Browsing Malaya by Author "Lopez, JP"

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    • Arbitration hearing on sea dispute begins 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Lopez, JP (Malaya, November 25, 2015, on page B1-B6)
      Lawyers for the Philippines, backed by a large delegation of government officials, appeared Tuesday before a panel of international judges in The Hague seeking a ruling that could bolster territorial claims by a series of ...

    • Benham Rise renamed PH Rise 

      Africa, Raymond; Lopez, JP (Malaya, May 23, 2017, on page B1-B6)
      President Duterte signed Executive Order 25 last May 16 renaming Benham Rise to Philippine Rise. The EO states that the 24-million hectare continental shelf located well within the country’s exclusive economic zone is ...

    • Boracay full rehab complete by Dec. 2019 

      Lopez, JP (Malaya, September 14, 2018, on page A3)
      The world-famous Boracay Island would be completely rehabilitated by December next year according to Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT). Addressing senators during the agency's budget ...

    • Boracay placed under state of calamity 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Lopez, JP; Africa, Raymond (Malaya, April 27, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      President Duterte yesterday placed all three barangays in Boracay Island under a under a state of calamity and said the closure of the island-resort, which started yesterday, will be up to October 25 this year. The declaration ...

    • Boracay soft opening seen in September 

      Lopez, JP (Malaya, June 21, 2018, on page B1-B2)
      Parts of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan could be reopened to tourists by first week of September, an official of Department of Interior and Local Governments official told senators yesterday. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco ...

    • China recognizes PH rights over Benham Rise 

      Hachero, Ashzel; Lopez, JP; Vigilia, Wendell (Malaya, March 16, 2017, on page B1-B6)
      Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo yesterday said China has sent word recognizing Philippine sovereignty over the 13-million hectare Benham Rise and it is not going to claim ownership of the undersea region ...

    • Policy on China probed today 

      Lopez, JP (Malaya, August 13, 2018, on page B1-B2)
      Senators are expected to grill Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano today, as the Senate foreign affairs and defense committees start their foreign policy audit on the Duterte Administration in relation to the ...

    • Senate starts inquiry on PH Rise 

      Lopez, JP (Malaya, February 26, 2018, on page B2)
      The Senate committee on science and technology will start today its hearing on issues surrounding the Philippine Rise amid controversies on the naming of some of its features by Chinese scientists. Invited to the hearing ...

    • Spurning Paris accord risks South China Sea support: De Lima 

      Lopez, JP (Malaya, July 21, 2016, on page B3)
      Sen. Leila de Lima yesterday warned that President Duterte's refusal to honor the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that the Philippines signed during the Aquino administration could turn off supporters in its territorial ...