Browsing Malaya by Subject "navigation"

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    • China condemns US for S. China Sea freedom of navigation operation 

      Reuters (Malaya, October 3, 2018, on page B5)
      China expressed anger on Tuesday after a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea, saying it resolutely opposed an operation that it called a threat to its sovereignty. Beijing ...

    • 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 ...

    • Duterte allows Chinese ships in Philippine waters 

      Mata, Nestor (Malaya, March 16, 2017, on page B5)
      President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has agreed to allow Chinese surveillance ships into Philippine waters. Duterte said there was no incursion, particularly in Benham Rise, an underwater landmass off the east coast of Luzon and ...

    • Italy backs PH stance on South China Sea 

      Africa, Raymond (Malaya, December 4, 2015, on page B1-B6)
      Manila got a boost in its stance on the South China Sea after Italy said claimants must respect the rule of law, while saying that it is vital to exert efforts towards de-radicalization in the campaign against global ...

    • McCain blasts lack of US patrols in South China Sea 

      Shalal, Andrea (Malaya, January 6, 2016, on page B5)
      The chairman of the influential U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday criticized the Obama administration for delaying further “freedom of navigation” patrols within 12 nautical miles of islands built by China in ...

    • PH backs Australia flights over China Sea 

      Montemayor, Jocelyn (Malaya, December 18, 2015, on page B3)
      Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. yesterday said the Philippines acknowledges "freedom of navigation flights" conducted by Australia, which he said supports the call of member-countries of the Association of ...

    • PH draws ire of Beijing over Spratlys 

      (Malaya, April 28, 2015, on page B1)
      Southeast Asian leaders edged closer to open criticism of China's land reclamation in the disputed South China Sea at a regional summit on Monday, as the Philippines drew the ire of Beijing which called its objections to ...

    • Scientists alarmed over China island in disputed sea 

      Torode, Greg (Malaya, July 7, 2015, on page B5)
      Concern is mounting among some scientists that China’s reclamation work in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea has done severe harm to one of the most important coral reef systems in Southeast Asia. ...

    • US eyes more patrols in South China Sea 

      Reuters (Malaya, June 4, 2018, on page B1-B6)
      The United States is considering intensified naval patrols in the South China Sea in a bid to challenge China’s growing militarization of the waterway, actions that could further raise the stakes in one of the world’s most ...

    • What's going on in Benham Rise? 

      Tordesillas, Ellen (Malaya, January 29, 2018, on page B5)
      The decision of the Duterte government to allow Chinese scientists to do research in Benham Rise, renamed Philippine Rise, a 13-million-hectare undersea region off the provinces of Isabela and Aurora has generated heated ...