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Salvage effort under way for sunken submarine with 53 on board
The hunt for a missing Indonesian submarine with 53 crew turned into a salvage effort Sunday after recovered debris suggested it broke apart as it sank off the coast of Bali. Warships, planes and hundreds of military ...
- April 26, 2021
Closed fishing season in Zambo Peninsula begins
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources led send-off activities Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Majini Pier of the Naval Station Romulo M. Espaldon in Calarian, Zamboanga City to signal the start of the closed fishing season ...
- December 3, 2022
BFAR turns over boats to 'Odette'-struck fisherfolk in Leyte
A month after Typhoon Odette struck Southern Leyte, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has begun distributing 15 fiberglass boats to fishermen in Maasin City for them to rebuild their livelihood. BFAR 8 ...
- January 27, 2022
Mayor wants vessel manned by Chinese crew barred from docking in Guiuan
Local officials in Homonhon Island off Guiuan town in Eastern Samar are opposing the mineral ore export permit issued by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Region 8 (MGB-8) to Techiron Resources Inc. (TRI), a mining ...
- April 7, 2020
WPS gas bonanza eyed for sovereign fund
A senior member of Congress wants all future national government royalties from forthcoming offshore natural gas projects in the West Philippine Sea to be put in the Maharllika Investment Fund (MIF) the proposed state-sponsored ...
- December 12, 2022
DA lowers year-end growth forecast as typhoons, El Niño wipe out ₱16-B in total farm output
The country’s agriculture sector had so far lost as much as P16 billion worth of 2019’s total farm output to El Niño and several typhoons, with the last minute damages incurred in December alone prompting Agriculture ...
- January 4, 2020
Legislation pushed for joint WPS exploration
For the country’s sovereign rights to be guaranteed and protected in any joint exploration deal that it will enter into with other governments, including China, on the extraction of oil and gas resources at the West ...
- August 19, 2020
The Philippines' future floats in the West Philippine Sea
As US Secretary of State Pompeo explained, the United States rejects any People’s Republic of China (PRC) maritime claims within the Philippine’s Exclusive Economic Zone or continental shelf, and claims in waters beyond ...
- July 16, 2020
Rescued turtle found to have ingested plastics
Personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Digos City and Davao del Sur province with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued a green sea turtle in Santa Cruz town. According to the World ...
- July 22, 2020
Chinese vessels inch closer to Pagasa Island
Dozens of Chinese vessels have recently been frequenting the waters near Pagasa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a military commander reported on Sunday, Nov. 21. Vice Admiral Ramil Roberto Enriquez, commander ...
- November 22, 2021