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: Reed Bank
The rock that freed Reed Bank from dispute
It seemed like a simple question: "Is Itu Aba a rock or an island?"
Just tiis na lang ba tayo sa dilim?
May nagbabantang energy crisis sa Pilipinas dahil sa papalapit na pagkaubos ng Malampaya gas field. Ano-ano nga ba ang pwedeng magawa ng Marcos administration para maiwasan ito?
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos pinaghalo-halo ang tanong tungkol sa pagkaubos ng Malampaya sa isyu ng Reed Bank
Napagpalit ni Marcos ang (sitwasyon sa) Reed Bank sa Malampaya. Ang Reed Bank "ay kinilala ng South China Sea Arbitral Award na bahagi ng Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone," sabi ng international law expert na si Romel Bagares.
FACT CHECK: Marcos muddles up question on depletion of Malampaya with Reed Bank issue
Marcos confused Reed Bank with Malampaya.
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: Pagpayag sa China na mangisda sa PH EEZ labag sa Konstitusyon, mga lokal na batas
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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Allowing China to fish in PH EEZ violates Constitution, local laws
Duterte’s proposition directly violates the Philippine Charter, the Fisheries Code, and the archipelagic baselines law.
Poor Filipino Fishermen versus China’s “Surging Second Sea Force”
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 .
A test in finding sanity amid Duterte’s incoherence
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.”
