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Boracay placed under state of calamity
President Duterte yesterday placed all three barangays in Boracay Island under a under a state of calamity and said the closure of the island-resort, which started yesterday, will be up to October 25 this year. The declaration ...
- April 27, 2018
Boracay full rehab complete by Dec. 2019
The world-famous Boracay Island would be completely rehabilitated by December next year according to Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT). Addressing senators during the agency's budget ...
- September 14, 2018
Spurning Paris accord risks South China Sea support: De Lima
Sen. Leila de Lima yesterday warned that President Duterte's refusal to honor the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that the Philippines signed during the Aquino administration could turn off supporters in its territorial ...
- July 21, 2016
Boracay soft opening seen in September
Parts of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan could be reopened to tourists by first week of September, an official of Department of Interior and Local Governments official told senators yesterday. DILG Undersecretary Epimaco ...
- June 21, 2018
Benham Rise renamed PH Rise
President Duterte signed Executive Order 25 last May 16 renaming Benham Rise to Philippine Rise. The EO states that the 24-million hectare continental shelf located well within the country’s exclusive economic zone is ...
- May 23, 2017
Senate starts inquiry on PH Rise
The Senate committee on science and technology will start today its hearing on issues surrounding the Philippine Rise amid controversies on the naming of some of its features by Chinese scientists. Invited to the hearing ...
- February 26, 2018
Policy on China probed today
Senators are expected to grill Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano today, as the Senate foreign affairs and defense committees start their foreign policy audit on the Duterte Administration in relation to the ...
- August 13, 2018
China recognizes PH rights over Benham Rise
Acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo yesterday said China has sent word recognizing Philippine sovereignty over the 13-million hectare Benham Rise and it is not going to claim ownership of the undersea region ...
- March 16, 2017
Arbitration hearing on sea dispute begins
Lawyers for the Philippines, backed by a large delegation of government officials, appeared Tuesday before a panel of international judges in The Hague seeking a ruling that could bolster territorial claims by a series of ...
- November 25, 2015