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Coast Guard off to Panatag
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has resumed sending patrol vessels to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, but only to “test the waters” and not to confront the Chinese who have stopped harassing Filipino fishermen but remained ...
- November 4, 2016
Phl won't recognize Chinese names for Rise features
The Philippines and China are discussing joint exploration in the South China Sea and working on ways to make it legally acceptable, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said yesterday. “Right now we haven’t ...
- February 17, 2018
No monitoring station on Panatag - Beijing
China is not building an environmental monitoring station on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, its foreign ministry said yesterday, apparently denying remarks made by a local official last week. Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying ...
- March 23, 2017
Leila wants Senate inquiry on harassment of fishermen
Sen. Leila de Lima wants a Senate inquiry into the harassment of Filipino fishermen by members of the Chinese coast guard at the Panatag Shoal. De Lima said there is a need for the administration to enforce mechanisms that ...
- June 24, 2018
SC to nat'l gov't: Protect WPS marine environment
Supreme Court (SC) has granted a petition of fishermen and a group of lawyers for the issuance of a Writ of Kalikasan directing the government to actively protect the West Philippine Sea and stop the degradation of itd ...
- May 4, 2019
Pinoys want China to pay for Phl boat sinking
The Philippine government should take action against the Chinese vessel that sank the boat of Filipino fishermen off the coast of Recto Bank, 34 percent of respondents said in a recent Pulse Asia survey. The latest Ulat ...
- July 27, 2019
Gov't troops ready to escort Pinoy fishermen at sea
The government is ready to provide security escorts to Filipino fishermen who will operate in the West Philippine Sea as the government continues to ignore China new fishing policy in the disputed area. Defense Secretary ...
- January 17, 2014
Noy: World is watching China sea row
President Aquino told an Asian-Pacific summit yesterday that "the world is watching" whether China would behave as a responsible power in the simmering standoff over maritime territory. Aquino kept up a drumbeat of growing ...
- November 23, 2015
DFA chief raises boat sinking at UN: ‘Abandoning people in distress is a felony’
The Philippines has brought to the attention of the United Nations the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat after it was hit by a Chinese vessel, with the distressed fishermen abandoned in the water for hours on June 9 near ...
- June 19, 2019
PCG vows more vigilance, patrols at Panatag Shoal
Amid reports that some Chinese coast guard units have been harassing Filipino fishermen by confiscating the fish they caught in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday said they would be ...
- June 10, 2018