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| The Kalayaan, Panatag & other disputed islands; Future conflict zones? | |
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| truegrit | Jun 17 2012, 05:06 AM Post #1921 |
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perhaps some of you here forgot that the PAF still has several AS211 Light Combat jets or the warrior type that can fly armed with bombs and rockets. remember PNoy formerly mentioned to put those AS211 jets back to flying combat status like 5 months ago while the PAF is looking for a LIFT. Maybe one of the reasons why we INK with the Italians in order to assure us that we can supplied with spare parts for those AS211 jets... |
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| Parastriker | Jun 17 2012, 08:20 AM Post #1922 |
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China has the balls and the military arms, like Stalin, but unlike Stalin, they don't use their d*cks to think. |
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| Mckoyzzz | Jun 18 2012, 01:23 AM Post #1923 |
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Ipsa Scientia Potestas Est
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US urges allies to comply with UN treaty it has not yet ratified June 17, 2012 4:06am The commander of United States military forces in the Pacific has urged the US Senate to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). If it signed, the US would be in a “much stronger position to demand adherence to the rules contained in it,” Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III told the US Senate foreign relations committee Friday (Saturday in PHL). He briefed Pentagon reporters afterwards. Locklear said that because the US is not a party to the UNCLOS, “Our challenges are less credible than they might otherwise be.” During recent visits of Philippine officials to the US—culminating with the visit of President Aquino this June—the US has urged countries disputing all or parts of the South China Sea to adhere to rules prescribing peaceful resolution of conflicting claims. The UNCLOS treaty was opened for signature in December 1982 and took effect in November 1994, when 60 countries had signed. The Pentagon noted in a news release on the US Department of Defense website that the US, “has not ratified the treaty, but the nation’s military leaders have in recent months urged US accession to the agreement.” Locklear said he told the US Senate that UNCLOS “is essential to locking in a stable, legal framework for the maritime domain that is favorable to our national interest and preserves our access to this critical region.” He said competing maritime claims have become more numerous and contentious and that the UNCLOS “encourages peaceful resolution of these maritime disputes” through a rules-based approach. Locklear said he will visit China soon to take up security issues. “I look forward to continuing our dialogue and to doing some visits,” he added. “I plan to visit [China] within the next several weeks, at their invitation.” On the agenda of that visit are “military claims and all of the other issues that surround that,” the US Navy admiral said. Locklear’s statements come just weeks after US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta spoke before a UN Law of the Sea forum in Washington DC on May 9. “First, as the world’s preeminent maritime power, and the country with one of the largest coastlines and extended continental shelf, we have more to gain from accession to the convention than any other country,” Panetta said. Being outside of the UNCLOS framework for now, Panetta said the US is unable to help interpret maritime rules. He said ratifying the convention “would give us the credibility to support and promote the peaceful resolution of disputes within a rules-based order.” “How can we argue that other nations must abide by international rules, when we haven’t officially accepted those rules,” Panetta pointed out. — ELR/HS, GMA News |
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| Ayoshi | Jun 24 2012, 05:36 PM Post #1924 |
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Pangilinan brings in Chinese to disputed Recto Bank oil exploration group
business.inquirer.net |
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| Duminus | Jun 25 2012, 01:34 PM Post #1925 |
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![]() COAST GUARD VESSELS READY FOR POSSIBLE PANATAG DEPLOYMENT Photo: ABS-CBNnews.com Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Corregidor and other government vessels are docked at a pier in Zambales on Friday, replenishing food and other supplies for possible deployment to the disputed Panatag Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. President Aquino ordered the pullout of all ships in the area last week due to bad weather. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/image/images/06...atag-deployment |
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| horizon | Jun 25 2012, 02:15 PM Post #1926 |
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‘China perceives India as a factor in South China Sea dispute’ http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_ch...dispute_1706326 |
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| Ayoshi | Jun 25 2012, 02:49 PM Post #1927 |
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MVP plan to partner with Chinese firm on Recto Bank exploration OK, says Aquino LA TRINIDAD - President Benigno Aquino III on Monday said he sees no problem with tycoon Manny Pangilinan's plan to go into a joint venture with a Chinese company for oil exploration at Recto Bank. He stressed, however, that any such venture must strictly adhere to the rules and requirements of the Philippine government. www.interaksyon.com |
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| saver111 | Dec 4 2013, 09:31 PM Post #1928 |
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Half a billion needed to upgrade facilities in Pagasa island ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 12/04/2013 7:57 PM | Updated as of 12/04/2013 7:57 PM MANILA - Nearly half a billion pesos has been earmarked to upgrade the facilities in Pagasa island, an area occupied by Filipino troops in the Spratlys. In a presentation made by the Department of National Defense, the project – which will undergo public bidding – will cost P479.5 million. A power point presentation did not describe the project entirely, naming it only as "PN/PAF Basing (PAGASA)". The PN and PAF are the acronyms for the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force, respectively. A DND official, who asked for anonymity, said the project consists of the upgrade of a damaged airstrip and other Navy facilities. A military official said an upgrade is needed "because that is our complete station in the Kalayaan Island Group." The project also means "better monitoring,” the official said. The Spratly Islands or the Kalayaan Island Group is situated at the West Philippine Sea. Besides the Pagasa island, Filipino troops also occupy Lawak island, Patag shoal, Likas island, Parola island, Panata island, Kota island, Rizal reef and Ayungin shoal. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/12/04/13/half-billion-needed-upgrade-facilities-pagasa-island |
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Justice for Daniel Lorenz Jacinto HELP END PIRACY NOW!: http://www.itfseafarers.org/petition.cfm | |
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| MSantor | Mar 10 2015, 07:28 AM Post #1929 |
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PDFFers: If any of you are willing, please try to contribute to the Kalayaan Health Centre's need for hospital beds. One can contribute anonymously at the crowdfunding website called Indiegogo, which I have linked below. Helping the people who live in the Kalayaan will help to strengthen our sovereignty over that area and help our fellow Pinoys! http://pagasakig.org
Edited by MSantor, Mar 10 2015, 07:30 AM.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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| MSantor | Mar 27 2015, 08:51 PM Post #1930 |
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton | |
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