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Philippines protests Chinese warship's intrusion in Spratly Islands
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Satish
May 22, 2013, 10:42:54 AM5/22/13
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AP
Tuesday, May 29, 2013
Philippines protests Chinese warship's presence
CAVITE, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippines has protested the presence
of a Chinese warship, two surveillance vessels and fishing boats off a
shoal occupied by its military in the disputed Spratly Islands, in the
latest territorial squabble between the Asian countries, officials
said Tuesday.
President Benigno Aquino III warned, meanwhile, that the Philippines
is ready to fight back against any threat and announced plans to buy
more warships and aircraft for its ill-equipped military, including
anti-submarine attack helicopters.
"Our message to the whole world is clear: what belongs to the
Philippines belongs to the Philippines," Aquino said in a speech at a
naval base in Cavite province south of Manila. "We can fight back and
defend ourselves every time somebody will threaten us right in our own
home ground."
Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the
Philippines denounced the "provocative and illegal presence" of
Beijing's ships off Ayungin Shoal in the South China Sea, adding the
area is "an integral part of our national territory."
"The Philippines calls on China to respect sovereign rights and
jurisdiction," he said.
Chinese diplomats did not immediately react to the protest, which
Hernandez said was filed two weeks ago at the Chinese Embassy in
Manila.
The shoal, 196 kilometers (122 miles) from the southwestern Philippine
province of Palawan, is guarded by a Filipino marine unit based in a
rusty warship that ran aground on a coral outcrop several years ago.
The shoal lies near Mischief Reef, which the Philippines has claimed
but was occupied by China in 1995, sparking intense protests from
Manila.
By allowing fishermen in several boats to fish off the shoal, China
has violated the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, which grants
coastal states exclusive right to exploit marine resources in waters
within 370 kilometers (200 nautical miles) of their coast, Hernandez
said.
It's the latest territorial rift between the Asian countries, which
also are locked in other long-simmering disputes in the South China
Sea. Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam also claim parts of the
Spratlys, a chain of islands, islets and reefs.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said another protest might be lodged
if authorities confirm that two ships which chased a Philippine
official's ferry boat last week near Ayungin Shoal were Chinese
government vessels.
Eugenio Bito-onon, mayor of a chain of Philippine-occupied islands in
the Spratlys, said he was traveling with 178 crewmen and companions on
a boat to Palawan at night last week when two unidentified ships
chased them away from Ayungin. The ships focused spotlights on Bito-
onon's boat, preventing him and his companions from identifying the
vessels, he said.
He said a suspected Chinese warship also cut through his four-boat
convoy twice last October while he and his staff were traveling to a
Philippine-occupied island in the Spratlys. He said he took pictures
and video of the gray ship, its hull marked with the number 995, and
reported the incident to the military.
AP
Tuesday, May 29, 2013
Philippines protests Chinese warship's presence
CAVITE, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippines has protested the presence
of a Chinese warship, two surveillance vessels and fishing boats off a
shoal occupied by its military in the disputed Spratly Islands, in the
latest territorial squabble between the Asian countries, officials
said Tuesday.
President Benigno Aquino III warned, meanwhile, that the Philippines
is ready to fight back against any threat and announced plans to buy
more warships and aircraft for its ill-equipped military, including
anti-submarine attack helicopters.
"Our message to the whole world is clear: what belongs to the
Philippines belongs to the Philippines," Aquino said in a speech at a
naval base in Cavite province south of Manila. "We can fight back and
defend ourselves every time somebody will threaten us right in our own
home ground."
Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said the
Philippines denounced the "provocative and illegal presence" of
Beijing's ships off Ayungin Shoal in the South China Sea, adding the
area is "an integral part of our national territory."
"The Philippines calls on China to respect sovereign rights and
jurisdiction," he said.
Chinese diplomats did not immediately react to the protest, which
Hernandez said was filed two weeks ago at the Chinese Embassy in
Manila.
The shoal, 196 kilometers (122 miles) from the southwestern Philippine
province of Palawan, is guarded by a Filipino marine unit based in a
rusty warship that ran aground on a coral outcrop several years ago.
The shoal lies near Mischief Reef, which the Philippines has claimed
but was occupied by China in 1995, sparking intense protests from
Manila.
By allowing fishermen in several boats to fish off the shoal, China
has violated the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, which grants
coastal states exclusive right to exploit marine resources in waters
within 370 kilometers (200 nautical miles) of their coast, Hernandez
said.
It's the latest territorial rift between the Asian countries, which
also are locked in other long-simmering disputes in the South China
Sea. Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam also claim parts of the
Spratlys, a chain of islands, islets and reefs.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said another protest might be lodged
if authorities confirm that two ships which chased a Philippine
official's ferry boat last week near Ayungin Shoal were Chinese
government vessels.
Eugenio Bito-onon, mayor of a chain of Philippine-occupied islands in
the Spratlys, said he was traveling with 178 crewmen and companions on
a boat to Palawan at night last week when two unidentified ships
chased them away from Ayungin. The ships focused spotlights on Bito-
onon's boat, preventing him and his companions from identifying the
vessels, he said.
He said a suspected Chinese warship also cut through his four-boat
convoy twice last October while he and his staff were traveling to a
Philippine-occupied island in the Spratlys. He said he took pictures
and video of the gray ship, its hull marked with the number 995, and
reported the incident to the military.
beware of New Wakalukong fresh on board
May 22, 2013, 11:35:29 AM5/22/13
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Chinese want every thing in SE ASIA
On May 22, 9:42 pm, Satish <sk.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/philippines-protests-chinese-warships-presence-...
On May 22, 9:42 pm, Satish <sk.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/philippines-protests-chinese-warships-presence-...
rst0
May 22, 2013, 1:10:02 PM5/22/13
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Protest is meaningless. Philippines gotta show their power of the
gun.
gun.
OLD CHINK LEE KUAN YEW , a HaKKa migrant
May 23, 2013, 11:39:36 AM5/23/13
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Filippines can show their force of the cunt
rst9
May 23, 2013, 11:46:30 AM5/23/13
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On May 23, 8:39 am, "OLD CHINK LEE KUAN YEW , a HaKKa migrant"
No wonder the Filipinos are a mixture of Spaniards and Americans.
No wonder the Filipinos are a mixture of Spaniards and Americans.
Satish
May 23, 2013, 11:48:11 AM5/23/13
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rst9
May 23, 2013, 11:55:39 AM5/23/13
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Satish, the two-bit thief who can not get out of his bottom mud pile
since coming into U.S. still trying to make something of his life.
He learned Chinese trying to ride the wave to China's good fortune,
He had destroy his life already by his reckless early years of his
years in the U.S.
since coming into U.S. still trying to make something of his life.
He learned Chinese trying to ride the wave to China's good fortune,
He had destroy his life already by his reckless early years of his
years in the U.S.
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