Browsing Panay News by Subject "land reclamation"

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    • Bloggers tapped for into campaign on West PH Sea 

      PN; Philippine Information Agency (PIA) (Panay News, May 4, 2015, on page 6)
      The information campaign on the West Philippine Sea is now tapping bloggers to penetrate netizens. for the first time, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) launched a modern means to make the public, local and international, ...

    • China expanding South China Sea reclamation 

      (Panay News, January 23, 2015, on page 11)
      Philippine officials accused China of expanding reclamation work in disputed waters of the South China Sea, as the United States again called for restraint in the territorial conflict. Philippine and US officials spoke as ...

    • China mulls South China Sea drills 

      British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Panay News, October 18, 2015, on page 7)
      China proposed joint matritime drills with South East Asian nations in the hotly contested South China Sea in 2016. Beijing is currently hosting an informal meeting for defence minister from the region. China's Defense ...

    • Del Rosario: China bent on taking 'de facto control of S. China Sea' 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Panay News, April 27, 2015, on page 11)
      The Philippines called on other Southeast Asian countries to "stand up" as Beijing is poised to take "de facto control" of the South China Sea. Parts of South China Sea or the West Philippine Sea is being claimed by the ...

    • 'Manila Bay rehab is no prelude to reclamation' 

      GMA News (Panay News, February 8, 2019, on page B3-B8)
      Environment secretary Roy Cimatu on Wednesday said that the ongoing Manila Bay rehabilitation is not a prelude to any land reclamation initiative the government is preparing for dozens of infrastructure projects. The ...

    • Missing the river and the rolling hills 

      Vego, Herbert (Panay News, July 18, 2019, on page 6)
      Two places in my home province of Antique bring back pleasant childhood memories. One is the “split river” where my elementary-school classmate Joe Escartin and I used to swim on weekends. The other is the upland site of ...

    • PH to hold naval drills with allies 

      Tuyay, Francisco (Panay News, June 19, 2015, on page 7)
      The Philippines is to hold simultaneous naval drills next week with key allies the United Staes and Japan, the military said Thursday, as Chinese building continues on the disputed South China Sea reefs. The annual joint ...

    • PH urges China to 'uncompromisingly' respect rule of law 

      Reuters (Panay News, August 12, 2016, on page 8)
      Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay called on China on Thursday to respect maritime law and security as well as the rule of law, to resolve disputes in both the South China Sea and the East China Sea. “We ... urge ...

    • PNoy: China's land reclamation threatens stability in the region 

      GMA Network (Panay News, November 22, 2015, on page 9)
      President Benigno Aquino III on Saturday told the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that China's reclamation in the South China Sea threatens stability in the region. China, which is also engaged in territorial ...

    • Supreme Court asked to compel gov't to protect West PH Sea environment 

      PN (Panay News, April 17, 2019, on page 8-10)
      The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), along with fisherfolk from Palawan and Zambales, filed with the Supreme Court yesterday a petition against some members of the Cabinet and heads of several government agencies ...

    • Tourism vs Environment: Esplanade extension could kill Iloilo River mangroves 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, July 28, 2017, on page 1-13)
      The land reclamation at the Iloilo River to further extend the Iloilo Esplanade could kill mangroves growing there, warned the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6. The land reclamation for an ...

    • US hits out at China on sea reclamation 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Panay News, May 31, 2015, on page 9)
      The United States on Saturday vowed to keep sending military aircraft and ships to disputed parts of the South China Sea and called for an immediate halt to reclamation works by Beijing in the tense region. US Defense ...

    • US Navy destroyer conducts operation in South China Sea 

      (Panay News, October 23, 2016, on page 11)
      A United States Navy warship on Friday passed through waters claimed by China near disputed islands in the South China Sea, the Defense Department said, drawing Chinese condemnation. A department spokesman, Navy Commodore ...

    • 'US should defend PH, disputed seas' 

      (Panay News, July 15, 2016, on page 20)
      The United States should be willing to use military force to oppose Chinese aggression at a disputed reef off the coast of the Philippines, a former commander of US forces in the Pacific told a congressional hearing on ...