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Bay project probe set: Move backs Makabayan bloc reso to look into its cost, timing
The House of Representatives will investigate the P384-million project to dump synthetic white sand onto the shoreline of Manila Bay, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. of Dasmariñas City in Cavite, chairman ...
- September 10, 2020
CG reports no survivors found in sea collision
Coast Guard authorities have seen no signs of life in the search for 14 people who went missing during a collision last weekend between a fishing boat and a Hong Kong cargo vessel off Occidental Mindoro south of Manila. ...
- July 1, 2020
Duterte lauded for sea stand: Allies, critics call it a victory for invoking PH arbitral award before UN
Critics and allies alike of President Rodrigo Duterte praised him Wednesday for invoking before the United Nations General Assembly a 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that struck down China’s excessive ...
- September 24, 2020
Protests mount against Manila Bay 'whitening'
Lawmakers joined environmental groups on Monday in urging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to immediately suspend the filling of Manila Bay's shore with synthetic white sand made from crushed dolomite. ...
- September 8, 2020
Search for missing ship crew continues
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Monday said Japan was expected to conduct an aerial search operation for the 40 missing crewmen from the Philippines, Australia and New Zealand of the sunken Panamanian cargo vessel. ...
- September 8, 2020
Gov't won't ban Chinese firms from PH projects; Sangley Airport on
Malacañang said the country would not ban Chinese firms involved in reclamation activities in the South China Sea, and would not follow sanctions imposed by the United States against Chinese companies involved in construction ...
- September 2, 2020
Search for missing fishers, gov't urged
Senator Grace Poe on Friday urged government authorities to augment and mobilize resources to scour the waters for 14 Filipinos missing after their fishing boat collided with a Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel off the coast ...
- July 4, 2020
PH to focus on its ’own interest,’ ’agree to disagree’ on SCS issue
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 ...
- July 15, 2020
Villar cites aquaculture import
With the decreasing fish supply due to overfishing and other environmental causes, Senator Cynthia Villar cited the importance of aquaculture or fish farming to ensure enough supply of fishes on every Filipino table. Villar, ...
- February 21, 2020
‘China should pay PH for WPS damages’
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday demanded that the Chinese government should shoulder the costs of the Philippines’ COVID-19 response, in reparation for the annual losses the country has incurred due to China’s damage ...
- April 23, 2020