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PH backs intl pact on marine resources
The Philippines has pushed for conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in the high seas or areas beyond national jurisdiction. Manila reaffirmed its support for an international legally binding instrument ...
- April 22, 2021
'White beach' for people's mental health - Palace
Setting up a “white beach” in Manila Bay would bring peace of mind to the people, according to Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. Roque defended the plan of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to repair ...
- September 7, 2020
On the growing clamor for UN to implement arbitral ruling on PH vs China case
More and more of the world realize the importance and relevance to themselves of the 2016 Permanent Court of arbitration arbitral ruling on the case that the Philippines brought against China. The Philippines may no longer ...
- June 14, 2020
DENR probe urged on El Nido reclamation
Palawan-based Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC) urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to conduct an investigation into the alleged use and occupation of untitled lands and ancestral ...
- June 13, 2020
AFP Chief lied on new 'illegal structures' at Union Banks
Or perhaps Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana was just fed the wrong information or just ignorant of the Spratly Islands dispute, when he claimed last April 1 that the Chinese had built new illegal ...
- April 12, 2021
Honor exploration deal with China
President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated that the country must honor its commitment to conduct a joint exploration with China at the disputed Recto Bank to prevent a heated conflict between the two countries. In his weekly ...
- March 9, 2022
Suit vs China: Oligarchs' last resort to salvage their gas project in Spratlys
A disgusting penchant of the Yellows, even its oligarchs, has been to claim that their troubles are not just their own, but of others. The Lopez oligarchs claim their fight is that of ABS-CBN Corp.’s 11,000 employees and ...
- July 24, 2020
Sustainable fishing pushed in workshop
Representatives of the Philippine and US governments last week lent support to a workshop attended by 135 participants to measure and understand the negative impacts of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) in ...
- September 10, 2020
China's candidate in UN law of the sea tribunal falls short
It is significant for the Philippines’ position and diplomacy in the South China Sea (SCS) dispute that at the United Nations, Beijing’s candidate in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea received more abstentions ...
- September 14, 2020
China's fishing fleet part of Beijing's drive to become a maritime power: First word
Whenever Chinese fishing vessels land in a major fishing dispute with another country, the standard rationale of China’s foreign ministry is that its fishermen are only exercising their rights to fish in traditional fishing ...
- April 24, 2021