West Philippine Sea Issue Essays

Clinton also pointedly referred to the South China Sea as the “the West Philippines Sea”—the new name invented by chauvinists in Manila.Philippine Navy personnel boarded the Chinese vessels, where the Filipino claimed they found large quantities of illegal coral and fish.This cast a shadow over China-Philippines relations and peace and stability of the South China Sea.” According to Hua, the Philippines publicly criticized China during the recently held ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meetings, regardless of the consensus among ASEAN countries, which reasonably drew refutation from China and it is difficult for them to understand why the Philippines continue to play up the issue of the South China Sea, distort the facts and smear China.But on o...

This particular provision best exemplified the issue regarding the disputed Scarborough Shoal, or south china sea and west Philippine sea as we call it.11 of the Philippine Constitution because it violates the promotion of the welfare of the law abiding citizens of the country.In his lecture, Batongbacal, also professor at the UP College of Law, argued for a serious rethinking of the “compartmentalization policy” – the notion of separating territorial maritime boundary issues from the broader context of state to state relations – saying that this has resulted in addressing the maritime boundary problems in a “vacuum, as if it exists solely and separately without regard to its potential impact on other national interests and other relatio...

East to west passage in important for surface units of all navies.Passage in these waters, however, is becoming increasingly constricted especially in the sea lines of the South China Sea and the Vital Straits of Malacca, Sunda, Lombok, and Wetar-Ombai, all of which are within Indonesian archipelago.Oil is being extracted to the west of these islands and is rumoured to exits on or very near the Chinese-occupied Paracels.China has claimed a major portion of the South China Sea makes other littoral feel threatened against other interests over the South China Sea and its resources.At present, the Soviets are effectively projecting their military power into an area which had previously been a preserve of the West.

The stability of the SEA region is a paramount concern of Philippine national security, one of the three pillars of Philippine foreign policy.Stirring up the South China Sea .2 Moreover, Philippine defense officials and security experts view Chinese expansionist aspirations in the South China Sea as the main longterm security threat to the Philippines.“Philippine Foreign Policy”.Philippine Foreign Policy.

Philippine coral reefs is Asia’s second largest.Similar to the MPA, the LMMA also provides protection areas in the sea.In the Southeast Asian context, especially amongst the islands of the Philippines and Indonesia, the sea and people are very much interconnected.They found only 4 percent of Philippine reefs in excellent condition (i.e., over 75 percent hard or soft coral cover), 28 percent in good condition (50-75 percent coral cover), 42 percent in fair condition (25-50 percent coral cover), and 27 percent in poor condition (less than 25 percent coral cover).As mentioned, the sea provides both a source of income and source of food for the people.

It is bounded on the north by the provinces ofLanao del Sur and Bukidnon, on the east by Davao City and Davao del Norte, on the west by Maguindanao and on the southeast by Sultan Kudarat and Davao del Sur.Its capital isKidapawan City and borders Lanao del Sur and Bukidnon to the north, Davao del Norteand Davao City to the east, Davao del Sur and Sultan Kudarat to the southeast, andMaguindanao to the south and west.It is bounded by the province of Sultan Kudarat in the north and west, in the east and south by the city of General Santos and province of Sarangani.It is bounded on the north by the provinces of Maguindanao and Cotabato; on the south bySouth Cotabato; on the east by Davao del Sur; and on the west by the Celebes Sea.Its main ac...

The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 provided that all lands 370 leagues west of Cape Verde Islands would be ceded to Spain while all lands east of the line were the territory of Portugal.After the death of Magellan there were still soldiers who survived but others were massacred by the Filipinos in Cebu .And the two ship consisting two commanders decided to go back to Spain with different routes, the Trinidad was destroyed at the Mollucas while the Victoria reached Spain and tell what happened to Magellan and about the Philippines.Then, several events in the west led to the discovery of the Philippines by the Spaniards.The only Filipino ruler who defied Magellan was courageous Lapu-Lapu.

In another act of provocation, the Chinese roped off the entrance leading to the Scarborough lagoon, preventing Philippine vessels from entering.Meanwhile, China continues to exert pressure on the Philippines by discouraging its outbound tourists from visiting the country, by imposing additional requisites for the entry of Philippine bananas into its ports (which it did last year), by continuing to have Sansha City administer the three islands in the Shoal and building a military garrison in it.Last April, the Philippine Navy caught eight Chinese fishing vessels poaching live sharks, endangered sea turtles, corals and giant clams in the Scarborough Shoal.Mischief Reef is just 131 nautical miles away from Palawan, well within Philippine t...

It is also possible to take a boat to Bohol, but will take 25 hours, and is only advisable if you have plenty of time at hand and enjoy a trip on sea, or have to travel on a rock-bottom budget or with a lot of luggage.The Philippine Tarsier, considered the second-smallest primate in the world, is indigenous to the island.It has a gradually ascending cliff, flat land, a ravine, caves and has a commanding view of the sea.At certain points, hills drop steeply to the coast from a maximum elevation of 870 metres (2,850 ft) above sea level.To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the northeast is the island of Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is Mindanao.

The Energy Information Administration (EIA), which provides energy statistics to the United States government, indicated in its 2006 data that Singapore emitted 141 million tonnes of CO2.Bradshaw, Giam (2010) indicate that from the recent study ranks Singapore as the worst environmental offender among 179 countries in terms of proportional environmental impact.ASEAN region lies within the waters of the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Andaman Sea and South China Sea, and stretches more than 3,300 kilometres from north to south (latitudes 30° North to 11° South) and 5,600 kilometres from west to east (longitudes 92° West to 142° East).Singapore’s poor ranking is attributed to its drive for economic development and urbanization that has led to...

The Philippine islands are mountainous, and seismically active.It borders on the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the south.Japan invaded the Philippines, leading to the deaths of over a million Filipinos.The early governments struggled to repair the damage caused by World War II.The nation was slated to become fully independent in 1945, but World War II interrupted that plan.

The US as a major naval power and with great vested economic interests in the sea lanes is unlikely to ignore the threat that a war in South China Sea can pose to the safety of navigation.Sovereignty over the islands is sought not as an end in itself but as a means to other tangible benefits and thus this paper argues that the prospects of peace in the South China Sea lie in side-stepping the sovereignty issue to address the real interests and objectives of claimant states in the marine zone.The South China Sea is rich in natural resources such as oil and natural gas, and the adoption of the 1982 UN Law of the Sea Convention has bestowed the islands great worth.Vietnam fears encirclement from China and regional communications between Eas...

The islands lie on the migratory path of fishes from the Sulu and Visayan Seas, passing the Tablas Strait, Sibuyan Sea and Romblon Pass.According the May 2010 Philippine census, it has a total population of 283,930 people.We have made a turtle egg protective area, to protect the eggs from predators, and we have a nipa hut where we assist visitors and have viewing area, we are in the process of making a new web site Romblon Marine Life which will be published early January 2012. .[2] The province of Romblon is composed of three larger islands; Romblon Island at the center where the provincial capital is located, Tablas Island to the west, and Sibuyan Island to the east.It lies south of Marinduque and Quezon, east of Mindoro, north of Ak...

The resulting violent earthquakes caused what is now the land masses forming the Philippines to rise to the surface of the sea.They are the Pacific Ocean on the east, the South China Sea on the north and west, and the Celebes Sea and the coastal waters of Borneo on the south.If you have the dollar, you can have it changed to the Philippine peso.Her neighbor on the north is the Republic of China (Taiwan or Formosa), while on the west is Communist Vietnam.The traditional teaching of Philippine history in Filipino schools today has early Philippine habitants coming in waves.

Peaks within the area exceed 150 meters (500 feet) in height.Development costs on steep slopes are generally higher than on level land, due to additional site work needed and special design considerations to prevent damage from soil erosion and landslides caused by heavy rainfall.Much of the easily developed land in the area has already been developed.In February 1979, the Military Bases Agreement transferred control of the U. S. Naval Base, Subic Bay to the Philippine government.In general, areas with slopes of up to ten percent can be used for all types of development, and as a result, are developed first.

South China Sea Virtual Library.For decades, the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, now called as the Philippine Western Sea in the Philippines, has long been debated by its claimants: Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Taiwan, Vietnam, China, and the Philippines (Baker, 2004).The south China sea: Back to the future through cooperation.Q&A: South China sea dispute.The Spratly Islands dispute in the south China sea: Problems, policies and prospects for diplomatic accommodation.

“Panahon na para ipasa ang isang Anti-Dynasty Law.” PNoy also thanked Congress and Senate for other bills and acts such as Philippine Competition Law, Sin Tax Reform Act and Responsible Parenthood Act.Aquino ended his speech with the following statement “Simula pa lang ito.Reactions to President Aquino’s SONA: .Sa gabay ng Panginoong Maykapal, at sa patuloy nating pagtahak sa Daang Matuwid, lalo pang tatayog ang mga pangarap na maaabot natin.Lalo pang lalawak ang kaunlarang tinatamasa natin.

His career in music is multifaceted, having served as conductor, concert master, professor and music consultant for local orchestras such as the Manila Symphony Orchestra, the Cultural Center of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra; and overseas National Theater Orchestra, Wagner Festival Orchestra and State Academy of Music in Hannover, Germany.Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the island of Mindoro and to the west lies the South China Sea.Batangas is also known in the Philippine History as the Cradle of Noble Heroes, giving homage not only to the heroes it produced but the statesmen that came to lead the country.Marriages between relatives of the fifth generation is still restrained in the Batangan culture even if Phili...

[12] In March 2008, Manila Water announced that a wastewater treatment plant will be constructed in Taguig.[15] According to the Asian Development Bank, the Pasig River is one of the world’s most polluted rivers.In 2004, water supply was available on average for 18 hours each day in the West Zone of Metro Manila and 21 hours in the East Zone.Continuity of supply (%)| Metro Manila (2007): 98% (East Zone);[2] 42% (West Zone)[3] 21 hours/day (45 small town utilities, 2004) [4]| Average residential water use (l/c/d)| 175 (national average, before losses, 2000)[5][6] 119 (45 small towns, 2004) [4]| Average urban water tariff (US$/m³)| Metro Manila: [US$0.33 (East Zone), US$0.46 (West Zone)[7]| Share of household metering| common in urban area...

Examples include endangered animals such the Philippine Spotted Deer (Cervus alfredi), the Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons), and the Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides panini).In the middle of the Sulu Sea lies the Tubbataha reefs, a pair of coral atolls recently named as a World Heritage Site for its highly diverse collection of fishes and other marine life.The most unique amongst all these is the Princesa Underground River, emptying in St Paul’s Bay on the west coast.Spratly – Kalayaan in the West .Along the west coast, the St. Paul Subterranean National Park features old-growth forests, cathedral caves, white sand beaches, and one of the longest underground rivers in the world.

Suffering from the desertion of one of his ships, the San Antonio, he entered the straits and after three weeks reached the open sea on the other side, which he named Mar Pacifico.He then proceeded to subdue the neighboring island of Mactan but was killed in an encounter with the group of Lapu-lapu.Magalhaes resolved to seek the Moluccas by sailing to the west around South America.He was received in an amiable manner by the chief of the island of Cebu, Rajah Humabon, who was baptized along with several hundred of his followers.Ferdinand Magellan and the Spaniards thus introduced the people of the Philippines to Christianity and opened it to the outside world.

But after the end of the cold war, world politics had been moved into a new aspect in which non- Western civilizations were no more the exploited recipients of Western civilization but become another important actor joining the West to shape and move the world history.A security complex generates from the process developed among the actors centered around an issue.There are no warm water ports in Afghanistan, but they were in control of the Khyber Pass (an ancient trade route to China) on the East, and one step closer to Iran and Turkey on the West and Pakistan on the South, all with warm water ports.The Muslim world of the Greater Middle East (excluding Armenia, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Georgia, Israel, Malta and South Sudan), northern West Af...

is a Japanese atoll located 1,740 km from Tokyo, in the middle of the Philippine Sea.It is bordered by the Sea of ​​Okhotsk to the north, the Sea of ​​Japan (East Sea) and the East China Sea to the west, the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Philippine Sea to the south.There are sea lions, sea lions and whales there.Japan is an archipelago located off the coast of Asia (East Asia), bordered by the Sea of ​​Japan to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east.from Izu meets the Philippine plates, Amur and Okhotsk.

This species breeds throughout the year in Madagascar with a peak from June to November.This species nests from the Hawaiian archipelago and Easter Island in the east to Réunion and Mauritius in the west and from the Red Sea to New Zealand in the south .The birds disperse readily, some specimens banded in Hawaii have been found in Japan and the Philippines.This species nests in loose colonies.The chick is covered with a white down.

Pinatubo is located a further ten miles west.Makiling is located in the province of Laguna, Philippines.It is a favorite spot for mountain climbers and is surrounded by the Mt.Makiling is also a popular hiking destination.Kanlaon National Park.

I posit that, through this section of this paper demonstrating the history of the Philippine media, it is right to say that the mass media in the Philippines greatly influenced the turn of events of Philippine politics.As many folks say, “Walang pera sa pagsusulat.” This is also true in the Philippine press.Another agency is the PCIJ (Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism).Still, another agency which overlooks upon the Philippine media is the CMN (Catholic Media Network) .One said that the Chinese ships were already going back to their origin, their country while the other said that the Chinese ships were to stay around the disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea.

Southeast Asian nations should not be worried about China’s becoming the next superpower but instead take advantage of its economic success.The reason for China’s involvement in the South China Sea is because of historical claims of discovery and occupation.It is establishing itself as a great power on par with Great Britain, Russia, Japan and India.In July 1995, China Foreign Minister Qian Qichen announced to an ASEAN forum that China was prepared to settle these disputes diplomatically on the basis of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.China and Vietnam clashed at sea over possession of Johnson Reef in the Spratly Island in 1988.

Mediators to the gods, also said to be the first priests, were; Bangutbanwa, who prayed for good harvest and an orderly universe; Mangindalon, who interceded for sick persons and prayed for the punishment of enemies.It is bounded on the South and Southeast by Iloilo Province, on the Southwest by the Province of Antique, and on the West and Northwest by the Province of Aklan.with some aklanon words.The Province is bounded by the Sibuayan Sea on the North, where Roxas City and the six (6) coastal municipalities: .Those in the nteriormost town of Tapaz, Capiz,– home of the mountain people(Bukidnon)– speak Kinaray-a Myths, Folk Beliefs and Practices The early Panaynon believed in many gods like Bulalakaw, a bird which .

The Ybanags used to inhabit the area along the Cagayan coast but migrated further inland.The province borders Ilocos Norte and Apayao to the west, and Kalinga and Isabela to the south.They conducted trade with neighboring areas using distinctive sea crafts, and their commercial interests made their language the medium of commerce throughout the region before the influx of Ilokano migrants.The Ybanags are reputed to be the tallest of all the ethno-linguistic groups in the Philippines The Itawits are almost indistinguishable from the Ybanags.The Itawits are noted for their pottery and basket-weaving traditions.

She declared that “The United States has a national interest in freedom of navigation, open access to Asia’s maritime commons and respect for international law in the South China Sea” and that America seeks “a collaborative diplomatic process by all claimants for resolving the various territorial disputes without coercion.” Though the United States has maintained a potent naval presence in the region since WWII, this incident broke new ground in identifying American interests regarding the South China Sea.To summarize this method, Mediation/Third Party is used to explain the trend and possibility in resolving the issue as one options to settle the long dispute in the South China Sea.After the cold war, the South China Sea is considered t...