Browsing The Philippine Star by Place "Kagitingan Reef"
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‘Artificial islands to help China project offensive military power’
(The Philippine Star,March 12, 2018 , on page 5)China will be able to project “substantial offensive military power” from artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea’s disputed Spratly Islands within months, the director of US national intelligence said. In ... -
Carpio: China's naming of sea features doesn't mean sovereignty
(The Philippine Star,May 8, 2020 , on page 7)China’s naming of features in the South China Sea, including islands in the Philippine-held Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), does not matter since names of the geologic features do not determine sovereignty, retired Supreme ... -
Carpio: China’s naming of sea features doesn’t mean sovereignty
(The Philippine Star,May 8, 2020 , on page 7)China’s naming of features in the South China Sea, including islands in the Philippine-held Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), does not matter since names of the geologic features do not determine sovereignty, retired Supreme ... -
China building surveillance facilities on Kagitingan reef
(The Philippine Star,February 18, 2018 , on page 1-13)China has new communications facilities at a military base it built over Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef, indicating its intention to use the fortified feature for its forward signal and surveillance operations in the South ... -
China builds ports, helipads on Spratly islands
(The Philippine Star,January 12, 2015 , on page 1-11)China’s reef reclamation and development projects in the disputed Spratly islands in the West Philippine Sea last year have progressed by leaps and bounds, and security officials expect them to be turned into man-made ... -
China can deploy warplanes on artificial islands anytime
(The Philippine Star,March 29, 2017 , on page 1-3)China appears to have largely completed major construction of military infrastructure on artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea and can now deploy combat planes and other military hardware there at any time, ... -
China Coast Guard entering foreign waters via artificial islands
(The Philippine Star,February 1, 2020 , on page 2)China is now capitalizing on its artificial island military bases in the West Philippine Sea to advance its massive maritime and territorial claims deeper into Indonesian, Malaysian and Brunei waters in the South China ... -
China has taken P9.7 trillion in reefs, fish - and counting
(The Philippine Star,February 17, 2021 , on page 9)The CCP is stepping up sea aggression. Seven Philippine reefs have been landfilled into Chinese island-garrisons. From there gunboat-backed Chinese poachers overfish Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and mineral-rich Recto (Reed) ... -
'China may be building airstrip on Subi Reef'
(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
(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's airfields on Spratlys meant for fighter jets - US
(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 ... -
PCG chief vows to beef up WPS patrol
(The Philippine Star,October 24, 2019 , on page 10)Intensified patrol and monitoring in the West Philippine will be the main thrust of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) under its new commandant, Vice Admiral Joel Garcia. PCG spokesman Captain Armand Balilo said Garcia called ... -
Phi won't recognize China air restrictions
(The Philippine Star,May 25, 2015 , on page 1-6)The Philippines will not recognize restrictions on air and sea travel set by China in the West Philippine Sea, President Aquino said yesterday. “We will still fly the routes that we fly based on international law and the ... -
Phl protests China weapons systems on islands
(The Philippine Star,January 17, 2017 , on page 8)The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China in response to a report by the US think tank that Beijing appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven ... -
Phl protests China's latest SCS actions
(The Philippine Star,May 1, 2020 , on page 3)The Philippines “strongly” protested China’s establishment of two new districts in the disputed South China Sea and the illegal designation of Kagitingan Reef within the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) as administrative center ... -
Phl protests China’s latest SCS actions
(The Philippine Star,May 1, 2020 , on page 3)The Philippines “strongly” protested China’s establishment of two new districts in the disputed South China Sea and the illegal designation of Kagitingan Reef within the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) as administrative center ... -
Phl relies on China's good faith amid expansion in SCS
(The Philippine Star,December 26, 2017 , on page 3)The Philippines will still rely on China’s good faith even as the Asian power has expanded and fortified the islands it is occupying in the South China Sea and West Philippine Sea. Asked to comment on a report from Beijing ... -
Phl to ASEAN: China getting de facto control
(The Philippine Star,April 27, 2015 , on page 1-8)The Philippines yesterday urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to unite and stop China’s massive reclamation in disputed waters as it will give China “de facto control” over the area and cause $100 ... -
Phl to protest China's maritime rescue center in WPS
(The Philippine Star,February 3, 2019 , on page 10)The Philippines will protest China’s establishment of a maritime rescue center at the Kagitingan or Fiery Cross Reef once it is verified, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said yesterday. Locsin agreed with ... -
Rody: Phl-China bond 'improving' daily
(The Philippine Star,January 11, 2018 , on page 1-2)The bond between the Philippines and China is “improving every day,” President Duterte said in the face of concerns over the militarization of artificial islands built and occupied by the Chinese in the South China Sea. ...