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    • Beaching ramp in Pag-Asa 60% complete — DND 

      Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, July 7, 2019, on page 7)
      The construction of a beaching ramp on Pag-Asa Island in the Kalayaan Island Group is expected to be completed by the end of the year, a development that would pave the way for the long-delayed repair of the Rancudo airfield ...
    • Carpio: China’s naming of sea features doesn’t mean sovereignty 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (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 bully or not? Panelo will ask Rody 

      Laude, Jaime; Ramirez, Robertzon; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, August 2, 2019, on page 6)
      Is China a bully? Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo could not give a categorical answer yesterday when asked if he agreed with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s assertion that China’s takeover of Panatag (Scarborough) ...
    • China Coast Guard entering foreign waters via artificial islands 

      Laude, Jaime (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 

      Bondoc, Jarius (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 sea claim hopeless' 

      Calica, Aurea (The Philippine Star, November 27, 2015, on page 1-14)
      China's expansive claim in South China Sea and West Philippine Sea is "hopeless and indefensible" and without legal or historical basis, the Philippines told an international arbitration court on Wednesday. The Permanent ...
    • '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 ...
    • Lorenzana refutes Carpio's claims on Sandy Cay 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, July 26, 2019, on page 8)
      The Philippines is still in control of Sandy Cay, contrary to claims by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that it has been taken over by the Chinese, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said yesterday. ...
    • Phl mulls tourist for Pagasa Island 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, July 24, 2019, on page 6)
      The Philippines is considering inviting tourists to its biggest and most strategically important outpost in the South China Sea, part of efforts to assert its claim to sovereignty over some of the world’s most contested ...
    • Xi pushes maritime mechanism for Phl fishers 

      Romero, Paolo; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, November 22, 2018, on page 1-8)
      Chinese President Xi Jinping has proposed the establishment of a mechanism for coordination between Philippines and China that will promote cooperation in disputed waters so that Filipino fishermen will not be harassed. ...