Browsing The Philippine Star by Name "Lacson, Panfilo"
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Boat sinking reported to IMO
(The Philippine Star,June 16, 2019 , on page 1-2)As groans of disbelief greeted China’s version of the Recto Bank incident, the Philippines has formally called the attention of the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) to the Filipino fishermen’s being ... -
Carpio: Allowing China to fish in Phl EEZ unconstitutional
(The Philippine Star,June 27, 2019 , on page 1-5)President Duterte’s decision to allow Chinese fishermen to trawl in Recto (Reed) Bank in the West Philippine Sea violates the 1987 Constitution, Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio warned Tuesday. ... -
China lands bombers on SCS isles
(The Philippine Star,May 20, 2018 , on page 1-6)The entire Philippines is now practically within striking distance of China following the deployment of bomber aircraft at a disputed island in the South China Sea. State-run Chinese newspaper People’s Daily on Friday ... -
China rejects 3rd party in boat sinking probe
(The Philippine Star,July 2, 2019 , on page 1-4)China has rejected a proposal for a third party investigator for the Recto (Reed) Bank incident and has insisted that the probe be conducted only by Philippine and Chinese authorities, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential ... -
China ships use water cannon vs Phl supply boats
(The Philippine Star,November 19, 2021 , on page 1-6)The Philippines yesterday condemned in the “strongest terms” an incident on Tuesday wherein three Chinese Coast Guard vessels “blocked and water cannoned” two Philippine boats on their way to transport food supplies to ... -
China to Phl: Remove ship from Ayungin
(The Philippine Star,November 26, 2021 , on page 1-4)China has demand that the Philippine remove the BRP Sierra MAdre from Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea as Beijing justified anew the presence of Chinese troops near the grounded vessel. At a press conference in ... -
'Continued stay of Chinese in WPS economic sabotage'
(The Philippine Star,May 3, 2021 , on page 4)By keeping hundreds of its vessels inside the Philippines’ 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), China is guilty of not only encroaching on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) but also of economic sabotage by a “foreign ... -
Dangerous to ignore China's 'gray operations' - expert
(The Philippine Star,July 20, 2020 , on page 5)Consider these three incidents: • June 9, 2019 midnight, Recto Bank off Palawan: a speeding China steel-hulled maritime militia launch trained its lights on an anchored Filipino wooden fishing boat, rammed and sunk it, ... -
'Drive out tambay in SCS, not those in the streets'
(The Philippine Star,June 20, 2018 , on page 1-10)Sen. Risa Hontiveros yesterday challenged President Duterte to drive out Chinese occupants in Panatag or Scarborough Shoal before apprehending the tambays in the streets. “That’s the problem with President Duterte – he’s ... -
Duterte advised to exercise restraint on sea row
(The Philippine Star,July 29, 2016 , on page 19)Former presidents have advised the Duterte administration to exercise restraint on the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) row following the issuance of an international arbitral court ruling that voided China’s expansive ... -
Duterte's maritime accident statement heartbreaking - Lacson
(The Philippine Star,June 19, 2019 , on page 6)President Duterte appeared to have shown weakness and immediately capitulated to China instead of defending the country’s honor and dignity when he tried to downplay the ramming of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese ... -
Lawmaker warns Duterte of China's debt trap diplomacy
(The Philippine Star,May 9, 2018 , on page 2)An opposition member of the House of Representatives yesterday warned of the possibility that the Philippines would be falling into China's "debt trap diplomacy," following President Duterte's friendly policy towards the ... -
Locsin orders filing of protest over Chinese vessels in WPS
(The Philippine Star,May 14, 2021 , on page 1-4)With the recent sighting of at least 287 Chinese maritime militia vessels and warships in Philippine waters, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. ordered yesterday the filing of another diplomatic protest against ... -
‘No need to invoke MDT in Recto Bank incident’
(The Philippine Star,June 20, 2019 , on page 2)The hitting of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel at midnight of June 9 in Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea was not an armed attack on the Philippines, hence not covered by the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) ... -
Phl turns up heat on China over boats in WPS
(The Philippine Star,April 6, 2021 , on page 2)The Philippines filed another diplomatic protest against Beijing – its second in two weeks – over the continued swarming of Chinese ships around Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef, and vowed to file more “for every day of delay” ... -
Rody open to 3rd party in Recto Bank probe
(The Philippine Star,June 25, 2019 , on page 1-4)Amid opposition to a joint investigation with China, President Duterte yesterday expressed willingness to have a third party conduct a probe of the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat after it was hit by a Chinese vessel ... -
Rody raises SCS ruling to UN: Carpio, Del Rosario hail move
(The Philippine Star,September 24, 2020 , on page 1-2)He promised to raise the issue at the right time. Before the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Duterte vowed to reject efforts to undermine the arbitral ruling that voided China’s ... -
Senate to probe Chinese excavations in Zambales
(The Philippine Star,August 16, 2016 , on page 12)The Senate blue ribbon committee will conduct an inquiry into Chinese mining operations and illegal excavations in Zambales. Sen. Panfilo Lacson sought the inquiry through Senate Resolution 92 to determine the extent of ...