Browsing BusinessWorld by Author "Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T."

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    • Abandon friendly China stance, Duterte told 

      Villegas, Vann Marlo M.; Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, May 3, 2021, on page S1/12)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte should abandon his friendly stance toward China because the tide has turned, political analysts said at the weekend. “We miss the point if we just try to look at Duterte’s tortured language and ...

    • DENR verifying reported waste dumping in PHL-claimed parts of South China Sea 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, July 15, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is already verifying reports that swarms of Chinese ships anchored in Philippine-claimed areas in the South China Sea are dumping human waste there, a department ...

    • Duterte can't be forced to sue China, court says 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, November 25, 2021, on page S1/12)
      The Philippine Supreme Court has rejected for lack of merit a lawsuit seeking to compel President Rodrigo Duterte to sue China over its island-building activities in the South China Sea. In a nine-page resolution, the ...

    • Duterte issues gag order on his Cabinet over sea dispute 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, May 19, 2021, on page S1/10)
      Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday night barred his Cabinet from talking in public about the country’s sea dispute with China, which some of his ministers had rebuked for its actions in the disputed waterway. ...

    • Duterte says Philippines won't end sea patrols 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T.; Villegas, Vann Marlo M. (BusinessWorld, April 30, 2021, on page S1/12)
      The Philippines won’t end patrols in the South China Sea, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said on Wednesday night, adding that the country’s sovereignty is nonnegotiable. Tensions over the sea, which China claims almost ...

    • Duterte slams China's aggression vs PHL vessels 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, November 23, 2021, on page S1/12)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte denounced last week’s aggression by Chinese Coast Guard vessels against two Philippine-flagged boats during a leaders’ summit on Monday of China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian ...

    • Duterte urged to allow navy to join drills in South China Sea 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T.; Tadalan, Charmaine A. (BusinessWorld, February 1, 2021, on page S1/8)
      President Rodrigo R. Duterte should let the Philippine Navy join war games in the South China Sea after China passed a law allowing its coast guard to fire at foreign vessels in the disputed waterway, political analysts ...

    • Duterte wrong on fish data — political analysts 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, April 26, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The South China Sea is a major fish source for the Philippines that is crucial to its food security, political analysts said on Sunday, belying President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s claim that it couldn’t quarrel with China over ...

    • Filipino fisherman dismayed over Duterte's failed jetski promise 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, May 13, 2021, on page S1/12)
      The Filipino fisherman who asked presidential candidates during a 2016 forum about their stance on the South China Sea dispute has expressed dismay over President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s statement that his promise to ride a ...

    • Halt on WPS oil search seen to discourage investments 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, April 21, 2022, on page S1/1-S1/8)
      Economic and maritime experts on Wednesday warned that the government’s decision to halt oil exploration activities in parts of the South China Sea claimed by the Philippines would push firms to rethink their investments ...

    • More Chinese ships may be dumping waste at sea 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, July 16, 2021, on page S1/12)
      Chinese ships could also be dumping human wastes in other parts of the South China Sea claimed by the Philippines, US-based geospatial imagery firm Simularity, Inc. said on Thursday. Simularity’s earlier report showing ...

    • On the heels of last week's sea incident: Duterte to join ASEAN-China relations summit 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T.; Tan, Alyssa Nicole O. (BusinessWorld, November 22, 2021, on page S1/12)
      Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte will join a Nov. 22 meeting between southeast Asian nations and China to discuss the future of the region’s relations with Beijing, his office said at the weekend. The scheduled ...

    • On the heels of last week’s sea incident: Duterte to join ASEAN-China relations summit 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T.; Tan, Alyssa Nicole O. (BusinessWorld, November 22, 2021, on page S1/12)
      Philippine President Rodrigo R. Duterte will join a Nov. 22 meeting between southeast Asian nations and China to discuss the future of the region’s relations with Beijing, his office said at the weekend. The scheduled ...

    • Palace distances itself from envoy's China rant 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T.; Añago, Bianca Angelica D.; Villegas, Vann Marlo M. (BusinessWorld, May 5, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The Philippine presidential palace on Tuesday distanced itself from its top envoy’s tirade against China, saying his views on the South China Sea dispute is his own.“This is not the policy of the Philippines,” presidential ...

    • Philippines expresses concern about China ships moored at reef 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, March 22, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The Philippine government said it was concerned that more than 200 Chinese militia vessels had been moored at a Philippine-claimed reef in the South China Sea. The Chinese vessels massed at Whitsun Reef showed no actual ...

    • Philippines fires off protest after Chinese ships swarm waterway 

      Villegas, Vann Marlo M.; Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, April 15, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The Philippines on Wednesday fired off another diplomatic protest against China after authorities spotted a swarm of Chinese vessels, including six war ships within its waters in the South China Sea. Two Houbei class missile ...

    • Philippines rejects China demand to leave shoal 

      Tan, Alyssa Nicole O.; Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, November 26, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The Philippines will not remove a ramshackle Navy ship grounded on an atoll in the South China Sea, its Defense chief said on Thursday, rejecting a Chinese demand days after it blocked a Philippine resupply mission. Second ...

    • Philippines says it spotted 50 Chinese ships within EEZ in South China Sea 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, March 13, 2024, on page S1/12)
      The Philippine military on Tuesday said it had spotted about 50 Chinese vessels within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, many of them surrounding the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Five Coast ...

    • Philippines to again protest Chinese ships at sea 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T.; Villegas, Vann Mario M. (BusinessWorld, May 14, 2021, on page S1/12)
      The Philippines' top envoy on Thursday ordered his agency to file another diplomatic protest against China for the continued presence of almost 300 ships in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. “Fire a diplomatic ...

    • Philippines, Australia hold military exercises at sea 

      Atienza, Kyle Aristophere T. (BusinessWorld, September 28, 2021, on page S1/12)
      Philippine Navy troops held sea drills with their Australian counterparts at the weekend supposedly to boost security in the Indo-Pacific region. In a statement on Monday, the Philippine Navy said its missile-frigate and ...