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Tubbataha Group tells Us Embassy: Pay for coral damages
In its continuing quest to seek settlement for damages caused on more than 2,000 square meters of corals in the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park by the USS Guardian, Tubbataha Management Office(TMO) top executive Angelique ...
- January 9, 2014
Program for poor fishermen pushed
At 39.2 percent, the country’s fishery sector exhibited the highest poverty incidence in 2012, based on the National Statistics Coordinating Board 2014 update on poverty.
To address this, Senator Cynthia A. Villar called ...
- February 20, 2015
Diplomatic protest vs China eyes — Cayetano
Manila is ready to take “diplomatic action” against Beijing if reports of Chinese military planes in Panganiban Reef are confirmed, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Cayetano said. Panganiban Reef, also known as Mischief Reef, ...
- April 19, 2018
Gordon wants strong PH capability in sea dispute
Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday noted that unless the Philippines showed readiness to help itself by investing in building up a credible defense capability, nobody will help it in connection with the South China Sea ...
- July 4, 2018
2 former PH officials sue China leader before ICC
Former government officials accused Chinese President Xi Jingping of crimes against humanity for his actions in the South China Sea, bringing their complaint to the International Criminal Court on March 15, just two days ...
- March 22, 2019
The Manila Bay challenge
Cleaning up Manila Bay cannot be done overnight but it is one government task that should be pursued vigorously to prevent the body of water from becoming a permanent dump. The filth deposited underneath Manila Bay has ...
- February 1, 2019
Palace on Du30 joke: PH not giving away territory
The government will not give away a single inch of Philippine territory to China, and should not seriously take President Rodrigo Duterte’s joke to make the country a province of China, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque ...
- February 21, 2018
Oil spill whodunit
After initially claiming that a tanker caused the oil spill in Manila Bay, the authorities said on Saturday they are no longer sure the tanker was responsible for leaking 500,000 liters of diesel fuel in the busiest waterway ...
- August 11, 2013
China's failure on marine environment
One major issue raised by the Philippine government panel before the Permanent Court of Arbitration arbitral tribunal on the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea dispute was China’s failure to live up to its obligations to ...
- August 9, 2018
Saub-Sarangani watershed rehab project rolls out
The provincial government of Sarangani recently rolled out a multi-million peso rehabilitation project of the 7.9-hectare Saub watershed ecosystem in Maitum town. Dubbed as Watershed Ecosystem Rehabilitation and Flood Risk ...
- February 28, 2019