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22 govt execs to testify in LLDA rehab arbitration
The Philippine government is gearing up for the arbitation of the P6-billion lawsuit that a Belgian company filed against the country before an international tribunal over the scrapped Laguna Lake Rehabilitation Project, ...
- February 18, 2014
The South China Sea and the CoC
There's no doubt that the biggest issue discussed during the 33rd ASEAN Summit was the ASEAN-PRC draft for the Code of Conduct (CoC) over the South China Sea. The draft is still a little vague but it does make several ...
- November 25, 2018
Greenpeace ship campaigns vs plastics
The Rainbow Warrior, Greenpeace’s flagship vessel, will arrive this Friday in Manila for the “Ship the Plastic Back” tour and will join millions of Filipinos rallying against plastic pollution. Angelica Carballo Pago, ...
- March 1, 2019
BFAR, USAID host workshop to battle illegal fishing
The U.S. and Philippine governments launched on Wednesday, September 2, a workshop attended by 135 participants to measure and understand the negative impacts of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the ...
- September 4, 2020
The right way? What Kaliwa Dam project means to those in the 'green' side
Amid ongoing contentions about the controversial Kaliwa Dam, environmental group Haribon Foundation reiterates that the solution to the water crisis is right in our midst – the restoration of Philippine forests. Haribon ...
- November 21, 2019
Duterte's SCS ruling pitch highlights speech at UNGA
President Duterte’s much-awaited debut before the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) late Tuesday night (early morning Manila time) was marked with a strong affirmation of the Philippines’s rights in the South ...
- September 24, 2020
The new DA structure
The Department of Agriculture has finally issued the highly controversial administrative order reorganizing the management structure of the department. According to the AO issued last May 15, a copy of which was furnished ...
- May 28, 2000
China ‘trespassing’ in WPS
The Philippines on Thursday rejected China’s demand that it remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre ship from the Ayungin Shoal, saying it was the Chinese who were trespassers in the West Philippine Sea. The statement came ...
- November 26, 2021
SEAFDEC chief reappointed
On the government's endorsement through President Arroyo, the chief of the Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) has been reappointed for an unprecedented ...
- July 21, 2002
Duterte's maritime accident statement heartbreaking - Lacson
President Duterte appeared to have shown weakness and immediately capitulated to China instead of defending the country’s honor and dignity when he tried to downplay the ramming of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese ...
- June 19, 2019