Browsing BusinessWorld by Subject "navigation"

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    • China to complete Spratly Islands reclamation soon, its foreign ministry says 

      (BusinessWorld, June 17, 2015, on page 12/SI)
      China will soon complete some of its land reclamation on the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, indicating that Beijing is close to setting up new outposts in the maritime ...

    • China, US exchange accusations over US vessel in South China Sea 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, November 27, 2023, on page S1/8)
      China and the United States exchanged accusations at the weekend over the disputed South China Sea, after China's military said it had driven away a U.S. warship that the U.S. Navy said was on a routine freedom of navigation ...

    • Colonizing the Spratlys, destroying our food and ecological balance 

      Abesamis, Teresa (BusinessWorld, January 4, 2017, on page SI/6-SI/7)
      Although the world, because of international media emphasis seems to see only “freedom of navigation” as the crucial issue on the South China Sea disputes, buried underneath all the occasional political noise on the ...

    • Indonesia pushes East, South China Sea freedom of navigation at Manila forum 

      Cruz, Beatriz Marie (BusinessWorld, November 24, 2023, on page S1/10)
      Indonesia has drafted a resolution at the 31st Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) in Manila this week calling on member-countries to respect international maritime laws and promote freedom of navigation in the East ...

    • Manila to uphold importance of freedom of navigation in West PHL Sea 

      Tubadeza, Kathryn Mae (BusinessWorld, January 18, 2016, on page 10/S1)
      The government is committed to uphold the importance of freedom of navigation and overflight in the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang said on Sunday, noting that construction of additional runways in the disputed waters will ...

    • Manila welcomes report that G7 countries concerned about West Philippine Sea 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, June 8, 2015, on page 12/S1)
      The Philippines on Sunday welcomed reports that the G7 summit would express concern about unilateral efforts to assert sovereignty claims in the disputed South China Sea. Regional alarm is growing at moves by China ...

    • Peace in South China Sea vital for Australian trade, foreign minister says 

      de Guzman, Lucia Edna P. (BusinessWorld, March 17, 2017, on page S1/2)
      Australia's vital trade interests in Southeast and North Asia require that countries in the region peacefully resolve their disputes, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a news conference. She specifically ...

    • President's last FOCAP forum tackles sea dispute 

      Tubadeza, Kathryn Mae P. (BusinessWorld, October 28, 2015, on page S1/10)
      Security Concerns, particularly in the context of tensions with China in the South China Sea, were among the key topics in President Benigno S. C. Aquino III's last interaction with the Foreign Correspondents Association ...

    • UN begins negotiations on treaty to protect imperiled high seas 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (BusinessWorld, September 3, 2018, on page S2/7)
      United Nations on Tuesday kicked-off talks on a 2020 treaty that would regulate the high seas, which cover half the planet yet lack adequate environmental protection. Four sessions of talks, each lasting two weeks, are ...

    • US cautions on 'egregious' rules in disputed sea 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, October 7, 2015, on page S1/8)
      Some countries appear to view freedom of the seas as “up for grabs” in the South China Sea, imposing superfluous warnings and restrictions that threaten stability, a US Navy commander said on Tuesday in comments apparently ...

    • 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 ...

    • US, China navy chief set talks on South China Sea 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, October 30, 2015, on page S1/8)
      The Chinese and US navies are set to hold high-level talks over tensions in the South China Sea after a US warship challenged Beijing's territorial assertiveness in the disputed waterway this week. The US chief of naval ...

    • US, China set for high-stakes rivalry in skies above South China Sea 

      Reuters (BusinessWorld, May 19, 2015, on page SI/9)
      When the U.S. navy sent a littoral combat ship on its first patrol of the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea during the past week, it was watching the skies as well. The USS Fort Worth, one of the most modern ...