菲佣还在南沙搞小动作

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Oil, gas exploration near Spratlys to proceed
BY JAMES KONSTANTIN GALVEZ REPORTER

THE Philippines will continue its oil and gas exploration activities in the Palawan Sea despite rising tension with China over the disputed oil-rich Spratlys Group of Islands, the Department of Energy said.
菲将继续在巴拉望岛开闸放水油气开采活动,不管在南沙争议富油区和中国的紧张气氛
Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almedras said that service contracts for
oil and gas exploration have been awarded in the past, and have not been questioned. He however clarified that the Philippines has no exploration activities within the Spratlys.

For decades, mainland China and the Philippines, as well as Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Brunei and Vietnam have made overlapping seabed claims in the South China Sea.

Claims to the Spratly islands are especially important because if legal claims supporting a specific country’s ownership are recognized, that country’s exclusive economic zone could extend up to 200 nautical miles from the shore of each islet under its control, giving it sole jurisdiction over natural resource extraction in that area.

Key natural resources in the disputed areas include oil and gas, as well as fish. The islands also lie close to some of the world’s most vital commercial shipping lanes.

Almendras said that escalating prices of fuel have prompted claimants to “aggressively” look for indigenous sources of fuel in the disputed Spratlys Islands – a group of over 100 reefs, islets and atolls scattered over the South China Sea.

But the energy chief stressed that it is up to Malacanang and the Department of Foreign Affairs to answer questions on the territorial dispute.

The Philippine Coast Guard recently deployed three patrol ships to
protect a Philippine government oil survey vessel operating roughly 80 nautical miles off Palawan in the South China Sea that was reportedly harassed by two Chinese civil maritime patrol ships.
菲海岸警卫对最近部署了三艘巡逻船,保护最近被中国搞过的地方,离巴拉望岛80海里.
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas on Sunday protested the political and military arrogance displayed by the Chinese government in Spratlys.

But the activist group scored President Benigno Simeon Aquino 3rd for playing the US card and game plan to justify Washington’s military build up in the Southeast Asian region.
阿基诺总统现在打美国牌
Pamalakaya said the Manila government is “pathetic and illusionary” for asking the US government’s help to resolve the current tension between the Philippines and China over the Spratlys.

Earlier, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said the Palace still hopes the row would not come to the point that the Philippines will invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty with the US.

She said the terms of the MDT will allow the Aquino government to ask for military help in case a foreign invasion takes place.

Pamalakaya said Washington exploited and made use of the current political and military tension in Spratlys to compel President Aquino to shop for excess defense equipment in the US.



http://www.manilatimes.net/business/oil-gas-exploration-near-spratlys-to-proceed/


Oil, gas exploration near Spratlys to proceed
BY JAMES KONSTANTIN GALVEZ REPORTER

THE Philippines will continue its oil and gas exploration activities in the Palawan Sea despite rising tension with China over the disputed oil-rich Spratlys Group of Islands, the Department of Energy said.
菲将继续在巴拉望岛开闸放水油气开采活动,不管在南沙争议富油区和中国的紧张气氛
Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almedras said that service contracts for
oil and gas exploration have been awarded in the past, and have not been questioned. He however clarified that the Philippines has no exploration activities within the Spratlys.

For decades, mainland China and the Philippines, as well as Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Brunei and Vietnam have made overlapping seabed claims in the South China Sea.

Claims to the Spratly islands are especially important because if legal claims supporting a specific country’s ownership are recognized, that country’s exclusive economic zone could extend up to 200 nautical miles from the shore of each islet under its control, giving it sole jurisdiction over natural resource extraction in that area.

Key natural resources in the disputed areas include oil and gas, as well as fish. The islands also lie close to some of the world’s most vital commercial shipping lanes.

Almendras said that escalating prices of fuel have prompted claimants to “aggressively” look for indigenous sources of fuel in the disputed Spratlys Islands – a group of over 100 reefs, islets and atolls scattered over the South China Sea.

But the energy chief stressed that it is up to Malacanang and the Department of Foreign Affairs to answer questions on the territorial dispute.

The Philippine Coast Guard recently deployed three patrol ships to
protect a Philippine government oil survey vessel operating roughly 80 nautical miles off Palawan in the South China Sea that was reportedly harassed by two Chinese civil maritime patrol ships.
菲海岸警卫对最近部署了三艘巡逻船,保护最近被中国搞过的地方,离巴拉望岛80海里.
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas on Sunday protested the political and military arrogance displayed by the Chinese government in Spratlys.

But the activist group scored President Benigno Simeon Aquino 3rd for playing the US card and game plan to justify Washington’s military build up in the Southeast Asian region.
阿基诺总统现在打美国牌
Pamalakaya said the Manila government is “pathetic and illusionary” for asking the US government’s help to resolve the current tension between the Philippines and China over the Spratlys.

Earlier, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said the Palace still hopes the row would not come to the point that the Philippines will invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty with the US.

She said the terms of the MDT will allow the Aquino government to ask for military help in case a foreign invasion takes place.

Pamalakaya said Washington exploited and made use of the current political and military tension in Spratlys to compel President Aquino to shop for excess defense equipment in the US.