• Manila-Beijing resuming WPS exploration talks 

  Garner, Jom (Daily Tribune, March 31, 2023, on page A6)

  The Philippines and China will resume negotiations on a possible joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo has said. Manalo confirmed there have been efforts by his ...

• PCG inflatables confront China's missile corvette 

  Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, March 31, 2023, on page A1-A6)

  Now it can be told, and only because the Philippine Coast Guard has been allowed to lift the veil of secrecy cloaking its operations in the West Philippine Sea. The PCG yesterday revealed that it had deployed from the BRP ...

• Legal office tapped to process oil spill claims 

  Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, March 24, 2023, on page A2)

  Oriental Mindoro Governor Humerlito “Bonz” Dolor on Thursday said the filing of “compensation claims” over the ill effects of the oil spill from the San Miguel Corporation-chartered MT Princess Empress will start on Monday. ...

• Batangas sea mishap claims 2 

  Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page B15)

  Two crew of a water taxi died after the watercraft they were maneuvering figured a collision with a passenger vessel in the vicinity waters off Verde Island, Batangas, on Wednesday afternoon. Reports from the Philippine ...

• P50 bangus per kilo possible, says BFAR 

  Angeles, Vivienne (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A7)

  The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources is confident that bangus prices can plunge to as much as P50 per kilo if good domestic production is maintained, and to ensure a stable local harvest, the government needs to ...

• China’s claim over Bajo has no basis — Año 

  Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A6)

  National Security Adviser Eduardo Año has emphasized that China’s persistent claims over the waters of Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) have “no legal basis.” “China’s repeated claims of sovereignty over Bajo de Masinloc ...

• Phl vessels patrolling WPS 'sufficient' 

  Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A3)

  A military official said the Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard have a “sufficient number of vessels” patrolling within the country’s exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. “We have a sufficient number ...

• Bilateral Code on SCS signed with Vietnam 

  Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A1-A6)

  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said there has been significant progress in establishing a bilateral Code of conduct between the Philippines and Vietnam concerning the South China Sea. In his recent interview with the ...

• 'WPS rift beyond superpower rivalry' 

  Oliquino, Edjen (Daily Tribune, February 4, 2024, on page A1-A2)

  Indo-Pacific nations must stay the course on peace despite rising militarization and instances of aggression in the region, including in the West Philippine Sea, or WPS, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said during ...

• Palawan gov't distributes 'payao' to 138 fishermen 

  Formoso, Celeste Anna (Daily Tribune, February 4, 2024, on page B16)

  A total of 138 members from various fisherfolk associations in Palawan are benefitting from the fish aggregating device project distributed in the last quarter of the previous year, the provincial government reported. ...

• Summit addresses waste, sanitation challenges at LGU level 

  Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, February 4, 2024, on page A3)

  The Department of Environment and Natural Resources reported over the weekend that more than 350 local government officials and stakeholders in waste management and water security from across the country vowed to provide ...

• Indian navy rescues 19 crew of fishing vessel 

  Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Daily Tribune, February 4, 2024, on page B14)

  India’s navy has rescued 19 crew members aboard a fishing vessel hijacked off Somalia, the third such operation this week after a spate of attacks on shipping in the region. A distress call from the Iranian-flagged FV Omari ...

• Valor in the WPS 

  (The Philippine Star, April 9, 2024, on page 6)

  The country marks Araw ng Kagitingan or Day of Valor today in the shadow of continuing Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea. The special day is meant to honor all those who fought foreign colonizers and invaders, ...

• Expect more joint patrols in South China Sea–US nat’l security adviser 

  Corrales, Nestor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 11, 2024, on page A2-A3)

  The Philippines, United States, Japan and Australia will conduct more military patrols in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) after their first-ever joint maritime drills involving warships from the four nations in ...

• More Chinese warships, maritime militia in WPS 

  Corrales, Nestor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 31, 2024, on page A1-A4)

  The Philippine Navy has spotted about 15 to 25 warships near Panganiban (Mischief) Reef, some 37 kilometers southeast of Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal where a grounded World War II-era warship serves as a Philippine outpost. ...

• Expert: China has placed 50 ships ahead of PH mission 

  Corrales, Nestor (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 26, 2024, on page A2-A3)

  China has deployed at least 50 maritime militia ships at Panganiban (Mischief) Reef ahead of another mission to resupply Filipino troops on a decrepit World War II-era ship serving as the Philippines’ outpost at the nearby ...

• DOST alarmed by microplastics found in bangus 

  de Villa, Kathleen (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 31, 2024, on page A6)

  About 60 percent of particles pulled out from bangus (milkfish) samples in Butuan City and Nasipit in Agusan del Norte province were confirmed to have concentrations of microplastics — an alarming discovery that should ...

• Cebu town reclamation hits another snag 

  Mayol, Ador Vincent (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 5, 2022, on page A10)

  The 235.8-hectare reclamation project in Consolacion town, Cebu, has hit another snag. The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) returned the municipality ...

• Parola 'plastic pollution' 

  (Panay News, November 4, 2021, on page 9)

  Paging the officials and personnel of the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 9DENR) based in Iloilo City. Palihog pagtamwa man kamo sa into opisina and check the Parola wharf, specifically ...

• One Meralco Foundation commits to a greener future by planting 125,000 mangroves in Del Carmen, Siargao in observance of World Wetlands Day 

  (Daily Tribune, February 3, 2024, on page B12)

  Siargao is known for as the surfing capital of the Philippines, but did you know that it is also home to one of the Philippines’ largest contiguous mangrove forests that boast a rich diversity of flora and fauna that can ...

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