Browsing Malaya by Subject "international agreements"

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    • Asean defense chiefs to issue unified stand on sea dispute 

      (Malaya, September 29, 2017, on page B4)
      Southeast Asian defense chiefs are due to come up with a unified stance on the dragging South China Sea dispute during next month's Association of Southeast Asian Defense Ministers Meeting, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ...

    • Ban China from our EEZ 

      Arcilla, Rey O. (Malaya, July 3, 2019, on page B4-B5)
      Critics of President Duterte aka Digong, among them ex-Foreign Secretary Albert "Super Amboy" del Rosario, claim that he may be impeached over his statement that he would allow China to continue fishing within our Exclusive ...

    • 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 ...

    • China vows to manage 'contentious issues' with PH 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn; Orias, Evan; Africa, Raymond (Malaya, November 21, 2018, on page B1-B5)
      Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday affirmed his country's commitment to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) members towards the conclusion of a binding Code of Conduct on the South China Sea ...

    • Gov't pursues PH-China joint oil, gas exploration 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, October 3, 2018, on page 1)
      The Philippine hopes to sign with China this year a formal agreement on a joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea/ South China SEa to help address the country's fuel requirements and eventually lessen its ...

    • How Beijing is winning in the South China Sea 

      Apps, Peter (Malaya, April 2, 2018, on page B4-B5)
      Earlier last March, the USS Carl Vinson became the first American aircraft carrier to visit Vietnam since the Vietnam War ended in 1975. Coming alongside the news that a record 23 nations from Southeast Asia and beyond ...

    • Naval exercise in the South China Sea 

      (Malaya, October 11, 2018, on page B3)
      The United States has scheduled naval military exercises in the South China Sea in November, particularly in the disputed areas of the West Philippine Sea, and has invited the navies of its allied nations to participate. ...

    • Panelo: 'Everyone got Duterte wrong' 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, June 28, 2019, on page B1-B3)
      "Everyone" misinterpreted and misunderstood President Duterte when he talked about the Chinese fishing in the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and concurrent presidential spokesman ...

    • PH doing reclamation at WPS, says think tank 

      Reyes, Victor; Hachero, Ashzel (Malaya, February 8, 2019, on page B1-B3)
      Washington-based think tank Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) yesterday said the Philippines is not just building a beaching ramp but is also reclaiming land at the Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea. In ...

    • PH doubts Asean, China can craft legally binding sea code 

      Reuters (Malaya, October 30, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      New Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr said on Monday that the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China would unlikely be able to arrive at a legally binding code of conduct for the South ...

    • 'PH not capable of defending seas vs Chinese incursion 

      Vigilia, Wendell (Malaya, August 28, 2019, on page B1-B3)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday admitted the country is practically incapable of defending its territorial seas against Chinese incursions because of lack of equipment. During a hearing of the appropriations ...

    • PH, Japan hold drills in S'China Sea 

      Reyes, Victor (Malaya, May 11, 2015, on page B1-B6)
      Navy chief Vice Adm. Jesus Millan yesterday said a naval drill with two Japanese destroyers in the South China Sea on Tuesday is merely meant to avoid unnecessary encounters at sea and has nothing to do with the two ...

    • Photos reveal stages of China reclamation at reef 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Laude, Jaime; Diaz, Jess; Dangcalan, Danny (The Philippine Star, May 16, 2014, on page 10)
      The Philippines released yesterday several photographs showing different stages of reclamation work being done by the Chinese on Mabini (Johnson South) Reef, apparently in preparation for construction of an airstrip. In a ...

    • 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 ...

    • Sustainable dev't eyed for Manila Bay 

      Celis, Angela (Malaya, January 23, 2018, on page A4)
      The government is eyeing to complete within two and a half years a master plan which aims to provide a comprehensive framework for sustainable development in the Manila Bay Area. Officials representing the Philippines and ...

    • Time for the Philippines to adjust to the South China Sea problem 

      Mata, Nestor (Malaya, July 7, 2015, on page B5)
      Growing territorial tensions in the South China Sea are taking a toll on the sizeable Filipino-Chinese community in the Philippines. Recently, one of the most celebrated Filipino writers went so far as to implicitly question ...