Malacanang lifts moratorium on Recto Bank oil and gas exploration
Recto Bank is within the country’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone, but is also claimed by China.
Tag Archives: Recto Bank
The rock that freed Reed Bank from dispute
It seemed like a simple question: "Is Itu Aba a rock or an island?"
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT order Navy, PCG to surround Chinese ships at Recto Bank
A YouTube video falsely claims that President Bongbong Marcos ordered the country’s Navy and Coast Guard to surround Chinese ships at Recto Bank.
Carpio urges Marcos to protect Philippine oil exploration vessels in Recto Bank
Retired Justice Antonio Carpio has urged President Ferdinand Marcos to provide security for the drilling operations of Forum Energy Ltd. when the company resumes its stalled oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Paghingi ng tawad ng asosasyong Tsino mali sa pagsasabi na ang Recto Bank ay teritoryo ng China
Isang samahan ng mga Tsino, sa paghingi ng paumanhin na ipinaabot sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) bunga ng insidente noong Hunyo 9 kung saan isang barkong Tsino ay napalubog ang isang bangka ng mga mangingisda mula sa Pilipinas, ay mali sa pagsasabi na ang Reed Bank, na lokal na kilala bilang Recto Bank, ay bahagi ng Nansha Island Group.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Apology from Chinese association falsely claims Recto Bank is China territory
A Chinese association, in an apology sent to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on the June 9 incident where a Chinese vessel sunk a Philippine fishing boat, is wrong in saying Reed Bank, locally known as Recto Bank, is part of the Nansha Island Group.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ang nagbabagong paninindigan ng Palasyo sa pagpapahintulot sa China na mangingisda sa PH EEZ
Tatlong taon na ang nakalipas, inilabas ng Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ang makasaysayang desisyon nito na pumabor sa Pilipinas laban sa China tungkol sa pinagtatalunang teritoryo sa South China Sea.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sotto mali sa pagsabi na ‘mahirap’ ipaglaban na pansarili lamang ang PH EEZ
Mali si Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III sa pahayag na "napakahirap" matukoy ang sovereign rights ng Pilipinas sa exclusive economic zone (EEZ) nito.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: The evolving Palace stance on allowing China to fish in PH EEZ
Watch how the Palace’s position on the issue evolved.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sotto wrong in saying it’s ‘difficult’ to claim exclusivity in PH EEZ
The law establishes the country’s baselines, which were used to map out its EEZ.