Browsing The Philippine Star by Place "Bajo de Masinloc"

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    • 287 Chinese militia ships still in WPS 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Ramirez, Robertzon; Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Alexis; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, May 13, 2021, on page 2)
      Despite increased patrols and the filing of multiple diplomatic protests, some 287 Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels remain scattered all over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and the South China Sea, both within and ...

    • Barter system emerging in disputed shoal 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, March 29, 2018, on page 4)
      A barter system is slowly emerging in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, with Filipino fishermen exchanging their catch for food from their Chinese counterparts. A military official privy to the ongoing maritime and territorial ...

    • Beijing to Rody: No structures in Panatag 

      Mendez, Christina; Romero, Alexis; Sy, Marvin; Clapano, Jose Rodel (The Philippine Star, March 24, 2017, on page 14)
      China has assured President Duterte there will be no construction in Panatag Shoal, denying earlier reports that it would pursue plans to put up a monitoring station in the disputed area in the West Philippine Sea. Duterte ...

    • Cabinet gagged on China; ex-generals assert sea rights 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, May 19, 2021, on page 9)
      President Duterte banned his Cabinet on Monday from talking about sea disputes amid months of China’s escalating incursions. “This is my order now to the Cabinet, and to all and sundry talking for the government, to refrain ...

    • China confirms end to shoal blockade 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, November 1, 2016, on page 1-6)
      China has confirmed it is no longer driving away Filipino fishermen from Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing her government made “proper arrangements” ...

    • China in control of Panatag shoal, say Filipino fishermen 

      Romero, Alexis; Flores, Helen; Macairan, Evelyn; Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, June 12, 2018, on page 1-10)
      China is in control of Panatag or Scarborough Shoal off Zambales and its coast guards are seizing the best catch of Filipino fishermen. Romel Cejuela, a Filipino fisherman, raised the accusation at Malacañang in a briefing ...

    • China out to occupy other WPS features - DND chief 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Lee-Brago, Pia; Flores, Helen; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, April 5, 2021, on page 2)
      China’s maritime militia vessels lingering in Julian Felipe Reef and the claim that the territory forms part of its Nansha Islands show Chinese intent to occupy the area in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Defense Secretary ...

    • China sets up floating barrier in Panatag Shoal 

      Villeza, Mark Ernest; Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, September 25, 2023, on page 1-6)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) yesterday condemned the China Coast Guard (CCG)’s recent installation of a floating barrier in the southeast area of Panatag Shoal. ...

    • China tells Phl to stop 'interfering' in sea patrols 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Ramirez, Robertzon (The Philippine Star, March 30, 2022, on page 2)
      Beijing has asked the Philippines to avoid interfering in patrol and law enforcement operations of Chinese coast guards, as it defended the activities of its ship that reportedly figured in “close distance maneuvering” ...

    • Chinese coast guard broke maritme laws - Del Rosario 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Marcelo, Elizabeth (The Philippine Star, March 31, 2022, on page 5)
      The dangerous maneuver of a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel that risked collision with a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship in Panatag Shoal last March 2 was “deliberate” and violated international maritime law and agreements, ...

    • Chinese Coast Guard risk collision with Phl ships 

      Jaymalin, Mayen (The Philippine Star, March 28, 2022, on page 1-4)
      Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ships have executed close-distance maneuvering that risked collision with Philippine vessels in Panatag Shoal four times over the last 10 months, the latest happening on March 2. In a statement ...

    • 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 ...

    • Destructive China reclamation hit 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, April 14, 2015, on page 1-12)
      Citing a study of the United Nations Environment Program, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said China's massive reclamation activities in the South China Sea have destroyed 300 acres of coral reefs systems, ...

    • Fishermen hope to be ‘freely, totally’ allowed in Panatag 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, October 26, 2016, on page 6-7)
      Raring to go back to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal without the Chinese Coast Guard shooing them away, fisherfolk from this province are hoping President Duterte’s pronouncement that Filipinos could soon fish again in the ...

    • Locsin to China: Get the f**k out of Phl waters 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Punongbayan, Michael; Romero, Paolo; Talavera, Catherine; Macairan, Evelyn; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, May 4, 2021, on page 3)
      Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. yesterday told China to “get the f*** out” of Philippine waters as he filed two more diplomatic protests over the “incessant, illegal” presence of its fishing boats in the West ...

    • Lorenzana: China encroaching on Phl waters 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Cabrera, Romina; Romero, Paolo; Porcalla, Delon; Punay, Edu; Lee-Brago, Pia; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, April 29, 2021, on page 2)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana countered China’s latest claims of sovereignty over islands and features in the West Philippine Sea yesterday, emphasizing that it is the Chinese who are encroaching on Philippine waters. ...

    • No China reclamation in Panatag – DND 

      Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, October 18, 2016, on page 14)
      The Department of National Defense (DND) denied yesterday reports that China was conducting reclamation activities in the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in Zambales. Defense Undersecretary Eduardo del Rosario told ...

    • Noy: World should fear China actions 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Laude, Jaime; Mendez, Christina (The Philippine Star, April 15, 2015, on page 1-17)
      China’s efforts to stake its claim to most of the South China Sea should spark fear around the world, with military conflict possible, President Aquino told AFP yesterday. In an exclusive interview, Aquino also warned that ...

    • PCG drives away 7 Chinese vessels off Palawan 

      Ramirez, Robertzon; Romero, Alexis; Flores, Helen; Punongbayan, Michael; Romero, Paolo; Cabrera, Romina (The Philippine Star, May 6, 2021, on page 2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard drove away seven Chinese maritime militia vessels during a patrol with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Sabina Shoal on April 27, PCG spokesman Commodore Armand Balilo ...

    • PCG to help Pinoy fishermen going to Panatag 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, November 5, 2016, on page 8)
      Aside from patrolling the area in and around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said it would be on hand to help Filipino fishermen who have started returning to shoal after the lifting of the ...