Browsing by Author "Fernandez, Butch"

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    • China must pay ₱.8-T in WPS damage–Risa 

      Fernandez, Butch (BusinessMirror, February 19, 2021, on page A12)
      The Chinese government was asked to start paying China’s “debt” to the Philippines, pegged at over P800 billion, for “damaging the wealth and marine life stolen in the West Philippine Sea.” Laying the blame squarely on ...

    • ‘China owes us ₧33B in annual marine loss’ 

      Fernandez, Butch (BusinessMirror, June 9, 2020, on page A8-A4)
      Retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio flatly dismissed Monday China’s claims that it owns the West Philippine Sea (WPS), as well as the whole South China Sea since ancient times. This, as former Foreign Affairs Secretary ...

    • Energy fallback, WPS potential OK-Win 

      Fernandez, Butch (BusinessMirror, May 14, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy shared an upbeat outlook for the country’s back-up power supply to avert widespread brownouts when major supplier Malampaya gas field dries up. “We already have a contingency ...

    • 'Farmers, fishers must get Covid vax promptly' 

      Fernandez, Butch (BusinessMirror, December 22, 2020, on page A8)
      Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan prodded the Duterte administration on Monday to include farmers and fisherfolk in the government’s anti-Covid game plan. Pangilinan pointed out Monday that farmers and fisherfolk are “frontliners ...

    • Health, legal, economic issues bug DENR's Manila Bay 'white sand' 

      Fernandez, Butch; Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, September 8, 2020, on page A8-A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has come under increasing pressure to revisit its controversial P400-million “white-sand” project in Manila Bay, with critics citing economic, health and legal ...

    • Locsin files protest vs new China Coast Guard Law 

      Mercene, Recto; Fernandez, Butch (BusinessMirror, January 28, 2021, on page A12-A2)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday filed a diplomatic protest over China’s new law allowing its Coast Guard to fire on foreign vessels. “After reflection I fired a diplomatic protest. While enacting law ...

    • Senate tackles ban vs foreign entities abetting 'intrusion' into Philippine sea territories 

      Fernandez, Butch (BusinessMirror, September 9, 2020, on page A3)
      The Senate is set to tackle a resolution asking the Duterte administration to ban from receiving government contracts, or conducting business in the country, “foreign entities who are engaged in, or abetted activities, ...