      Lopez, Tony (Manila Standard, July 15, 2016, on page A11)
      At 5 p.m. on July 12, The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration, at 117 years old, the oldest global institution for the settlement of international disputes, gave the Philippines its biggest legal victory ever in any ...

    • Manila told to improve sea security 

      Fabunan, Sara (Manila Standard, October 4, 2012, on page A1-A2)
      An Australian delegate said on Wednesday that the Philippines and other claimants to the West Philippine Sea or South China Sea against China should strengthen their maritime capabilities because the dispute could possibly ...

    • Our misunderstood position in the South China Sea 

      Kapunan, Rod P. (Manila Standard, May 26, 2018, on page A5)
      There are factors affecting our understanding of our claim in the South China Sea. This has deeply divided us such that the US has been using this to create a wedge between this country and China. This stems from our lack ...

    • 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 can't stop China' 

      Bencito, John Paolo (Manila Standard, December 17, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. admitted Friday that the Philippines cannot do anything about China’s move to militarize a series of contested artificial islands in the South China Sea. Yasay said the Philippines ...

    • 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 ...

    • PH urged to resist outside forces in sea 

      (Manila Standard, July 26, 2017, on page A2)
      China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday called on the Philippines and the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to unite and resist the intervention of “non-regional forces” in the disputes in the South ...

    • Solon hits DFA's silence on China 

      Cruz, Maricel V.; Bencito, John Paolo (Manila Standard, August 18, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      Rep. Gary Alejano on Thursday expressed dismay over Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano’s statement that there was nothing to fear from the presence of Chinese Navy, Coast Guard and fishing vessels near Pag-asa ...

    • 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 sails through China-held isle 

      (Manila Standard, September 15, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The US Navy said one of its destroyers had sailed close to the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Friday, asserting international freedom of navigation rights in the contested waters. The USS Wayne ...