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‘We’ll insist on what is ours’
The sovereign claims of the Philippines in the South China Sea are not up for bargain with China.Duterte noted the Constitution does not allow him to give up any of the Philippines’ territorial claims. He said the arbitral ...
- October 17, 2016
Rody to ask China for Scarborough fishing access
Days before leaving for a state visit to China, President Duterte yesterday said he would set aside the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal issue for now but vowed to ask the Chinese government to allow Filipinos to fish in the ...
- October 11, 2016
Pernia sees P1.96-B revenue loss in Boracay Shutdown
The Philippine economy might lose around P1.96 billion due to the closure of Boracay Island, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said yesterday. During a press briefing with the Development Budget ...
- April 25, 2018
14 Pinoys missing in Mindoro sea mishap
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday launched search and rescue operations for 14 Filipino fishermen and individuals whose boat capsized after it collided with a Hong Kong-registered vessel off Occidental Mindoro ...
- June 30, 2020
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
'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
Duterte might tell Xi: China must leave WPS
The presence of Chinese ships near Pag-asa island may be discussed during President Duterte’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month, Malacañang said yesterday, as it claimed that the Philippine leader ...
- April 16, 2019
House creates P100-M trust fund for Phl Rise research
Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Philippines shall exercise sovereign rights over its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the body of water extending up to 200 nautical miles from the ...
- February 12, 2018
Fishermen want apology from China
Fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) has urged the Chinese government to apologize for bombarding Filipino fishermen with water in Panatag Shoal last Jan. 27. In a statement, ...
- March 7, 2014