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Writ of kalikasan hearings on WPS reset
The Supreme Court (SC) has reset oral arguments on the petition of fishermen from Palawan and Zambales to compel the government to protect disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea where Chinese fishermen have reportedly ...
- June 19, 2019
Protect the sea turtles
The photos of rows upon rows of the sea turtles on the deck of a Chinses fishing vessel captured earlier by Philippine maritime patrol authorities near the disputed Hasa-Hasa Shoal (Half Moon Shoal) in the disputed West ...
- May 23, 2014
Palace welcomes growing support for maritime case vs China
Malacañang yesterday welcomed the pronouncements of four US senators supporting the Philippines’ maritime case against China. Senators John McCain (Arizona), Jack Reed (Rhode Island), Bob Corker (Tennessee) and Ben Cardin ...
- July 20, 2015
Renaming Benham Rise to 'Philippine Rise' eyed
The government said Saturday it was studying the possibility of renaming Benham Rise to "Philippine Rise," to strengthen the country's rights over the resource-rich undersea plateau. Manila's move came after Chinese survey ...
- April 4, 2017
Oral argument for writ of kalikasan
The Supreme Court has moved the oral argument for the April 16 petition for writ of kalikasan filed by fisherfolk in Palawan and Zambales and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) seeking to enjoin the government to ...
- June 19, 2019
Lorenzana pushes for ASEAN template in managing South China Sea dispute
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is pushing for an ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asia Nations) template of managing territorial dispute in the wake of overlapping maritime claims in the vast South China Sea, the ...
- June 9, 2019
'A little accident': Duterte on boat sinking
Speaking for the first time on the June 9 sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel, President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday described the incident as a “little maritime accident,” and reiterated anew that the ...
- June 18, 2019
Resist China's aggression
There is no end to China’s aggressive behavior toward this friendly nation. The Jiageng, said to be one of China’s top research ships, spent a week within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, according to Ryan Martinson, ...
- September 23, 2020
Rody to 'ignore' SCS ruling for 60-40 deal with China
The Duterte administration will ignore the 2016 international arbitral court ruling favoring the Philippine position on the South China Sea to ensure “economic activity” in the country’s exclusive economic zone, including ...
- September 12, 2019
Robredo wants Chinese crew turned over to PH
Vice President Leni Robredo pressed the administration to demand from the Chinese government the turnover of the crew that manned the fishing vessel that rammed the Filipino fishermen's boat F/B Gem-Ver last June 9. She ...
- June 17, 2019