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Fish catch down 70%; destruction of corals blamed
Fish catch in the West Philippine Sea has gone down by 70 percent since 2020, and further decline is expected amid reports of massive poaching of corals by the Chinese, a militant fishers’ group warned yesterday. Pambansang ...
- September 19, 2023
China sets up floating barrier in Panatag Shoal
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) yesterday condemned the China Coast Guard (CCG)’s recent installation of a floating barrier in the southeast area of Panatag Shoal. ...
- September 25, 2023
Locsin to China: Get the f**k out of Phl waters
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. yesterday told China to “get the f*** out” of Philippine waters as he filed two more diplomatic protests over the “incessant, illegal” presence of its fishing boats in the West ...
- May 4, 2021
'Phl should engage in joint patrols in WPS'
The Philippines should engage in joint patrols to protect its right to explore and utilize energy resources in the West Philippine Sea, former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario said yesterday. “The dwindling ...
- March 27, 2023
DFA chief raises boat sinking at UN: ‘Abandoning people in distress is a felony’
The Philippines has brought to the attention of the United Nations the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat after it was hit by a Chinese vessel, with the distressed fishermen abandoned in the water for hours on June 9 near ...
- June 19, 2019
DFA slams 'blatant lie' on WPS patrols
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano yesterday lashed out at Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano for claiming President Duterte had ordered the military to cease patrols in the West Philippine Sea. Cayetano said ...
- June 11, 2018
Navy: Chinese militia vessels shouldn’t be within Phl EEZ
Thirty Chinese maritime militia vessels have been spotted in the vicinity of Rozul Reef off Palawan, while Vietnam has reportedly scaled up its dredging activities in the Kalayaan Island Group, the Philippine Navy said ...
- June 11, 2024