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(Eagle News)—Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday, March 27, said a 1972 law turned the oil and gas in Reed Bank into patrimonial assets. Carpio made the statement after Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo gave the assurance Reed Bank would not be seized by China if the Southeast Asian country failed to pay its P3.6-billion loan for the Chico River irrigation project. Panelo had said that in the first place, Reed Bank was a […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang said it was concerned with the reported presence of Chinese survey ships at Benham Rise in the Pacific and Reed Bank in the South China Sea. “We are concerned about the presence of a Chinese ship in Benham Rise, which has been recognized by the United Nations as part of the Philippines,” Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a statement.. The Department of National Defense has already notified the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Chinese survey ships have been entering waters recognized by the United Nations as Philippine territory, Manila’s defense secretary said Thursday, in a move he described as “very concerning”. Delfin Lorenzana said the ships were seen last year near Benham Rise — a Philippine territory 250 kilometres (155 miles) off the east coast of the main island of Luzon — as well as Reed Bank in the South China Sea, […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government protested China’s latest activities involving illegal patrols over Philippine territorial waters, particularly in the gas-rich Recto Bank, also called Reed Bank, which is part of the continental margin of Palawan based on the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). “We are protesting the conduct of sovereignty patrols by Chinese vessels on Recto Bank. The frequent passage of Chinese vessels in Recto Bank is not an innocent […]
