Rodante Marcoleta recently made the bold claim that we should “just give up” the Kalayaan IslandGroup, lamenting that it would be impossible to defend because it supposedly lies outside our exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Article 57 of Unclos — the provision that defines the EEZ — states ... It says only that no EEZ may go beyond that distance ... Not shown in the map is that our theoretical EEZ overlaps with the EEZs of Malaysia, Vietnam, and China.
Trolls attacked my two columns last week. “While aggressing our seas, China calls us troublemakers,” Jan. 28, and “Here’s why China is on military, propaganda offensive against Phl,” Jan. 30....
The president commended the government’s cooperation with ExxonMobil, pointing to the company’s successful drillings in the Cypriot EEZ, which in September 2025 confirmed “sizeable quantities” of natural gas in blocks Pegasus and Glaucus.
... into force in 2007) and the unilateral claim of the outer limit of the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) by Indonesia. Where is the EEZ line of Indonesia and Vietnam that has been agreed upon in 2022?.
The Kronos gas field in Block 6 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is “in the final stage of development” ahead of a potential ... For us, it will be the first development from plots in our EEZ.
He added that the recent signing of the agreement on the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between Cyprus and Lebanon was expected to give positive momentum to discussions in this direction ... ....