Browsing The Philippine Star by Author "Laude, Jaime"

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    • China installs cruise missiles on Phl reef 

      Laude, Jaime; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, May 4, 2018, on page 1)
      The move, if confirmed, would mark the first Chinese missile deployments in the Spratly Islands, where several Asian countries including the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan have rival claims. Chinese officials did not ...

    • 'China may be building airstrip on Subi Reef' 

      Romero, Alexis; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, April 28, 2015, on page 10)
      China appears to be building an airstrip on Zamora (Subi) Reef in the Spratlys archipelago, boosting notions that the Asian superpower is conducting reclamation in disputed areas to display its military might. In a span ...

    • China reclaiming 7 islands in Spratlys 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, March 31, 2015, on page 9)
      China is conducting reclamation and infrastructure developments in at least seven reefs in the disputed Spratlys archipelago, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said yesterday. Aside from the artificial islets over ...

    • 'China reclamation in disputed sea a ploy' 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, January 13, 2015, on page 3)
      China is rushing reclamation in the West Philippine Sea to circumvent any favorable ruling on the Philippine arbitration case before the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). The Philippines filed the case ...

    • China ship incursions becoming an irritant, says DND chief 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, August 17, 2019, on page 1-6)
      The series of incursions of Chinese warships into Philippine waters is becoming an irritant to the defense establishment, which worries that such presence without proper coordination may lead to unnecessary confrontation. ...

    • China takes Phl atoll 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, March 2, 2016, on page 1-10)
      The Chinese have taken over another traditional Filipino fishing ground near Palawan where they have stationed up to five ships to keep local fishermen at bay, sources said. Now effectively under Chinese control is Quirino ...

    • China to deploy fighter jets to SCS — think tank 

      Romero, Paolo; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, May 15, 2018, on page 2)
      In a matter of time, China will deploy fighter jets to its artificial islands in the South China Sea, which is expected to significantly expand Beijing’s capability to project power in its outposts, a private think tank ...

    • China to work with Asean on sea code 

      Romero, Alexis; Laude, Jaime; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, March 29, 2017, on page 9)
      China is determined to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the crafting of a framework for the code of conduct for claimants in the South China Sea dispute. Zhao said China is looking forward ...

    • China warns Duterte on SCS: we’ll go to war 

      Regalado, Edith; Macairan, Evelyn; Mendez, Christina; Rivera, Danessa; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, May 20, 2017, on page 1-12)
      Contrary to what critics believe, President Duterte raised with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping the ruling of a UN-backed arbitral court, which trashed Beijing’s claims over the South China Sea. Xi’s response, Duterte ...

    • China won't budge on sea ruling-envoy 

      Cabrera, Romina; Flores, Helen; Romero, Alexis; Mendez, Christina; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, August 10, 2019, on page 1-6)
      President Duterte may discuss the arbitral ruling on the South China Sea with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, but Beijing will not be swayed into accepting it, Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua said yesterday. Zhao noted ...

    • China's airfields on Spratlys meant for fighter jets - US 

      Flores, Helen; Sapnu, Ric; Ronda, Rainier Allan; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, March 30, 2016, on page 2)
      A senior US State Department official yesterday disputed China’s claims that the airstrips built on its artificial islands of the South China Sea were meant for flights for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. “The ...

    • 'China's clam harvesting violates Phl sovereignty' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Alexis; Punay, Edu; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, April 17, 2019, on page 1-10)
      Malacañang yesterday described as an “affront” to Philippine territory and sovereignty the harvesting of giant clams in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal by Chinese ships as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced it ...

    • China's expansion in SCS magnet for other navies 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, February 10, 2018, on page 7)
      China’s massive military expansion in the South China Sea is now attracting other navies across the globe to sail in the disputed region. In what appears to be a test of China’s reaction, a French frigate is dropping anchor ...

    • China-claimed reef rises from obscurity 

      Laude, Jaime; Lee-Brago, Pia; Calica, Aurea (The Philippine Star, June 18, 2015, on page 1-9)
      Zamora (Subi) Reef, once recognizable from a distance with only a small bunker and a lighthouse, is now highly visible from the Philippines’ Pag-Asa island as China begins building large structures on what is now an ...

    • Chinese challenge Phl defense chief's plane 

      Laude, Jaime; Punongbayan, Michael; Macairan, Evelyn; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, April 22, 2017, on page 1-6)
      A military aircraft flying Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Armed Forces chief Gen. Eduardo Año over the West Philippine Sea received a warning yesterday from Chinese forces to leave the airspace. The Philippine Air ...

    • 'Chinese fishing vessels manned by military' 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, January 13, 2019, on page 4)
      Many of the Chinese fishing vessels around the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the Spratlys archipelago are manned by militia and soldiers disguised as fishermen, a defense department insider said yesterday. “We know for a ...

    • 'Chinese navy using Jackson Atoll as docking area' 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, July 28, 2018, on page 2)
      The Chinese navy has reportedly transformed Jackson Atoll into a “parking space” for its ships deployed for operations in the disputed South China Sea. “About Pag-asa, the Chinese are moving closer to the island while at ...

    • 'Chinese research ships sighted in Pacific but outside Phl' 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, August 25, 2019, on page 9)
      The Chinese ship detected in the Pacific was actually conducting a survey outside the Philippines 200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said yesterday. “Actually I’ve seen that ...

    • Chinese ship fires flares at PAF plane over Kalayaan 

      Laude, Jaime; Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, April 24, 2015, on page 1-11)
      A Chinese frigate fired illumination rounds or flares at a Philippine Air Force (PAF) plane on reconnaissance patrol over the country’s Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the disputed Spratlys last Sunday. Top defense and ...

    • Coast Guard off to Panatag 

      Nilles, Giovanni; Macairan, Evelyn; Laude, Jaime; Sison, Bebot Jr.; Lee-Brago, Pia; Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, November 4, 2016, on page 1-8)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has resumed sending patrol vessels to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, but only to “test the waters” and not to confront the Chinese who have stopped harassing Filipino fishermen but remained ...