Browsing The Philippine Star by Place "Whitsun Reef"

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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 ...

    • Beijing claims Julian Felipe Reef as EU slams China 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, April 26, 2021, on page 4)
      China asserted over the weekend its claim over Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef, calling it Niu’E Jiao and stating it is part of Nansha Islands (Spartly Islands)which it insists are within its maritime territory. Beijing’s ...

    • Business groups to China: Remove ships from WPS 

      Desiderio, Louella; Lee-Brago, Pia; Cabrera, Romina; Romero, Alexis; Romero, Paolo; Porcalla, Delon; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, April 15, 2021, on page 1-4)
      Eight business organizations have expressed support for calls made to China to pull out its vessels from Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea. In a joint statement yesterday, business groups Philippine Chamber of ...

    • 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 ...

    • DFA demands withdrawal of China vessels from reef 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Punongbayan, Michael; Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, March 24, 2021, on page 2)
      The Philippines yesterday demanded that China withdraw its maritime militia vessels from Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef, saying their continued presence and activities in the area “blatantly infringe upon Philippine sovereignty, ...

    • DFA summons Chinese envoy over lingering boats 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Punongbayan, Michael (The Philippine Star, April 14, 2021, on page 2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) summoned on Monday China’s ambassador over the Chinese vessels apparently overstaying around Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement yesterday, the DFA said it ...

    • 'Lingering China vessels, boat in 2019 collision from same operator' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Marcelo, Elizabeth; Cabrera, Romina (The Philippine Star, April 23, 2021, on page 1-5)
      The Chinese vessels swarming around Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef in the West Philippine Sea operate from the same port where the ship that rammed and sank Philippine fishing boat FB GemVer in 2019 came from, a US think ...

    • 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 ...

    • Phl files new diplomatic protest vs China over boats 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, April 8, 2021, on page 3)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday filed another diplomatic protest against China the second in two weeks as Chinese maritime militia vessels remained in Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef in the West Philippine ...

    • Phl must take lead in WPS; US will support it' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Flores, Helen; Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, April 27, 2021, on page 2)
      The Philippines should take the lead in protecting its territorial waters from China, with the United States only extending some support especially through joint patrols, Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez said ...

    • 'Phl must take lead in WPS; US will support it' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Flores, Helen; Talavera, Catherine (The Philippine Star, April 27, 2021, on page 2)
      The Philippines should take the lead in protecting its territorial waters from China, with the United States only extending some support especially through joint patrols, Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez said ...

    • Phl sending Coast Guard, BFRA ships to reef 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Lee-Brago, Pia; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, March 30, 2021, on page 2)
      To avoid being accused of provocation by Beijing, the military will not send naval ships to the Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) now being swarmed by Chinese vessels and instead just let Philippine Coast ...

    • Phl turns heat on China over boats in WPS 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Paolo; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Villanueva, Rhodina (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” ...

    • World opinion, naval powers will shame China in reef grab 

      Bondoc, Jarius (The Philippine Star, March 31, 2021, on page 7)
      China’s embassy in Manila denies invasion by its maritime militia of the Philippines’ Julian Felipe Reef. Supposedly the 220 Chinese vessels are fishers sheltering from storm. The embassy even disavows the very existence ...