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DA's current budget at P36 billion; Piñol hopeful to get at least P120 B
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will get way lower than its desired budget for next year but Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said he is still hoping to get at least P120 billion in 2018, more than triple of the ...
- July 13, 2017
ASEAN opts to go soft on South China Sea issue
While stressing the need to settle disputes peacefully, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — based on the Final Chairman’s statement on the 30th ASEAN Summit released yesterday — opted to go soft ...
- May 1, 2017
West PH Sea will be occupied, not armed – Duterte
No weapon system will be installed by the government in its planned occupation of the islands located in the West Philippine Sea, President Duterte declared on Monday. The President tried to allay the concerns of China ...
- April 12, 2017
PH pushing for completion of SCS Code of Conduct at ASEAN summit
The Philippines is pushing for the completion of the framework for a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (SCS) to ease the tension over clashing claims in the area during its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast ...
- January 6, 2017
Nature's newsmakers
In a country blessed with natural resources and prone to weather disturbances, such issues that would have mattered little in terms of entertainment would actually have an immense impact on the lives of so many people. The ...
- February 5, 2017
US policy on South China Sea remains
The United States, under a new government, has not changed its policy on the issue of the South China Sea as previously espoused by the Obama administration: That the disputes cannot hinder the rights of all countries to ...
- May 6, 2017
China lauds PH for a stabilized South China Sea
China lauded the Philippines for upholding an independent diplomatic policy and has expressed agreement with the Duterte administration’s statement which stressed that territorial disputes should be resolved in the spirit ...
- July 15, 2017
Experts call for coral reefs preservation
Several experts and marine biologists recommended science-based solutions to address issues hounding the crisis on coral reefs preservation. At a recent forum organized by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), ...
- September 7, 2017
Gov’t urged to craft Benham Rise protection framework
The Philippine government was urged yesterday to create a protection framework for Benham Rise, an undersea territory east of Luzon brimming with natural resources, to prevent foreign vessels from trespassing. Oceana, the ...
- March 23, 2017
South China Sea islands expanded 'reasonably' - report
China has “reasonably” expanded its islands in the disputed South China Sea and this year construction projects there including radar facilities covered about 290,000 square meters (72 acres), according to a new government ...
- December 26, 2017