by magnolia_eic | Jul 21, 2011 | Headlines, National News
MALACANANG welcomed China’s recent position supporting the creation of a legally binding guideline that sets the conduct of all the claimant countries in the disputed West Philippine Sea. “We welcome the development. That’s a step forward. As we always say, we need a rules-based
regime in governing our relations there in those disputed areas. So certainly it’s a welcome development for us,” Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said during the regular press briefing in Malacanang on Thursday.
It was reported that a senior Chinese diplomat said his country had agreed to draft guidelines for behavior in the disputed region with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) after a meeting of the Asian security officials in Bali, Indonesia.
China has long resisted previous calls for a legally binding code of conduct that would settle disputes in the West Philippine Sea and solving the problems through peaceful means.
What is currently in place is the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea but the declaration is not a legally binding one. It was signed on November 4, 2002 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia by the member states of ASEAN and China and was aimed at promoting peaceful, friendly and harmonious environment in the West Philippine Sea.
It also aims to ensure peace, stability, economic growth and prosperity in the region. (PCOO)
by magnolia_eic | Jul 18, 2011 | Headlines, National News
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, July 18 (PIA)–Malipayon’g gidawat ni Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario ang gisang-at nga House Resolution No. 352 nga nanawagan alang sa “peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China
Sea and its environs and other maritime areas adjacent to the East Asian mainland” sa ubang miyembro sa United States House of Representatives.
Sa taho sa Philippine Embassy sa Washington D.C., si Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair sa United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, ang nisang-at sa House Resolution ug co-sponsors niini silang Representative Don Manzullo, Chairman sa House Subcommitttee on Asia and the Pacific, ug Representative Eni Faleomavaega, Ranking Member sa House Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Adunay 27 ka magbabalaod nga nag-co-sponsor sa resolusyon nga gilangkoban sa 18 ka Republicans ug 9 ka Democrats. Suportado sa House Resolution ang posisyon sa Pilipinas sa malinawon, multilateral ug rule-based settlement sa kasungi-an sa Spratly Islands base sa international law ug gikondena ang paggamit og puwersa aron maresolba ang problema.
Sa maong resolusyon, pipila ka probisyon ang nahimong gibasihan, apil na ang giingon niadtong Hunyo 23, 2011 ni Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sa nibisitang si Foreign Secretary Del Rosario nga determinado kini ug committed aron suportahan ang pagdepensa sa Pilipinas.
Gitumbok usab sa resolusyon ang giingon ni Secretary Del Rosario nga ang Pilipinas usa lamang ka gamay nga nasud apan andam mohimo sa bisan unsang angay buhaton aron mapanalipdan ang teritoryo niini. Nakabutang usab sa probisyon ang pahayag sa US nga andam kining tabangan ang Pilipinas aron imo-dernisa ang militar.
Nauna niini, gi-aprubahan sa US Senate ang resolusyong gisang-at ni Senator Jim Webb nga nisupak sa paggamit og puwersa sa China sa South China Sea ug nanawagan og malinawon, multilateral resolution sa maritime territorial disputes sa Southeast Asia. (PIABohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 13, 2010 | Headlines, National News
NAKADAWAT og talagsaong pagdayeg si Presidente Aquino gikan ni Senador Joker Arroyo
sa desisyon niini nga wala magpadala og representante sa Pilipinas alang sa Nobel Peace
Prize awarding ceremony.
Mao kini ang nahimong desisyon sa Presidente aron ma-engganyo ang China nga dili
ipadayon ang pagbitay sa lima ka overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) nga napahamtangan og
kamatayon tungod sa kasong drug trafficking.
Giangkon sa Presidente nga mas prayoridad sa gobyerno ang national interest aron maluwas
ang mga Pinoy nga bitayon sa China.
Gikompirma usab sa Department of Foreign Affairs nga walay mapadalang representante
ang Pilipinas sa Norway alang sa awarding sa Chinese dissident nga si Liu Xiaobo nga
napreso og 11 ka tuig tungod sa subversion case.
Nasagmuyo ang kagamhanang China sa nahimong desisyon sa Nobel Prize committee
human nga si Liu ang napiling modawat og pasidungog.
Nibahad ang China sa mga nasud nga maapektuhan ang ilang relasyon o diplomatic ties kon
magpadala og tinugyanan ug suportahan ang maong pasidungog kang Liu.
Aduna nay gidusong apela si Presidente Aquino sa gobyerno sa China nga nangayo og
clemency alang sa lima ka Pinoy nga nasentensyahan og kamatayon.
Gitandi ni Senador Arroyo ang maong desisyon ni Presidente Aquino sa kanhi
administrasyong Arroyo sa pag withdraw sa tropang Pinoy gikan sa Iraq nga matud pa niya
nga dili sayon nga himuong desisyon. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 1, 2010 | Headlines, National News
Manila, Philippines — Despite criticism of the government’s response to the hostage crisis last week, a top diplomat from China has expressed appreciation yesterday for the moves that are being taken by the Philippine government in connection with the incident.
Chinese Ambassador Liu Jianchao also expressed appreciation for the steps that the Aquino Administration are taking. He also assured that there will be no whitewash in the investigations that are being done.
Liu also said that the cancellation of the trips to Manila of two of Chinese officials who were recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Award had nothing to do with the incident. “It was their own decision”, he said.
The Ambassador clarified a lot of things during his speech, including an emphasis on his absence during the National Heroes Day, saying that he did not “snub” the event, he only had earlier commitments. He also assured that the Filipinos now in Chinese autonomous territory are safe. He added, “the Chinese side respects the sovereignity of the of the Philippines”. In particular, that Philippines did a very good job of providing medical treatment to the hostages, repatriating the survivors and the remains “in a dignified and appropriate way,” and assisting the victim’s relatives who flew to Manila from Hong Kong.
Click here for full article from Philippine Star
by magnolia_eic | Apr 14, 2010 | Announcements, Headlines, World
Beijing, China — A 6.9-magnitude earthquake has hit the remote province of Qinghai in Northwest China.
Earthquake details:
Magnitude 6.9
Date-Time
* Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 23:49:37 UTC
* Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 07:49:37 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location: 33.271°N, 96.629°E
Depth: 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region: SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
Distances: 240 km (150 miles) NNW of Qamdo, Xizang (Tibet)
375 km (235 miles) SSE of Golmud, Qinghai, China
520 km (325 miles) SSE of Da Qaidam, Qinghai, China
1905 km (1190 miles) WSW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
Location Uncertainty horizontal: +/- 6.6 km (4.1 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters: NST= 73, Nph= 73, Dmin=654.4 km, Rmss=1 sec, Gp= 50°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source
* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
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