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PH welcomes int'l recognition of sea dispute with China
The Philippine Mission to the United Nations (UN) welcomed the international community's increasing recognition that developments in the territorial dispute in the South China Sea is a concern of the international community ...
- October 23, 2015
Argentina firm plans to invest in seaweed processing in PH
Argentinian food ingredient company Farmesa is investing around P300 million for a seaweed processing plant, making the Philippines its first production hub outside of Argentina, as the company expands its sourcing of ...
- December 19, 2017
Renewed call on plastics ban
Senator Loren Legarda has renewed her call for more stringent regulation of the use of plastic bags to curb pollution and mitigate the harmful effects of marine litter. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), over 80 ...
- July 12, 2018
‘PH must impose presence in Benham Rise’
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, ...
- April 4, 2017
PH must ‘act fast’ on islands in West PH Sea – Duterte
The Philippines must "Acts fast" in occupying its island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) Before it loses them to other Claimants, President Duterte said last Saturday in his talk at a philippine-Qatar business forum here. ...
- April 17, 2017
Asia’s ocean pollution crisis
A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian “paradise” islands — grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped ...
- June 6, 2018
China says it's up to PH to heal rift; sea dispute not in APEC agenda- Palace
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has admitted that the Philippines case against China at an arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea has strained relations between Beijing and Manila and that it was ...
- November 12, 2015
PH now third among countries polluting oceans with plastic
A study conducted by Ocean Conservancy revealed that the Philippines is now ranked third among countries which are highly contributing plastic pollution in oceans. The situation called for drastic action, with Ocean ...
- September 28, 2017
China navy carries out more drills in disputed South China Sea
China’s navy has in recent days carried out more exercises in the disputed South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday, calling them routine drills. China claims almost all of the energy-rich waters of the South ...
- December 14, 2015
PH’s push for Code of Conduct in disputed sea gets support
President Aquino returned home from his last attendance to the ASEAN Summit as Philippine president early yesterday morning, elated that his final push for a binding Code of Conduct in the South China Sea got the support ...
- November 24, 2015