Browsing Aquatic News Index by Author "Ramos-Araneta, Macon"

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    • LP hits China's meddling in PH rise 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 28, 2018, on page A3)
      The former ruling Liberal Party on Tuesday said that somebody should be accountable for China's exploration off the Benham Rise without permission from concerned agencies. During last Monday’s Senate Science and Technology ...

    • Mangudadatu eyes Dept. of Fishing, Aquaculture 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, March 26, 2019, on page A5)
      Maguindanao's second district congressman, now senatorial aspirant Zajid Mangudadatu is eyeing a separate department that will focus on the development of the fishing and aquaculture industry to address the plight of the ...

    • Manila bucks China naming of Benham features 

      Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 15, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines will protest China’s decision to name five undersea features in Philippine Rise (Benham Rise), saying it will not recognize the move approved by an international organization, Presidential Spokesperson Harry ...

    • Oh my GG! Fish import plan triggers protest 

      Cruz, Maricel; Campos, Othel V.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, August 23, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      A party-list lawmaker on Wednesday snapped at the Department of Agriculture for its planned importation of around 17,000 metric tons of galunggong (round scads), saying the move was not only an insult to Filipino fishers ...

    • Only 180 Bora resorts OKd for reopening 

      Araja, Rio N.; Mariano, Nat; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 13, 2018, on page A3)
      Of the 2,300 establishments in Aklan’s Boracay Island, only 180 of which or 7.8 percent have fulfilled the requisites of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and International ...

    • Overfishing threatens tuna supply 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, September 15, 2012, on page A3)
      Senator Loren Legarda on Friday expressed alarm over the declining tuna stocks worldwide due to overfishing. Noting the Red List of Threatened Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, which revealed ...

    • Pacquiao hails PH's fisherfolk 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, December 18, 2017, on page A6)
      Senator Manny Pacquiao hailed Saturday the country's fisherfolk for their invaluable contribution to both the local and national economy. He expressed tribute to the fisherfolk during the distribution and simple turn-over ...

    • Palace: Hague ruling unenforceable 

      Barcelo, Vito; Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 21, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The 2016 UN Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling upholding the Philippines' legal claims in the West Philippine Sea is unenforceable, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday. Roque made the response a day after ...

    • PH asserts WPS presence: Coast Guard activates drills to secure 'maritime jurisdiction' over vast areas 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 26, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard is conducting drills in the South China Sea that an official said Sunday were part of efforts to secure the country's “maritime jurisdiction” over the disputed waters. The exercises near the ...

    • PH blasts China's law on SCS 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, January 28, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China over its law authorizing its coast guard to shoot foreign vessels in areas it claims in the disputed South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin ...

    • Ph eyes protest vs Beijing 

      Barcelo, Vito; Araneta, Sandy; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 15, 2015, on page A4)
      The Philippines plans to file another diplomatic protest against China's reclamation activities that have destroyed close to 300 acres of coral reef in the South China Sea, an official said Tuesday. "We are looking into ...

    • PH ignores Chinese names on Benham 

      Barcelo, Vito; Tuyay, Francisco; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 16, 2018, on page A1)
      Malacañang said Thursday it is not alarmed over China’s move to tag five underwater features of Philippine Rise with Chinese names, saying there was no bad faith involved and that bilateral relations remain intact. In a ...

    • 'PH must overturn China's renaming of PH Rise feautres' 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, February 27, 2018, on page A3)
      Senator Bam Aquino on Monday said that the Philippine government must explore all channels to overturn China’s move to name the five undersea features in the Philippine Rise or the Benham Rise violated the country’s sovereign ...

    • PH protests vs. China mount: DFA fires more diplomatic notes; Chinese vessels unmoved 

      Requejo, Rey E.; Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 24, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has filed two new diplomatic protests against China over the presence of 160 Chinese vessels in some features and islands in the country’s exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. In a diplomatic ...

    • PH readies protest vs China 

      Requejo, Rey; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, March 22, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines is preparing another protest against China over the latter’s plan to install a radar station in the Panatag or Scarborough Shoal, a Cabinet official said Tuesday. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said ...

    • PH to focus on its ’own interest,’ ’agree to disagree’ on SCS issue 

      Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 15, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines will focus on its own interests in the South China Sea (SCS) after China rejected a Philippine government appeal that it comply with an arbitral ruling that invalidated its claim to nearly all of the disputed ...

    • PH wants China to void Sino names in Benhams 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, March 1, 2018, on page A2)
      The government plans to contest the features in Philippine Rise, formerly Benham Rise, that China has named, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ernesto Abella said Wednesday. He told reporters the government raised the issue ...

    • 'PH would one day even than China' 

      Barcelo, Vito; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (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. ...

    • Poe says 2-m fishing families need govt help 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, April 4, 2016, on page A4)
      Presidential candidate Grace Poe said Sunday the next administration should help close to two-million fishermen and their families get out of poverty although the Philippines is 7th among the top fish-producing countries ...

    • President tells PCG to defend both coastlines, nationals 

      Lopez, Vince; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, January 27, 2023, on page A1-A2)
      President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has reminded the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to always be ready and aware while guarding the country’s maritime boundaries, especially in the West Philippine Sea. During the oath-taking of ...