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PHL MAY SEND VESSELS BACK TO PANATAG SHOAL

Wednesday 20th of June 2012
DAVAO CITY June 20 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III said that the possibility of government vessels to be deployed back again to the disputed Panatag shoal (Scarborough) will be determined by aircraft flights over the area. “Pag meron pang (If there are still) vessels which are not ours, we will send them back (ships),” the President said during a press conference held at the Waterfront Insular Hotel in Davao City yesterday (June 20). The President was in Davao City to attend the ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) Convention on Local Governance. The President said that the vessels were ordered back to port with the thre...
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DND says Filipino fishers can fish at Scarborough Shoal
QUEZON CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said Wednesday that fishing activities can go on at Scarborough Shoal, off Masinloc, Zambales. Gazmin said this during the Defense Press Corps (DPC) Forum at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. The Defense Secretary also denied earlier reports that Chinese are barring Filipino fishermen from fishing in the area. Gazmin said their agency communicated with Philippine Coast Guard chief Admiral Edmund Tan. Meanwhile, Gazmin said the DND has...
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Cebuano News: Pilipinas nakuha nga marelaks ang tension sa Panatag Shoal
BUTUAN CITY, Mayo 4 (PIA) -- Ang Pilipinas nakuha nga mapahina ang tensyon sa Scarborough Shoal nga taliwala sa mga kritisismo nga nagbutyag nga pinaagi sa puwersa sa militar, ang bangi sa teritoryo magdala og dili maayo sa Pilipinas, ingon sa spokeman sa Palasyo. Sa usa ka kukabildo nga gipahigayon sa Malacañang, si Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda nagbutyag nga ang niagi nga aksyon sa gobyerno sa pagdala sa situwasyon sa China nakaparelaks sa tension sa duha ka nasud. Ingon ni Lacierda...
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  • 26
    Apr
    2012

    Phl and China seek diplomatic solution on Scarborough issue

    QUEZON CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- Defense spokesman Peter Galvez said Thursday said that communication lines between the Philippines and China remain open, and both countries continue to seek a diplomatic solution to the Panatag Reef and Scarborough Shoal issue. "The Philippine Government continue to discuss the issue with the Chinese government. The Philippine government is determined to find a peaceful solution to this," Galvez stressed. “We have to find a win-win, peaceful and diplomatic reso...
  • 26
    Apr
    2012

    Hiligaynon News: Phl magapadayon sang iya presensya sa Scarborough Shoal

    MANILA, Abril 26 (PIA) -- Si President Benigno S. Aquino III nagsiling nga ang Pilipinas magapadayon sang iya presensya sa Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal). Suno sa Presidente sa isa ka interbyu nga ang Philippine Coast guard magapadayon sang iya presensya kay nagapati sila nga sa aton ini gani ang aton mga bapor may kinamatarong nga magtenir dira. Ang ehekutibo nagsiling nga si Vice Admiral Edmund Tan, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) commandant, nagreport sa iya nga wala pa man sang maskin ano...
  • 13
    Apr
    2012

    Military action not an option in the Scarborough standoff, says NOLCOM

    CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City, April 13 (PIA) -- The Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) stressed yesterday, April 12, that both the Philippines and China are seeking for a diplomatic solution to the current standoff in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which is 135 nautical miles away from Palauig and Masinloc towns of Zambales. In a statement, NOLCOM said Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario had a meeting with China Ambassador to the Philippines Ma Keqing to iron out misunderstandings between the A...
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