Browsing BusinessWorld by Name "Obama, Barack"

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    • China reef ‘reclamation’ seen 

      Delavin, Imee Charlee C. (BusinessWorld, May 16, 2014, on page S1/12)
      The Philippines yesterday released photographs to back its claim that China was reclaiming land on a disputed reef in the South China Sea in an apparent effort to build an airstrip. Manila warned on Wednesday that China ...

    • Duterte softens tone on United States before South China Sea talks 

      Bloomberg (BusinessWorld, April 11, 2017, on page S1/5)
      The Philippines appears to be softening its tone toward the U.S. before holding talks with Beijing on the South China Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte let the insults fly last year, telling former leader Barack Obama to “go ...

    • Fishing, exploration impeded by China - PHL to Hague court 

      Tubadeza, Kathryn Mae P. (BusinessWorld, November 26, 2015, on page S1/12)
      The Philippines has been prevented by China from fishing and exploration activities in the South China Sea, Manila’s lead counsel told the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the first day of hearing on the merits of the ...

    • Obama puts maritime dispute on agenda as gathering begins 

      Reuters; Bloomberg; Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, November 18, 2015, on page S1/12)
      US President Barack H. Obama affirmed Washington's commitment to the Philippines security and to freedom of navigation in Asia on Tuesday, squarely putting tension over Beijing's claims to the South China Sea onto the ...

    • 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 ...

    • Tar balls seen on Texas coast as cost of US oil spill balloons 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, July 7, 2010, on page S1/9)
      Tar balls from the Gulf of Mexico spill have turned up on the Texas coast, expanding the oil slick's impact to all five Gulf states, officials said late Monday, as BP's disaster costs soared above three billion dollars. ...

    • US president visits with huge oil slick threatening disaster 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, May 3, 2010, on page S1/8)
      A giant oil slick closed in on the fragile Louisiana coast on Sunday after attempts to stop it faltered, threatening an environmental and economic disaster as President Barack Obama arrives to visit. With Mr. Obama expected ...

    • US warship in disputed sea raises China's ire 

      Reuters; ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) (BusinessWorld, October 28, 2015, on page S1/8)
      The US Navy sent a guided-missile destroyer close to China's man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea on Tuesday, drawing an angry rebuke from Beijing, which said it warned and followed the American Vessel. The ...