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The Kalayaan, Panatag & other disputed islands; Future conflict zones?
Topic Started: Feb 2 2005, 08:00 PM (155,957 Views)
israeli
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some pro-China morons defaced the University of the Philippines website to tell the whole world that Panatag Island/Bajo de Masinloc is theirs.

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http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/25559...o-china-hackers
"To secure peace is to prepare for war." - Carl Von Clausewitz
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bulastika
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I guess we have no choice but to repaint all our navy ships to white and call it a civilian coast guard ship. lols. Since China is sending well armed civilian ship lets do the same. lols.
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AZKALS
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UP system website defaced by Chinese students ... :armyfrown:

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bulastika
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I don't know if I'm off topic or not but I'm just wondering. Philippines has 7107 islands. Is spratly and scalborough included in the 7017 islands or not? Because if its not included then that means we don't claim it as ours?
My point is that if we want this disputed island as ours we must count it as ours.
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bulastika
Apr 20 2012, 02:03 PM
I don't know if I'm off topic or not but I'm just wondering. Philippines has 7107 islands. Is spratly and scalborough included in the 7017 islands or not? Because if its not included then that means we don't claim it as ours?
My point is that if we want this disputed island as ours we must count it as ours.

how can you tell if its included on those counts? do you have a lists? whether its part of the count or not but included inside our EEZ by virtue of UNCLOS then its belongs to the Philippines.

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PH not yet seeking help from US

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine government is not yet asking the help of the United States in its territorial dispute with China, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday.

“We have not come to that point. We are patrolling our seas to ourselves. We have our Coast Guard vessels to patrol it. We have also our Phililippine Navy patrolling and surveillance,” DFA Spokesperson Raul Hernandez said.

Hernandez's statement was issued amid reports that China has sent its most advanced vessel to an undisclosed area in the South China Sea to beef up its patrol over the seas and flex anew its military muscle.

The English-language China Daily on Thursday reported that China’s “fastest fishery administration vessel” Yuzheng 310 left Guangzhou to cruise on the South China Sea.

The paper quoted an anonymous official from the South China Sea Fishery Bureau as saying: "This is aimed to better protect Chinese fishermen's rights and marine resources.”

Hernandez, however, said the Philippine government has yet to confirm the presence near the disputed territory, known as Bajo de Masinloc in the Philippines.

Two Chinese vessels and the Philippine Coast Guard's BRP Edsa are still in the area. The M/Y Sarangani, a Philippine archeological research ship that was allegedly harassed by Chinese aircraft and ships, left the area on Wednesday.

The alleged harassment of the research ship by a Chinese aircraft had prompted another diplomatic protest from the Philippines.

Won't wait for Beijing

Hernandez said the DFA is also studying the possibility of bringing the dispute to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) without China after the latter reportedly rejected the Philippines’ invitation to settle the dispute before an international forum.

“We are studying the possibility of bringing this to ITLOS, or to a dispute settlement mechanism under UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) on a unilateral basis,” Hernandez said.

“We are preparing to go there alone if China will not want to join us.”

Nevertheless, Hernandez said the Philippines remains a friend of China despite the rising tension that has already entered its 10th day.

“We still consider them (China) as our friends, a solid partner in economic development,” he said in Filipino.

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China dispatched a gunboat


http://globalnation.inquirer.net/34063/ph-...chinese-gunboat
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TonyStark2020
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Maybe DFA means Frenemies! :armyroleyes:
I AM NOT PINOY, "I AM A FILIPINO" There is a BiG difference!
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Stay out of exclusive economic zone, Philippines warns China boat

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of National Defense on Friday called on the Chinese government not to derail any ongoing diplomatic talks on the Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal standoff with the deployment of a powerful gunboat to the West Philippine Sea.

DND spokesman Peter Paul Galvez said as long as the powerful Yuzheng 310, a fishery patrol boat, does not enter the Philippines' 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), there will be "no problem."

"We are optimistic that our neighbor China will not do actions that may derail the ongoing diplomatic initiatives toward a peaceful resolution at Scarborough Shoal," Galvez told reporters.

On Thursday Chinese state media reported that the Yuzheng 310 was deployed to secure Chinese fishermen in the West Philippine Sea. This, even as a stalemate between Beijing and Manila over fishing rights that started April 10 at Scarborough Shoal remained unresolved.

Galvez clarified Friday that the Yuzheng 310 will not be deployed at Scarborough Shoal.

"Chinese media reported that it will be deployed to the West Philippine Sea but it did not state Scarborough Shoal, so as long as it stays in international waters there will be no problem," Galvez said.

"But when it goes within the EEZ that's a different story," he added.

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TonyStark2020
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That's GOOD! Finally nice to hear some bold and "Viagracious" words coming from DND. :urock: :defense:

To fire at a vessel for trespassing is not an act of war but an act of protecting our sovereignty! :patrioticpinoy:
I AM NOT PINOY, "I AM A FILIPINO" There is a BiG difference!
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