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Tag: Recto Bank

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    Carpio urges Marcos to protect Philippine oil exploration vessels in Recto Bank

    By Ivel John M. Santos  |  Nov 10, 2022 9:43 AM

    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.

    Antonio Carpio, Forum Energy, Recto Bank, Reed Bank, South China Sea

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Paghingi ng tawad ng asosasyong Tsino mali sa pagsasabi na ang Recto Bank ay teritoryo ng China

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 28, 2019 9:44 PM

    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.

    Chinese association apology, DFA, Recto Bank

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Apology from Chinese association falsely claims Recto Bank is China territory

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 28, 2019 8:51 PM

    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.

    Chinese association apology, DFA, Recto Bank

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ang nagbabagong paninindigan ng Palasyo sa pagpapahintulot sa China na mangingisda sa PH EEZ

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 02, 2019 3:38 PM

    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.

    EEZ, Panelo, Recto Bank, recto bank 22, west philippine sea

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sotto mali sa pagsabi na ‘mahirap’ ipaglaban na pansarili lamang ang PH EEZ

    By VERA FILES  |  Jul 30, 2019 2:50 PM

    Mali si Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III sa pahayag na “napakahirap” matukoy ang sovereign rights ng Pilipinas sa exclusive economic zone (EEZ) nito.

    baselines law, Recto Bank, Vicente Sotto III, west philippine sea

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: The evolving Palace stance on allowing China to fish in PH EEZ

    By VERA FILES  |  Jul 13, 2019 12:17 PM

    Watch how the Palace’s position on the issue evolved.

    EEZ, Panelo, Recto Bank, recto bank 22, west philippine sea

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sotto wrong in saying it’s ‘difficult’ to claim exclusivity in PH EEZ

    By VERA FILES  |  Jul 03, 2019 3:56 PM

    The law establishes the country’s baselines, which were used to map out its EEZ.

    baselines law, Recto Bank, Vicente Sotto III, west philippine sea

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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral Robredo quote on Recto Bank allision FAKE

    By VERA FILES  |  Jun 24, 2019 11:29 AM

    This story is fake. Don’t believe it.

    Recto Bank, recto bank 22, Robredo, west philippine sea

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    Categories Commentary Editor's Pick

    UNCLOS explained, yet again

    By Romel Regalado Bagares  |  Jun 24, 2019 7:56 AM

    President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is correct when he questioned recently whether China can actually claim a huge swath of the ocean – by which he meant the Chinese Nine Dash Line Claim over practically the entire South China Sea (including portions we refer to as the West Philippine Sea).

    Recto Bank, UNCLOS

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    Categories Commentary

    Floy Quintos pays tribute to the quiet courage of Junel Insigne

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Jun 23, 2019 9:36 PM

    Writer Floy Quintos wrote this poem after he watched Junel Insigne, captain of the fishing boat Gem-Ver, which was rammed by a Chinese fishing boat midnight of June 9, beside Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol in a press conference June 19.

    Junel Insigne, Recto Bank

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