Browsing by Author "Cabrera, Romina"

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    • 20 LGU face sanctions over illegal fishing 

      Cabrera, Romina (The Philippine Star, May 9, 2021, on page 9)
      Twenty local government units (LGUs) may face administrative sanctions over illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in their jurisdiction. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Tongkil town in Sulu; Zamboanga City; ...

    • 220 Chinese vessels swarm Phl reef in WPS 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Romero, Alexis; Macairan, Evelyn; Cabrera, Romina; Marcelo, Elizabeth (The Philippine Star, March 22, 2021, on page 2)
      About 220 Chinese maritime militia vessels were spotted within the West Philippine Sea earlier this month, according to the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), prompting the Philippines to file a ...

    • Arbitral ruling a piece of paper to be thrown away' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Cabrera, Romina; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, May 7, 2021, on page 2)
      The arbitral decision on the South China Sea row that favored the Philippines is just a piece of paper that can be thrown in the wastebasket, President Duterte said on Wednesday, insisting that he did what he could to ...

    • Business groups to China: Remove ships from WPS 

      Desiderio, Louella; Lee-Brago, Pia; Cabrera, Romina; Romero, Alexis; Romero, Paolo; Porcalla, Delon; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, April 15, 2021, on page 1-4)
      Eight business organizations have expressed support for calls made to China to pull out its vessels from Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea. In a joint statement yesterday, business groups Philippine Chamber of ...

    • China won't budge on sea ruling-envoy 

      Cabrera, Romina; Flores, Helen; Romero, Alexis; Mendez, Christina; Laude, Jaime (The Philippine Star, August 10, 2019, on page 1-6)
      President Duterte may discuss the arbitral ruling on the South China Sea with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, but Beijing will not be swayed into accepting it, Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua said yesterday. Zhao noted ...

    • DA to develop local eel industry 

      Cabrera, Romina (Malaya, January 20, 2015, on page A1-A4)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) and local players are eyeing to develop a more competitive eel industry in the country. The development of the eel industry comes as the Japan and South Korea markets are substituting ...

    • DENR firm on Boracay sewage treatment plants 

      Cabrera, Romina; Simeon, Maureen Louise (The Philippine Star, August 28, 2018, on page 13)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu is standing pat on his decision to require establishments in Boracay to put up sewage treatment plants (STPs). “The President’s order has always been to give premium to the environment ...

    • DENR: All systems go for Manila Bay rehab 

      Marcelo, Elizabeth; Elias, Jun; Cabrera, Romina (The Philippine Star, January 27, 2019, on page 8)
      It’s all systems go for the start of the rehabilitation of the Manila Bay today, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said yesterday. The launch of the project dubbed “Battle for Manila Bay” is ...

    • DILG chief defends Manila Bay 'white sand' project 

      Cabrera, Romina (The Philippine Star, September 13, 2020, on page 10)
      The criticism of the Manila Bay “white sand” project is misplaced, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said yesterday. Año, who is vice chair of the Manila Bay Task Force, said ...

    • DILG: Inventory Manila Bay's informal settlers 

      Cabrera, Romina; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, February 3, 2019, on page 12)
      The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed barangays to conduct an inventory of the informal settler families (ISFs) living along Manila Bay’s shoreline and the bay’s tributaries, an official ...

    • DND chief tells Chinese vessels to leave WPS reef 

      Cabrera, Romina; Mateo, Janvic (The Philippine Star, April 4, 2021, on page 1-3)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has told China to get its vessels out of Philippine territory, calling out its ambassador in Manila to explain the continued stay of 44 vessels in Juan Felipe Reef in the West Philippine ...

    • DND: MDT can't force China out of WPS 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Cabrera, Romina; Lee-Brago, Pia; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Rivera, Danessa (The Philippine Star, April 22, 2021, on page 2)
      The Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the Philippines and the US cannot be used to drive away or force Chinese vessels out of the West Philippine Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana clarified yesterday. Lorenzana ...

    • Jinggoy says he gave away bangus, not cash 

      Clapano, Jose Rodel; Servallos, Neil Jayson; Tupas, Emmanuel; Cabrera, Romina; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, May 5, 2020, on page 6)
      Former senator Jinggoy Estrada denied yesterday the accusation by San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora that he distributed money to the city residents, saying he gave away bangus or milkfish. “We have been giving away free bangus ...

    • Jinggoy says he gave away bangus, not cash 

      Clapano, Jose Rodel; Servallos, Neil Jayson; Tupas, Emmanuel; Cabrera, Romina; Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, May 5, 2020, on page 6)
      Former senator Jinggoy Estrada denied yesterday the accusation by San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora that he distributed money to the city residents, saying he gave away bangus or milkfish. “We have been giving away free bangus ...

    • 'Lingering China vessels, boat in 2019 collision from same operator' 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Marcelo, Elizabeth; Cabrera, Romina (The Philippine Star, April 23, 2021, on page 1-5)
      The Chinese vessels swarming around Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef in the West Philippine Sea operate from the same port where the ship that rammed and sank Philippine fishing boat FB GemVer in 2019 came from, a US think ...

    • Locsin orders filing of protest over Chinese vessels in WPS 

      Lee-Brago, Pia; Felipe, Cecille Suerte; Tupas, Emmanuel; Cabrera, Romina (The Philippine Star, May 14, 2021, on page 1-4)
      With the recent sighting of at least 287 Chinese maritime militia vessels and warships in Philippine waters, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. ordered yesterday the filing of another diplomatic protest against ...

    • Lorenzana: China encroaching on Phl waters 

      Punongbayan, Michael; Cabrera, Romina; Romero, Paolo; Porcalla, Delon; Punay, Edu; Lee-Brago, Pia; Felipe, Cecille Suerte (The Philippine Star, April 29, 2021, on page 2)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana countered China’s latest claims of sovereignty over islands and features in the West Philippine Sea yesterday, emphasizing that it is the Chinese who are encroaching on Philippine waters. ...

    • MPD exec axed over Manila Bay beach crowd 

      Servallos, Neil Jayson; Cayabyab, Marc Jayson; Cabrera, Romina; Romero, Paolo (The Philippine Star, September 21, 2020, on page 1-2)
      The police station commander in charge of the Manila Bay area was sacked yesterday after crowds that gathered to see the newly opened beachfront featuring artificial white sand failed to observe social distancing amid the ...

    • No one can stop China on Panatag - Duterte 

      Mendez, Christina; Regalado, Edith; Punay, Edu; Cabrera, Romina (The Philippine Star, March 20, 2017, on page 10)
      President Duterte believes the Philippine government cannot stop China from installing a radar station in Panatag or Scarborough Shoal that has been declared a traditional common fishing ground by an arbitral tribunal, ...

    • PCG drives away 7 Chinese vessels off Palawan 

      Ramirez, Robertzon; Romero, Alexis; Flores, Helen; Punongbayan, Michael; Romero, Paolo; Cabrera, Romina (The Philippine Star, May 6, 2021, on page 2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard drove away seven Chinese maritime militia vessels during a patrol with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Sabina Shoal on April 27, PCG spokesman Commodore Armand Balilo ...