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Barter system emerging in disputed shoal
A barter system is slowly emerging in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, with Filipino fishermen exchanging their catch for food from their Chinese counterparts. A military official privy to the ongoing maritime and territorial ...
- March 29, 2018
Fisheries production drops in Q1
Fisheries production in the country fell 3.03 percent in the first quarter due to lower output in all sub-sectors. Based on latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, commercial fisheries output declined three ...
- May 13, 2018
Jinggoy says he gave away bangus, not cash
Former senator Jinggoy Estrada denied yesterday the accusation by San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora that he distributed money to the city residents, saying he gave away bangus or milkfish. “We have been giving away free bangus ...
- May 5, 2020
Palace: Hague ruling not shelved but unenforceable
The Duterte administration never shelved the arbitral ruling on the South China Sea (SCS), Malacañang said yesterday, after the Philippines’ former top diplomat urged the government to “unshelve” the landmark decision that ...
- April 15, 2019
Fisheries production improves in H1
Fisheries production in the country improved by three percent in the first semester amid better output in the commercial and aquaculture sectors. Latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that total volume ...
- August 16, 2020
'pinoy pilots ready to die for WPS'
Filipino pilots are ready to die asserting the country’s sovereignty, Malacañang said yesterday after a Philippine plane flying near a Chinese-built artificial island in the West Philippine Sea defied warnings from the ...
- August 14, 2018
Government vows stronger crackdown on illegal fishing
Several government agencies have committed to take serious steps against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The Philippine committee (PhilCom) comprised of the Office of the President, the departments of agriculture, ...
- December 23, 2018
Phl tops participation in international coastal cleanups
The Philippines ranks first among the top 25 countries that participated in International Coastal Cleanup activities around the globe, according to the ocean Conservancy 2018 Report. Over 200,000 volunteers from the country ...
- September 27, 2018
No militarization in disputed sea - China
China is not militarizing the South China Sea, Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday, although he acknowledged that defense equipment on islands in the disputed waterway had been placed there to maintain “freedom of navigation”. ...
- March 25, 2017
Aussie-Phl group to drill for oil in disputed waters
Amid an increasingly tense territorial dispute between the Philippines and China, an Australian-Filipino consortium is set to drill a new deepwater exploratory well in the resource-rich West Philippine Sea, hoping to tap ...
- July 20, 2015