Browsing by Subject "energy resources"

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    • 2 energy exploration deals up for China signing – Cusi 

      Reuters (Manila Bulletin, November 9, 2018, on page B-7)
      The Philippines is ready with two joint oil and gas exploration agreements to be signed with China, its energy minister said on Wednesday and reiterated his position calling for the lifting of the ban on drilling works in ...

    • Benham Rise potential source of energy 

      Casayuran, Mario (Manila Bulletin, March 29, 2017, on page 5)
      The 24-million-hectare Benham Rise undersea plateau east of Luzon has potential methane hydrates that could be a possible source of energy for the Philippines. This assessment was made yesterday by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, ...

    • China's challenge to PH sovereignty 

      Simbulan, Roland G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 21, 2015, on page A16)
      For decades, our government has bowed to the impositions of foreign interests, which we have allowed to shape and dictate our policies. These have made us weak and vulnerable. And yet, we declare in our 1987 Constitution ...

    • Fight for gas exploration in West PH sea, Duterte urged 

      Antiporda, Jefferson (The Manila Times, October 17, 2016, on page A3)
      President Rodrigo Duterte should insist on the Philippines’ right to exploit the resource-rich West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) when he visits China this week, with the Malampaya field off Palawan set to run out of ...

    • Fishery deal a chance to solve sea row–Angara 

      Ubac, Michael Lim (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 12, 2014, on page A1-A14)
      Pursuing joint fishery agreements with China is a “window of opportunity” for peacefully resolving the Philippines’ dispute with its increasingly powerful neighbor over territories in the West Philippine Sea. This is part ...

    • Galapagos fights to protect islands 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, February 9, 2018, on page B3)
      With its iconic giant tortoises, crested black iguanas, huge ocean manta rays and a veritable menagerie of other cool creatures, the Galapagos Islands are one of the most beautiful places you will probably never visit. Why ...

    • Harnessing the sea for common benefit 

      Ei, Sun Oh (The Manila Times, December 6, 2017, on page A6)
      The South China Sea (as is commonly known internationally, although also variously known as West Philippine Sea in the Philippines and South Sea in China) is vital for both the world and the Asian regional economy for at ...

    • House creates P100-M trust fund for Phl Rise research 

      Romero, Alexis (The Philippine Star, February 12, 2018, on page 11)
      Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the Philippines shall exercise sovereign rights over its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the body of water extending up to 200 nautical miles from the ...

    • The impact of the South China Sea ruling 

      Jimeno, Rita Linda V. (Manila Standard, July 18, 2016, on page A10)
      Newspaper headlines blared on Wednesday last week that the South China Sea is ours, as ruled by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. This should be cause for a national celebration but the government and the ...

    • Joint exploration with China in WPS is the better approach — JPE 

      Casayuran, Mario B. (Manila Bulletin, March 17, 2018, on page 1-7)
      The United Nations arbitral court had issued a decision rejecting China’s historical claim over most parts of the SCS and favoring the Philippine claim over parts of the Spratly island chain and the Scarborough (Panatag) ...

    • Lake Sebu's coal 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 17, 2017, on page A13)
      Here’s the rub. Under Region 12’s land use plan, Ned is a watershed area. If mining goes irresponsibly, as what we have witnessed of late, people living in the barangay and close to it would hardly feel its implications. ...

    • Lawmaker eyes offshore wind farms in West PH Sea 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Manila Times, June 20, 2022, on page A6)
      A lawmaker on Sunday urged the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to ask Norway to develop the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as a source of clean and renewable offshore wind energy. In ...

    • Marine scientist eyes R&D on ocean energy 

      Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, August 18, 2016, on page B-8)
      A marine scientist based in academe is urging the Philippines to pour investments into ocean energy resource research and development. Laura David of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) said ...

    • No expansion in disputed sea, China tells PH 

      Reuters (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 ...

    • PH in talks with China on joint sea exploration 

      (Panay News, March 2, 2018, on page 7-14)
      The two countries have long been embroiled in a bitter dispute over their competing claims to the region – with China claiming nearly the entire sea – but Duterte has in recent years softened his predecessors’ policy of ...

    • PH, China firm hold talks on joint oil hunt in SC Sea 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, March 2, 2018, on page A2-A1)
      The Philippines said Thursday it is in talks with a Chinese state firm for joint South China Sea energy resource exploration and extraction, in a proposed deal described by President Rodrigo Duterte as akin to “co-ownership” ...

    • PH-China oil, gas exploration deal off to good start - Recto 

      Casayuran, Mario (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 ...

    • Second Senate hearing on Benham Rise set March 29 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, March 27, 2017, on page 7-14)
      The Senate Committee on Economic Affairs has scheduled to hold its second hearing on the Benham Rise on March 29. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the committee, said the continuation of the March 7 hearing will discuss ...

    • Senate panel sets Benham Rise inquiry 

      Antiporda, Jefferson (The Manila Times, March 27, 2017, on page A2)
      Defense and Foreign affairs officials were among those invited by the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs that will on Wednesday investigate alleged Chinese activities in Benham Rise. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman ...

    • Senate sets Benhan Rise hearing 

      Romero, Paolo; Cervantes, Ding (The Philippine Star, March 27, 2017, on page 1-16)
      The Senate committee on economic affairs will resume on Wednesday its hearings on Benham Rise to tackle security and environmental concerns following reports of suspicious Chinese activities in the area. The scheduled ...