Bajo de Masinloc
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SC stops Zambales mines; Chinese ‘invaders’ socked
Air Pollution, Bajo de Masinloc, China, Mining, Panatag Shoal, Philippine Star, Philippines, Supreme Court, Water Pollution, ZambalesThe Supreme Court yesterday issued a temporary environment protection order (TEPO) against 94 “small-scale mines” that extract nickel in Zambales. Among the “small” mines are at least five fronts of giant nickel miners from China (see Gotcha, 24 July 2013). Allegedly operating outside the allowable area, the mines are illegal, pollutive, unregulated, untaxed, and destabilizing […]
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July 24 – A Dark Day in Philippine History
ASEAN, Bajo de Masinloc, China, Code of Conduct, Nine Dash Line, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, Shansha City, South China Sea DisputeAs dark days go, July 24, 2012 is akin historically to what occurred in China on February 18, 1932 when Japan proclaimed the state of Manchukuo as the governing body for the region of Manchuria which it had invaded and detached from China. The people of China were driven to erase that infamous day from […]
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Fishing Wars: Competition for South China Sea’s Fishery Resources
The hydrocarbon potential of the South China Sea (SCS) has become a source of tension between the littoral states of the region and, to a certain extent, a number of outside actors. However, the SCS’s significance to global oil and gas supplies is over-hyped. Instead, it is the region’s fisheries rather than fossil fuels that […]
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Chinese vessels go in and out of Panatag Shoal – DFA
Ayungin Shoal, Bajo de Masinloc, Brunei, China, Fishing Rights, GMA Network News, Malaysia, Oil, Panatag Shoal, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, TaiwanTwo Chinese vessels have been spotted again in the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal off northern Philippines, days after it was reported that the ships have left the area, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. “Yesterday [Sunday], we received a report from the Philippine Navy confirming that Chinese ships are back in Bajo de Masinloc,” […]
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China: Fishing To Expand Maritime Territories? – Analysis
Synopsis Increasing Chinese maritime law enforcement capabilities in the South China Sea (SCS), ostensibly to protect the interests of its fishermen, may only exacerbate tensions in one of the world’s closely monitored regional flashpoints. This is especially so in the context of increasing commercial fishing operations by SCS littoral states and the absence of a […]
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States Parties to Convention on Law of the Sea Will Hold Twenty-third Meeting at Headquarters, 10-14 June
The twenty-third Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will be held at Headquarters from 10 to 14 June. Often referred to as “the constitution for the oceans”, the landmark Convention was adopted on 10 December 1982 and entered into force on 16 November 1994. Its 320 articles and […]
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South China Sea row risks wider clashes
ASEAN, Bajo de Masinloc, China, Panatag Shoal, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, UNCLOSFrom January through May, the South China Sea dispute continued to trend in a negative direction. Consistent with the pattern of developments over the past several years, the dispute continued to be characterized by an action-reaction dynamic in which attempts by one or other of the claimants – most notably, China, the Philippines and Vietnam […]
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China consolidates sea claims as Asian diplomacy struggles
Bajo de Masinloc, China, First Post World, Fishing Rights, Philippines, Reuters, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea DisputeMASINLOC, Philippines (Reuters) – For decades, fishermen along the northwestern Philippine coast treated the teeming fishing grounds of the Scarborough Shoal as their backyard, less than a day’s boat ride away. Now, they see it as a foreign country. “I lost my livelihood when we lost the Scarborough Shoal to the Chinese,” said Mario Forones, […]
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China’s plan to develop and fortify an expansive area of the resource-rich but disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) lacks merit under international law
Bajo de Masinloc, China, Huangyan island, P-Noy, Panatag Shoal, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines, Scarborough ShoalMANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino has accused China of harassing two Philippine fishing boats in disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) waters, allegedly driving out one that had sheltered from rough seas. Speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Aquino said the two Scarborough Shoal incidents had led to Manila seeking […]
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China: Mga barkong dadaan sa pinag-aagawang karagatan, huhulihin pagsapit ng 2013
Huhulihin ng China simula sa 2013 ang mga barkong dadaan sa pinagtatalunang mga bahagi ng karagatan sa West Philippine Sea, ayon sa isang ulat ng Chinese state media. Ito’y matapos magpalabas ang China ng isang mapa na nakatatak sa bagong passport nito na nagpapakitang sa kanila ang buong karagatan ng West Philippine Sea. Umalma si […]