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Noy on China talks: Be transparent
Former president Benigno Aquino III on Saturday urged the Duterte administration to be transparent in its talks with China on territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea. Aquino made the statement on the sidelines of ...
- July 30, 2018
US to keep confronting Beijing in SCS
The United States will continue to confront China’s militarization of man-made islands in the South China Sea, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday, arguing that Beijing hasn’t abided by its promise not to put weapons ...
- May 31, 2018
LLDA eyes shutdown of 5 more firms
The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) is investigating five firms for operating without necessary permits and violating environmental laws. LLDA general manager Jaime Medina said the five firms may be shut down after ...
- July 3, 2018
Japan proposes end to commercial whaling ban
Japan proposed an end to a decades-old ban on commercial whaling at an international conference Monday, arguing there is no longer a scientific reason for what was supposed to be a temporary measure. But the proposal faces ...
- September 12, 2018
Phl, US troops install artificial habitat reefs
Filipino and American servicemen have successfully installed 30 artificial reefs that will serve as fish sanctuaries and breeding grounds in the waters of Calatagan in Batangas, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) reported ...
- August 18, 2019
Mangroves potential lab for antibiotics
Philippine mangrove ecosystems have abundant bacteria whose bioactive compounds can be used to produce powerful antibiotics, according to research conducted by the University of the Philippines in Los Baños (UPLB) and ...
- February 9, 2017
No need to be nasty, Rody tells Chinese patrols
With the Philippines and China supposedly friends, the Chinese military does not have to be “nasty” by threatening Filipinos conducting maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea especially around the Spratlys where the ...
- August 19, 2018
Gov't to pursue reef compensation
Malacañang is committed to pursuing compensation for the damage caused by a US Navy ship that ran aground last year at Tubbataha Reef, a United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage ...
- January 5, 2014
.4-M bangus fry seized at NAIA
Customs officials at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) confiscated around 450,000 live milkfish (bangus) fry that arrived from Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia on three different airlines Saturday afternoon. ...
- March 11, 2013
ADB offers assistance to develop El Nido, Coron
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend financing solutions for the development of sustainable tourism in El Nido and Coron in Palawan province. The multilateral bank is now working with the Department of Tourism (DOT) ...
- October 24, 2019