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Duterte to hear 'both sides' on Reed Bank incident
President Rodrigo Duterte wanted to have the results of Philippine and Chinese authorities’ investigations before issuing a statement on the Reed Bank incident. In his speech during the 121st anniversary of the Philippine ...
- June 19, 2019
Australia, Japan, UK air concern over Chinese vessels
Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom have expressed concern over the presence of around 220 Chinese vessels on Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea. “Japan strongly opposes any action that heightens tensions. ...
- March 25, 2021
Welcome to China
It surprises us why the sudden courage for the Philippines to officially launch a beaching ramp in Pag-asa, one of the disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea. In a gesture most ironic as we are supposed to celebrate ...
- June 12, 2020
No China reclamation in Panatag – DND
The Department of National Defense (DND) denied yesterday reports that China was conducting reclamation activities in the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in Zambales. Defense Undersecretary Eduardo del Rosario told ...
- October 18, 2016
PH fishers await typhoons for Panatag trips
President Duterte may have decided to abandon Scarborough Shoal to make friends with China, but some fishermen here have not and they have found a way to go back there without being chased away by the Chinese Coast Guard: ...
- October 13, 2016
Gov’t ban on destructive fishing methods starts
Since April 15, commercial fishing boat captain Arnel Perante and his 25-member crew have been idle in their boat docked on Pantal River here. Some of them tinkered with their fishing nets, sewing the portions that were ...
- April 29, 2014
100 city fisherfolk awarded boats, nets
A total of 100 registered Navoteño fisherfolk were awarded with 30-footer fiberglass boats and fishing nets by the City Government of Navotas. The turnover, led by Navotas Rep. John Rey Tiangco, was held in line with the ...
- June 27, 2021
Fisherman missing as boat capsizes in Negros town
A fisherman was reported missing after his pumpboat capsized in the waters off Barangay 1, Ilog, Negros Occidental late Tuesday night. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Negros Occidental launched a search and rescue operation ...
- July 9, 2020
Gov't urged to install vessel monitoring system
Oceana Philippines reiterated its call for transparency at sea to protect the lives of fishermen amid the recent sinking of a Filipino boat by a Chinese ship in the West Philippine Sea. It asked the government to adopt a ...
- June 23, 2019
Aklanons hired for agri-fishery survey
Hundreds of Aklanons were employed as enumerators and team supervisors for this year's nationwide Census of Agriculture and Fisheries by the National Statistics Office (NSO). The NSO has fielded 290 census enumerators to ...
- March 4, 2013