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Tag: Reed 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: Pagpayag sa China na mangisda sa PH EEZ labag sa Konstitusyon, mga lokal na batas

    By VERA FILES  |  Jul 05, 2019 1:09 AM

    Labag sa 1987 Konstitusyon at sa hindi bababa sa dalawang lokal na batas ang sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na “siyempre” papayagan ang mga mangingisda ng China na mangisda sa exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ng Pilipinas.

    1987 constitution, archipelagic baselines law, fisheries code, Reed Bank, Rodrigo Duterte, west philippine sea

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    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Allowing China to fish in PH EEZ violates Constitution, local laws

    By VERA FILES  |  Jun 30, 2019 4:34 PM

    Duterte’s proposition directly violates the Philippine Charter, the Fisheries Code, and the archipelagic baselines law.

    1987 constitution, archipelagic baselines law, fisheries code, Reed Bank, Rodrigo Duterte, west philippine sea

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    Categories Commentary Editor's Pick

    Poor Filipino Fishermen versus China’s “Surging Second Sea Force”

    By Romel Regalado Bagares  |  Jun 19, 2019 5:45 AM

    The sinking last week of Filipino-owned wooden fishing boat F/B GimVer 1 by a bigger Chinese ship in Recto Bank presents an expanding dynamic to Chinese expansionist claims over recognized Philippine maritime zones .

    Recto Bank, Reed Bank

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    A test in finding sanity amid Duterte’s incoherence

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Jun 18, 2019 9:40 PM

    President Duterte dismissed what happened in Reed Bank on June 9 where a Chinese fishing boat “Yuemaobinyu 42212” rammed a Philippine fishing boat, F/B Gimver 1 which threw the 22 Filipino fishermen into the waters in the darkness of the night until they were rescued by a Vietnamese fishing boat, as just a “maritime incident.”

    Liyuetan, Recto Bank, Reed Bank

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    Categories Commentary

    Why is there a Chinese military vessel in Reed Bank?

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Jun 17, 2019 4:46 PM

    Supreme Court Justice Antonio T. Carpio believes that it was not a collision of fishing vessels that happened on June 9 in Reed Bank (Philippine name: Recto Bank; Chinese name: Liyue Tan), 80 nautical miles off Palawan and within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone.

    Recto Bank, Reed Bank

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    Categories Commentary

    Finding ways to circumvent Charter for joint exploration with China

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Nov 16, 2018 9:59 PM

    We will be watching out for the details of the agreement on the joint exploration in the Spratlys that is expected to be signed in the presence of President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping when the latter comes to Manila on Nov. 20 and 21. If there would be any agreement on joint exploration at all.

    phchina joint exploration, Reed Bank

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    Duterte’s gift to Xi Jinping when he comes in November

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Aug 09, 2018 10:47 PM

    All these efforts and pronouncements about joint exploration with China in Philippine territory is in connection with the state visit of China’s President Xi Jinping in November.

    PH-China joint exploration, Reed Bank, Xi Jinping

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    Categories Commentary

    Roque is best adviser to Duterte on joint exploration with China

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Mar 09, 2018 4:03 PM

    It’s good that President Duterte has Harry Roque with him as he seems to have been convinced by China to start the joint exploration in Reed Bank also known as Recto Bank – an undertaking that China had been wanting to do and had been generous with its enticement to the Philippine government.

    JMSU, PH-China joint exploration, Recto Bank, Reed Bank

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    Categories Commentary

    Again, the risks of joint exploration in PH EEZ

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Mar 07, 2018 11:02 PM

    A day after President Duterte talked about” joint exploration” and “co-ownership” with the Chinese last Feb. 28 in Marawi City, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque was with Karen Davila in ANC’s Headstart.

    PH-China joint exploration, Recto Bank, Reed Bank

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