Browsing by Subject "Exploitation"

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    • 2 warships deployed in Benham dock at Poro Point 

      Elias, Jun; Romero, Paolo; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, April 1, 2017, on page 3)
      Two of the Philippine Navy warships deployed to Benham Rise have docked at the Poro Point seaport here to get logistical support. The BRP Ramon Alcaraz and BRP Sultan Kudarat arrived early Thursday and are expected to go ...

    • 5 key facts on Benham Rise 

      (The Daily Guardian, February 6, 2018, on page 5)
      Around a year ago, the obscure Benham Rise was catapulted to the center of national discourse, when Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed the suspicious presence of Chinese vessels within our Exclusive Economic Zone ...

    • Alexandra Costeau: 'the choices we make impact our oceans' 

      (Manila Bulletin, September 8, 2016, on page B-8)
      For four years now, Alexandra serves as an Oceana senior advisor and shares the same vision of saving the world through the oceans. Being a filmmaker, she used documentaries to show the people how the world can be saved. ...

    • Amended fisheries law to curb illegal foreign vessels 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, October 1, 2015, on page 2)
      The amended fisheries code also seeks to protect the Philippines' marine territory from illegal fishing activities of foreign vessels. Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano said, "the law is for our own good as we ...

    • Baliao lauds Japan’s 50 years of support for SEAFDEC/AQD 

      PN (Panay News, October 22, 2018, on page B3)
      The financial support of the Government of Japan to SEAFDEC /AQD (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/ Aquaculture Department) for the last 45 years is very rewarding and gratifying. This was the gist of the message ...

    • Ban on Benham in force: Rody lets China explorers in, bars other aliens 

      (Manila Standard, February 7, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has banned all foreign scientific exploration on a vast undersea plateau claimed by Manila, his spokesman said Tuesday, now that China has completed its research there. Authorities announced three ...

    • Benham on the rise 

      Robles, Jojo (Manila Standard, March 15, 2017, on page A4-A5)
      Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio explained that the Philippines enjoys sovereign rights but does not have sovereignty over the plateau, which is believed to hold huge amounts of minerals and oil, apart ...

    • Benham Rise 

      De Guzman, Sara Soliven (The Philippine Star, February 12, 2018, on page 14)
      Benham Rise is not subject to any maritime boundary dispute unlike the Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea. People and governments have started to look into this undersea region because of the possible mineral and ...

    • Benham Rise: Nurturing our God-given blessings 

      Ramos, Fidel V. (Manila Bulletin, April 2, 2017, on page 11)
      There should be no problem for the Philippines over Benham Rise because (1) the Philippines is the sole claimant; and (2) the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) ruled in 2012 that Benham Rise is ...

    • Benham Rise: what is at stake? 

      Heydarian, Richard Javad (Manila Bulletin, March 20, 2017, on page 12)
      In a matter of days, the Benham Rise has become a new flashpoint, threatening to undermine increasing warm, if not cordial, bilateral relations between Manila and Beijing. Home to precious mineral resources, which are ...

    • BFAR Administrative, Circular No. 248, Series of 2013, Subject: Size regulation for sea cucumber collection and trade 

      Department of Agriculture (DA) (The Philippine Star, December 4, 2013, on page B-13)
      Whereas, the alarming rate of the sea cucumber exploitation for the meat trade, the recent discovery of their potential medical and pharmaceutical applications and the recognition of their ecological importance became ...

    • Cayetano Defends Granting China Research Access to Benham Rise 

      Pazzibugan, Dona Z. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 14, 2018, on page A6)
      Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano has defended the Duterte administration’s move allowing China to conduct marine research in Benham Rise off eastern Luzon, indicating that the grant of permission did not break any ...

    • China backs joint energy dev't with Philippines in disputed sea 

      Mogato, Manuel (Manila Bulletin, July 27, 2017, on page B-3)
      China’s foreign minister on Tuesday said he supported the idea of joint energy ventures with the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, warning that unilateral action could cause problems and damage both sides. Wang ...

    • ‘China may have collected samples from Benham Rise’ 

      Pilapil, Jaime R. (The Manila Times, April 4, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      Philippine Ambassador to China Chito Santa Romana on Monday bared that a Chinese survey ship may have collected maritime samples at Benham Rise. The DFA then asked the Chinese Embassy in Manila to explain the presence of ...

    • China respects PH rights: Survey mulled on Benham Rise to check on resources – Lorenzana 

      Mabasa, Roy; Wakefield, Francis; Rosario, Ben R.; Aben, Elena L. (Manila Bulletin, March 16, 2017, on page 1-9)
      China said it fully respects the Philippines’ rights over the continental shelf in the Benham Rise located northeast of Luzon and vowed not to challenge those rights. This statement was issued after the Philippines sought ...

    • China warns vs cradle of war 

      Fabunan, Sara Susanne; Solmerin, Florante (Manila Standard, July 14, 2016, on page A1-A2)
      China warned its rivals Wednesday against turning the South China Sea into a "cradle of war" and threatened to establish an air defense zone there, after its claims to the strategically vital waters were declared invalid. ...

    • China’s aggression amid global crisis 

      Manhit, Dindo (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 12, 2020, on page A13)
      The world continues to struggle with how to contain the transmission and mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 416,000 people worldwide are reported to have died from COVID-19, and more than 7.3 million ...

    • Chinese 'research' in Benham Rise slammed 

      (The Philippine Star, January 15, 2018, on page 2-3)
      China is again exploiting the goodwill of the Philippine government to conduct studies in Philippine seas to discover more areas rich in minerals and gas, a lawmaker warned yesterday. In a statement, Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos ...

    • Cleanups make Batangas coastline haven for Olive-Ridley sea turtles 

      (Malaya, January 4, 2019, on page A7)
      Olive-Ridley sea turtle nesting sites with more than 300 eggs were recently found along the Chevron Batangas Terminal coastline, where Chevron employee volunteers recently conducted their annual coastal cleanup. Four nesting ...

    • Damage from China's reclamation:$109.55M 

      Escano, E. E. (BusinessWorld, April 24, 2015, on page S1/11)
      Marine resources- including coral reef ecosystems- destroyed by China's reclamation activities in the disputed West Philippine Sea have reached $109.55 million, a national scientist of the Philippines said on Thursday. In ...