Spratly Islands

[bajuy]

pag ganun na nangyayari eh








lilipad nako sa ibang bansa!.. syet ma mimiss ko kayo 

[Peps]

padalhan natin sila ng isang bilyong FHM na si mommy d ang cover tingnan natin kung di manigas mga tuhod nila sa alindog ni mommy d

[judE_Law]

laban na yan! hahaha..

titiyakin ko naman na bago nila masakop ang Pilipinas, naipagtanggol ko ito!

[Hitad]

Ang dating south china sea ay West Philippine Sea na pala ngayon... Buti naman.

[judE_Law]

 Philippines Sends Warship After China Boat Heads to Disputed Sea



The Philippines announced it will send its biggest warship, a World War II vessel, to a disputed part of the South China Sea after China said it was deploying one of its new coastal patrol vessels in the waters.

The BRP Rajah Humabon, used by the U.S. against German submarines in World War II, will patrol around Scarborough Shoal, within waters claimed by China, the Philippine Star reported on its website. China sent the Haixun 31, a 3,000 ton vessel with a helicopter landing pad, to inspect foreign ships and oil facilities in disputed waters of the South China Sea, Hong Kong's Ta Kung Pao newspaper reported yesterday.

"The Navy conducts regular offshore patrols and we should not connect the deployment of Rajah Humabon to the deployment of this maritime vessel of China," Eduardo Batac, spokesman of the Philippines' department of defense, said in a press briefing today. "It's part of routine patrols that are being conducted by the Navy."

Tensions in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes have increased as the Philippines and Vietnam press ahead with oil and gas projects against China's wishes. Exxon Mobil Corp., Talisman Energy Inc. (TLM), Forum Energy Plc (FEP) and Vietnam Oil & Gas Group, known as PetroVietnam, have operations in areas of the South China Sea claimed by China.

Commander Miguel Jose Rodriguez, the spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, said the vessel was being deployed off the island of Luzon. Officials on the Chinese ship will discuss anti-piracy and sea rescue issues with Singaporean officials when it arrives, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Defense Treaties
The U.S., which has patrolled Asia-Pacific waters since World War II, has defense treaties with the Philippines and Thailand, and guarantees Taiwan's security. U.S. aircraft carrier USS George Washington is "on a routine patrol of waters in the Western Pacific," U.S. Navy spokesman Commander Jeff Davis said, without providing details of its planned route.

"The South China Sea is international waters and we transit through there routinely," Davis said by phone today from Jakarta. The carrier "has been through there many times before in the past and it'll be through there many times in the future."

The U.S. sold a 378-foot Coast Guard vessel equipped with a helicopter launching pad and missile system to the Philippines earlier this year that will be its largest naval vessel when delivered in August, according to a May 12 statement by the Philippine Navy. Later this month, the U.S. Navy will send three ships to conduct joint exercises off of Palawan island "in a combination of Philippine waters and international waters," Davis said.

'What's Ours is Ours'
The Philippine Navy removed territorial markers placed by China on three reefs in the South China Sea near Palawan island in May, Armed Forces Naval Forces West commander Edgardo Tamayo said yesterday. Two months earlier, Chinese vessels chased away a survey vessel working in the area for Forum Energy, a U.K.- based company majority owned by Philex Mining Corp. (PX)

"We are very concerned about these markers being placed in waters and areas, features that are clearly ours," Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert F. del Rosario told reporters in Canberra yesterday, where he met with Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd. "What's ours is ours. We are free to do with that as we please."

Chinese ships have rammed survey vessels operated by PetroVietnam twice in the past month, according to Vietnam's foreign ministry, with one incident occurring in an area where Calgary-based Talisman Energy planned a seismic program this year. China has disputed that version of events, saying it's committed to maintaining peace in the seas.

Beefing Up Forces
China will beef up its maritime surveillance force, increasing the number of personnel from 9,000 to 15,000 by 2020, the China Daily reported today, citing an unidentified official with the China Maritime Surveillance Force. The number of surveillance vessels being operated by the CMS will increase from 260 to 350 by 2015, the report said.

China has bolstered its forces over the past decade, procuring nuclear-powered submarines and developing an aircraft carrier, according to a U.S. Defense Department report in August. Its missile patrol craft, destroyers and frigates in the South Sea fleet "could alter regional balances," the report said.


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may pantapat na tayo.. nga lang matanda pa sa lola ko.. hahaha...
pero wag ka... binili pa natin yan sa mga kano.. hehehe..

[judE_Law]

Are you guys not worried that our Country and China will go into war because of Spratly Islands and other issues?
Vietnam has a similar territorial issue with China and might join the Philippines if a dispute boils over. But indications are that the U.S. is closely watching the events unfold because it feels China is extending its reach way outside its territory.
Oh well... i honestly think our government cannot really defend the Spratly's because of lack of military resources.
China can walk right in and all we can do is file a diplomatic protest. An all out war is impossible for Us to call.
Maybe if the US military had not kicked out of Subic and Clark, China would not have dared to invade the spratly's.
But that's another issue... 

[Hitad]

Nawala yata yung mga kano sa Clark dahil naramdaman ng US na sinusugod lang sila ng mga Pok Pok saOlongapo. hahaha joke lang.

[judE_Law]

Palace welcomes McCain statement on Spratlys row

MALACAÑANG on Wednesday welcomed the support of United States Senator John McCain in addressing the worsening dispute in the West Philippine Sea or South China Sea.



"Any call for stability, any call for peace, any call for a peaceful resolution on the West Philippine Sea is something that we would appreciate," Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said.

McCain, who is a ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has urged the United States to expand military and political support to Southeast Asian nations to stand up against China in relation to the volatile situation in the West Philippine Sea.

"We don't know what audience Senator John McCain is addressing but it's similar to the call of the Asean, calling for a peaceful resolution to the conflict in the West Philippine Sea, and that's certainly something that we appreciate," Lacierda said.

President Benigno Aquino III reiterated call for all claimants to the Spratly group of islands to adhere to the international law.

"We believe our basis for claim is well founded," Aquino said in an interview during his visit in flood-ravaged Cotabato City. (Jill Beltran/Sunnex)



http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2011/06/22/palace-welcomes-mccain-statement-spratlys-row-162572

[pinoybrusko]

matagal na yang spratlys issue na iyan pero iba ang pumapasok sa isipan ko, hinde kaya nagpaparamdam ang US para bumalik sila at magkaroon ulit ng US bases dito?

kunwari to protect us from invaders 

Hinde naman hahayaan ng Pinas na magkaroon ng giyera with China kasi hinde naman sila tanga para hinde malaman na wala tayong laban sa kanila. Otherwise, pag natuloy, eh tanga pala sila hehehe 

[Peps]

at least naman ang US kapag pinaalis mo eh umaalis talaga unlike china pag sinabihan mong wag papasok sa teritoryo natin wala silang pakialam nananakot at nambubully pa.

[judE_Law]

at least naman ang US kapag pinaalis mo eh umaalis talaga unlike china pag sinabihan mong wag papasok sa teritoryo natin wala silang pakialam nananakot at nambubully pa.

korekek!
kung ganyan katindi ang sitwasyon ngayon sa west philippine sea... mas nanaisin ko pang ibalik mga base ng kano.. at least magdadalawang isip ang china sa pagpapakita nila ng pwersa.

[pinoybrusko]

kahit naman walang US bases dito, alam ng China maraming countries ang kakampi sa atin

hinde guarantee iyon na pag may US bases dito eh safe na tayo from attacks ng China

[judE_Law]

kahit naman walang US bases dito, alam ng China maraming countries ang kakampi sa atin

hinde guarantee iyon na pag may US bases dito eh safe na tayo from attacks ng China

hmmm.. kelan ba ulit uminit ang usapin tungkol sa Spratlys.. di ba nung napaalis na mga kano sa Pinas? dun na rin sunod-sunod ang ginawang hakbang ng China para unti-unting kamkamin yung lugar natin kasi alam nila walang magre-react satin...
i think nagda-dalawang isip ang China.. hindi yata ganun kadaling kalabanin ang isang bansa na kakampi ng amerika.. kaya tignan mo.. gusto nila, wag makialam ang US.

[Hitad]

Parehas lang ang US at China na may interes sa Spratlys. Although mas discreet ang US. My POV.

[judE_Law]

Parehas lang ang US at China na may interes sa Spratlys. Although mas discreet ang US. My POV.

yra right..
pero san pa ba tayo lulugar? dun sa sasakupin tayo ng ganun-ganun na lang o yung dun sa pwede tayong protektahan?