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SC urged to cite DENR in contempt over sand dumping
The Supreme Court has been asked to cite the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in contempt for allegedly dumping dolomite sand on Manila Bay, a move complainants said was a direct violation of the high court’s ...
- September 25, 2020
CG reports no survivors found in sea collision
Coast Guard authorities have seen no signs of life in the search for 14 people who went missing during a collision last weekend between a fishing boat and a Hong Kong cargo vessel off Occidental Mindoro south of Manila. ...
- July 1, 2020
US warship tests ‘freedom’ at sea
A US Navy guided-missile destroyer sailed through waters near the Paracel islands in the South China Sea, challenging China’s claim to the area, the Navy has said. The USS Barry undertook the so-called “freedom of navigation ...
- May 1, 2020
Malaysia zaps PH Sabah claim in note verbale
Malaysia, a co-member of the Philippines in the largely economic group Association of Southeast Asian Nations, has once more nixed the Philippine claim to Sabah and dismissed Manila’s “excessive maritime claims” in the ...
- August 30, 2020
Carpio: No to war, but assert rights on SCS
The Philippines can still assert its sovereign rights over its territories in the South China Sea without going to war, retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Tuesday. "Vietnam, Malaysia and ...
- July 29, 2020
Duterte lauded for sea stand: Allies, critics call it a victory for invoking PH arbitral award before UN
Critics and allies alike of President Rodrigo Duterte praised him Wednesday for invoking before the United Nations General Assembly a 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that struck down China’s excessive ...
- September 24, 2020
Del Rosario repeats SCS plea
Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario on Tuesday reiterated his call on President Rodrigo Duterte to bring up for enforcement before the United Nations the Philippines’ 2016 arbitral victory against China ...
- September 23, 2020
Search for missing ship crew continues
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Monday said Japan was expected to conduct an aerial search operation for the 40 missing crewmen from the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand of the sunken Panamanian cargo vessel. ...
- September 8, 2020
‘Protest new Sino claims in WPS‘
A retired Supreme Court justice and a former diplomat have urged the government to lodge a diplomatic protest against China for establishing two districts in Hainan province. Former Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio ...
- April 21, 2020
SC committee to monitor Bay rehab
The Supreme Court has reconstituted the Manila Bay Advisory Committee, which is tasked to monitor the implementation of its 2008 decision that directed concerned government agencies, including those in law enforcement, to ...
- January 24, 2020