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41 vessels sunk for fishing in Indonesia
Indonesia has sunk 41 foreign boats across the archipelago, reports said Thursday, as part of an ongoing push to stop illegal fishing in its waters. Authorities sank the vessels in public displays at several sites Wednesday, ...
- May 22, 2015
China tried to 'physically expel' PH
China's blocking of Philippine ships bringing supplies to Filipino soldiers stationed at Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas Shoal) was a deliberate move to “physically expel” the Philippines and its people from the disputed areas ...
- November 28, 2015
China mulls South China Sea drills
China proposed joint matritime drills with South East Asian nations in the hotly contested South China Sea in 2016. Beijing is currently hosting an informal meeting for defence minister from the region. China's Defense ...
- October 18, 2015
PH outgunned in China's island-building frenzy
The Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr., looks worried as he surveys the rusted cranes and eroded runway on the tiny island of Pag-asa, now on the front line of a rapidly intensifying ...
- May 14, 2015
South China Sea arms race (1)
If there's anybody to blame for a militarily aggressive Japan, it is nobody else but China.
For the last 70 years, Japan had remained focused on protecting itself. When China unilaterally claimed the entire South China ...
- September 25, 2015
DA sees potential in eel industry
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources(BFAR) is eyeing capital from local and foreign investors for the development of the eel industry in the country. Foreign direct investment is being encouraged by the department ...
- February 25, 2015
US, China set for high-stakes rivalry in skies above South China Sea
When the U.S. navy sent a littoral combat ship on its first patrol of the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea during the past week, it was watching the skies as well. The USS Fort Worth, one of the most modern ...
- May 19, 2015
PH docu on South China Sea angers China
China yesterday accused the Philippines of spreading misinformation and “creating the illusion of the victim” in their dispute over the South China Sea after Manila aired a three-part documentary defending its position. ...
- June 30, 2015
Maritime Group awarded for enforcing fisheries, wildlife laws
The Philippine National Police Maritime Group (MG) is among the eight organizations in Asia that won the first Asian Environmental Enforcement Award held in Bangkok, Thailand last May 20 for conducting more than 1,500 ...
- May 25, 2015
China urged to answer for ecological damage
Malacañang urged China on Thursday to take responsibility and answer for the impact of its reclamation activities in disputed waters in the West Philippine Sea in line with its agreement with the Association of Southeast ...
- July 3, 2015