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Security Council Debate: PH takes on China at UN
The Philippines has criticized the massive reclamation being conducted by China on contested islands and waters in the South China Sea, during a United Nations Security Council open debate that was initiated by China. ...
- March 4, 2015
Beijing permanently stations rescue ship in spartlys
China is stationing a search and rescue ship on its man-made island on Philippine-claimed Zamora Reef in the Spratly archipelago, in a “gray zone tactic” to assert its ownership of the disputed feature in the South China ...
- August 3, 2018
Year after arbitration: Options and directions
Today marks the first anniversary of the arbitral tribunal’s award on the case that the Philippines filed against China. This anniversary presents an opportunity for us to look closely at our country’s direction. Together, ...
- July 12, 2017
Lorenzana: Navy setting protocol on entry of foreign vessels
The Navy is preparing a set of protocols to govern foreign vessels that intrude into Philippine waters without permission, including Chinese warships whose repeated unannounced presence has been an “irritant,” Defense ...
- August 28, 2019
Du30 to China: We're pals but don't touch Pag-asa
President Duterte has told China not to “touch” Pag-asa Island, the largest in the Kalayaan Island Group occupied by Filipinos, otherwise he would send Philippine troops on a “suicide mission” in response. The President, ...
- April 6, 2019
WWF hails Ilocos fisher as ‘environment hero’
For saving a dolphin trapped in a fishing net, a 63-year-old fisherman from Ilocos Norte has been named the latest “Hero of the Environment” by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)-Philippines. Francisco Vergara, who ...
- August 3, 2013
Batanes as next agri tourism spot pushed
With the appointment of agriculture undersecretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat as the next tourism chief, the prospect of Batanes becoming a popular agro-tourism spot has become “brighter,” according to Agriculture Secretary ...
- May 15, 2018
China warns US on sea patrols in disputed sea
Chinese media on Thursday slammed the United States for "ceaseless provocations" in the South China Sea and said China's military should be "ready to launch countermeasures." In a rebuff to China on Tuesday, US Defense ...
- October 16, 2015
Chapter 3: Through the tunnel of trees
"The wood of mangroves are used for all sorts of things," Fredo continued, ignoring him, "from boats to electric posts to wooden handles. They can be turned to paper or charcoal. Not to mention that alligators, crabs, ...
- October 7, 2014
TV cartoons urge children to save seas
Coral reefs may be dying off at an alarming rate and pollution and overfishing emptying the seas . But fear not. Help is at hand in the form of a new wave of cartoon superheroes determined to save the oceans.Muppets creators ...
- November 7, 2016