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                    [Title] => China seen risking naval confrontation with Spratly claimants
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China appears to be risking an open confrontation with Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan with its announcement of a plan to build air and naval bases on the reclaimed Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef, Kalayaan island town Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon Jr. said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141026/china-flag-6.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1359978 [Title] => Chinese drones fly over Phl ship in Ayungin [Summary] =>

Drones believed to be Chinese have been seen hovering above the Philippine garrison in the grounded BRP Sierra Madre on Ayungin Shoal, according to soldiers manning the isolated outpost.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140821/ayungin.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1279117 [Title] => Kalayaan mayor, residents to ignore China fishing rule [Summary] =>

The mayor of the China-claimed Kalayaan Islands off Palawan said he ignores Beijing's new rule requiring foreigners to ask permission before fishing in the South China Sea.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-15 15:45:19 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320x240q90/43/0rit.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1277576 [Title] => Last 2 minutes [Summary] =>

I think it is pretty clear that we have a lame-duck president trying his darned best to show he is in charge.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 946793 [Title] => 2 Chinese vessels spotted in Ayungin Shoal [Summary] =>

The Navy spotted two Chinese ships intruding in Philippine-owned Ayungin Shoal last Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/2451/gen66.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 943379 [Title] => Nanalong alkalde sa Kalayaan Island binulaga ng Chinese vessel [Summary] =>

Isang malaking barko na pag-aari ng China ang bumulaga sa grupo ng nagwaging alkalde ng Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) sa pinagtatalunang Spratly Islands (West Philippine Sea).

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097155 [AuthorName] => Joy Cantos [SectionName] => Police Metro [SectionUrl] => police-metro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 941905 [Title] => Kalayaan island posts fastest vote [Summary] =>

Voting on Kalayaan island in the hotly contested Spratly archipelago was over in just six hours, the fastest ever recorded in the country’s history.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img827/6290/gen6h.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 941723 [Title] => Fastest conduct of elections recorded in Spratlys town [Summary] =>

The conduct of mid-term national and local elections in Palawan’s Kalayaan island town in the hotly-contested Spratlys archipelago is over in a matter of six hours—the fastest electoral exercise ever recorded so far in the country's election history.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-13 19:10:48 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 894452 [Title] => China continues to expand naval dominance in Spratlys [Summary] =>

A Chinese amphibious warfare ship has been making its presence felt in the contested Spratly archipelago in a bid by Beijing to continuously expand naval dominance over the region, according to a local official in Kalayaan Island.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img827/6571/gen8m.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 892056 [Title] => ‘Chinese warship harassed Phl boats off Kalayaan’ [Summary] =>

A Chinese amphibious warship twice harassed a four-boat convoy of Kalayaan town while delivering food and other household supplies to the inhabitants of Pag-Asa Island last Oct. 27, according to the mayor of the island town.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img805/1180/gennew.jpg ) ) )
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