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Gov't earmarks P.5 B for Phl Rise this year
The government has allocated half a billion pesos this year for various coastal and marine research programs, including those for the Philippine Rise (Benham Rise), Sen. Loren Legarda has said. Legarda, chair of the Senate ...
- February 22, 2018
'Phl must take lead in WPS; US will support it'
The Philippines should take the lead in protecting its territorial waters from China, with the United States only extending some support especially through joint patrols, Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez said ...
- April 27, 2021
Phl turns heat on China over boats in WPS
The Philippines filed another diplomatic protest against Beijing – its second in two weeks – over the continued swarming of Chinese ships around Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef, and vowed to file more “for every day of delay” ...
- April 6, 2021
US: China finishing 'missile' structures on reefs
China, in an early test of U.S. President Donald Trump, has nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, ...
- February 23, 2017
Talks with China over sea row urged
The Philippines should engage China in bilateral talks in its efforts to maintain peace and order at the disputed West Philippine Sea, Sen. Francis Escudero said yesterday. Escudero supports the government’s move to bring ...
- May 26, 2015
Nene: China decision on shoal an act of ownership
The Chinese decision to let Filipino fishermen back in Panatag Shoal is “an act of ownership,” former senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said yesterday. “Giving permission is an act of ownership, it should not stop our claim ...
- November 2, 2016
Duterte bent on raising SCS ruling with Xi
China’s refusal to recognize the arbitral ruling on the South China Sea would not deter President Duterte from invoking the landmark decision during his visit to China this month, Malacañang said yesterday. The 2016 ...
- August 12, 2019
Opposition slams stand on SCS, death penalty
Members of the opposition slammed yesterday President Duterte’s call to revive the death penalty and his statement that he was “inutile” and “cannot do anything” in the face of China’s aggression in the South China Sea, ...
- July 28, 2020
House OKs 3 bills protecting Phl territorial waters
The House of Representatives has passed three measures aimed at protecting the country's territorial waters and marine resources, Feliciano Belmonte Jr. announced before the chamber adjourned on Wednesday. Approved were ...
- June 13, 2015
70% of Pinoys want Phl to assert WPS rights
Seven in 10 Filipinos believe the government should assert its rights over islands in the West Philippine Sea, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed yesterday. To the statement, “The Philippine ...
- July 15, 2020