Browsing Manila Bulletin by Place "Kalayaan Island Group"

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    • Chinese vessels inch closer to Pagasa Island 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, November 22, 2021, on page 3)
      Dozens of Chinese vessels have recently been frequenting the waters near Pagasa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a military commander reported on Sunday, Nov. 21. Vice Admiral Ramil Roberto Enriquez, commander ...

    • Esperon tells Filipino fishermen: Go out and fish in West PH Sea 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, April 22, 2021, on page 2)
      National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. urged on Wednesday, April 21, Filipino fishermen to go out and fish in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as he assured that military, coast guard, and fisheries assets are ...

    • No island lost under Duterte gov't - Esperon 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, May 2, 2021, on page 5)
      The administration of President Duterte has not allowed even a single inch of the country’s maritime territory to be seized by China unlike his predecessor, the Aquino administration, National Security Adviser Hermogenes ...

    • PH files another protest vs China over Ayungin Shoal harassment 

      Geducos, Argyll Cyrus B.; Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, June 12, 2022, on page 1-8)
      The Philippines has protested China’s “illegal” maritime activities anew in the Ayungin Shoal, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) revealed late Friday, June 10. The DFA reiterated that the Ayungin Shoal is within the ...

    • PH must build up its military capability to protect WPS 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, May 3, 2021, on page 1-8)
      As the maritime dispute between the Philippines and China heats up, there is but one strategy that must be done to defend the country’s interests in the West Philippine Sea (WPS): military build up. This was bared by ...

    • PH tells China to withdraw over 100 vessels from Julian Felipe Reef 

      Unite, Betheena V. (Manila Bulletin, June 11, 2022, on page 1-8)
      The Philippines has protested the return of over 100 Chinese vessels “illegally operating” in and around Julian Felipe Reef on April 4, barely a year after the same swarming incident took place. This was disclosed by the ...

    • PN Chief: US Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group at S. China Sea a 'welcome development' 

      Sadongdong, Martin A. (Manila Bulletin, April 8, 2021, on page 2)
      The entry of the United States Navy’s Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) in the South China Sea came as a ‘welcome development’ in the exercise of freedom of navigation operations (FONOPS) in the tension-filled ...

    • 'Protest China's militarization' 

      Panaligan, Rey G.; Antonio, Raymund F.; Kabiling, Genalyn D. (Manila Bulletin, May 23, 2018, on page 2)
      Acting Chief Justice Antonio T. Carpio has urged the government to "formally protest the increasing militarization of the South China Sea by China." In a statement, Carpio cited the recent introduction by China on Woody ...