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Most Filipinos want sea claims asserted
(The Manila Times,July 13, 2018 , on page A1-A2)A significant majority of Filipinos believe that the Duterte administration should assert Philippine sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) based on a 2016 international arbitration ruling, according ... -
New PCG ship to patrol Phl Rise
(The Philippine Star,February 24, 2018 , on page 1-6)The latest ship of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) that is expected to arrive from Japan on Thursday would immediately be sent to conduct patrols in the Philippine Rise to ensure that the country’s rich marine resources ... -
New warning issued on climate change
(Manila Bulletin,January 28, 2016 , on page B-9)According to scientists and environmentalist, the risk remains that the continued development of carbon-rich deposits around the world will harm the planet, increasing temperatures and negating all efforts at mitigating ... -
No expansion in disputed sea, China tells PH
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 17, 2017 , on page A7)China has assured the Philippines it will not occupy new features or territory in the South China Sea, under a new "status quo" brokered by Manila as both sides try to strengthen their relations, according to Defense ... -
The ocean is dying (2)
(Manila Bulletin,May 26, 2017 , on page 12)There were many factors that caused the death of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) but among them were drilling for oil and mining and the death blow was global warming. The uncontrolled use of fossil fuels such as carbon, oil, ... -
An oil boom?
(Manila Standard,October 28, 2020 , on page B1)Share prices of once-dormant listed petroleum exploration companies have doubled and even more than quadrupled in recent days, from their March 2020 lows, thanks to the so-called lifting by President Duterte of the moratorium ... -
PH can find way to make joint exploration of seas with China constitutional - Recto
(Manila Bulletin,July 29, 2017 , on page 4)Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto threw yesterday his support behind moves of Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano to find a “constitutionally-compliant win-win arrangement” between ... -
‘PH must impose presence in Benham Rise’
(Manila Bulletin,April 4, 2017 , on page 2)The Duterte administration should consider setting up floating terminals in Benham Rise as part of its strategy to assert ownership and sovereign rights over the disputed undersea region. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, ... -
PH must zealously guard its sovereign interests in Benham Rise
(The Manila Times,March 14, 2017 , on page A4)The military intelligence report that a Chinese research vessel has been seen prowling or exploring the waters of the national territory in Benham Rise off Luzon’s eastern coast is alarming and disturbing. Beijing has ... -
PH wary of China ships on Benham
(Manila Standard,March 10, 2017 , on page A1-A2)Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday said he has ordered the Navy to send a ship to Benham Rise, an underwater landmass 250 kilometers east of Luzon, to drive away Chinese survey vessels that have been spotted ... -
'PH would one day even than China'
(Manila Standard,February 9, 2018 , on page A2)Amid growing international concern over rising tension in the South China Sea, a Malacañang official said Thursday the Philippines would one day "thank" China for building artificial islands in the resource-rich waters. ... -
PH-China oil, gas exploration deal off to good start - Recto
(Manila Bulletin,November 25, 2018 , on page 1-8)Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto said yesterday the Philippines-China oil and gas exploration deal is off to a good start. Recto anchored his positive outlook on this agreement on a joint statement of Acting ... -
Phl, US troops storm 'enemy' in Zambales military exercises
(The Philippine Star,May 10, 2018 , on page 5)Some 340 Filipino and American troops stormed and neutralized “enemy” positions along the coastline of San Antonio, Zambales yesterday. This was among the highlights of the Balikatan joint military exercises between the ... -
Plan to protect Benham Rise urged
(Manila Bulletin,March 13, 2017 , on page 4)Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is calling on the Duterte administration to come up with a comprehensive strategy to protect Benham Rise from foreign incursion. Recto was reacting to reports of a Chinese survey ... -
Recto Bank the only replacement to Malampaya
(DailyGuardian,July 1, 2019 , on page 5)Recto Bank (formerly known as Reed Bank) is a large table mount (a flat-topped mountain range under the sea sometimes also called seamounts or guyots) in the South China Sea covering an area of 8,866 square kilometers (sq. ... -
resumption of west PH Sea oil, gas explorations pushed
(Manila Bulletin,November 21, 2016 , on page 3)A member of Congress has urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to reactivate the oil and gas exploration ventures in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) which were temporarily suspended in 2015 due to the country’s territorial ... -
Salim (aka MVP) Razon, Ongpin's project behind Aquino's discord with China: Part 1: Has Carpio been their lawyer?
(The Manila Times,May 10, 2021 , on page A1-A5)Concealed by the flag-waving histrionics of Antonio Carpio and Albert del Rosario is a classic case of oligarchic rule. What triggered the Aquino 3rd regime’s conflict with the Chinese that led to the unprecedented Philippine ... -
Sea level rise accelerating
(Manila Bulletin,February 15, 2018 , on page B8)Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows. At the current rate, the world's oceans on average will be at least 2 feet (61 centimeters) ... -
Speaker favors joint sea exploration: China interest in WPS gains key support in PH Congress
(Manila Bulletin,January 4, 2017 , on page 1-4)Speaker Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez threw yesterday his full support to the Philippine government’s efforts to seriously study its possible joint partnership with China in the exploration of natural resources in the West ... -
US president visits with huge oil slick threatening disaster
(BusinessWorld,May 3, 2010 , on page S1/8)A giant oil slick closed in on the fragile Louisiana coast on Sunday after attempts to stop it faltered, threatening an environmental and economic disaster as President Barack Obama arrives to visit. With Mr. Obama expected ...