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PH may sue China for war threat
President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said that he would “wait for better times” to raise the issue of oil extraction and the arbitration ruling in disputed waters “when heads are cooler,” even as Supreme Court Associate ...
- May 21, 2017
Damage
This handout from the Indonesia Marine Security Agency taken on March 13, 2017 and released on March 14 shows corals damaged by a cruise ship in Raja Ampat in eastern Indonesia. The British-owned cruise ship smashed into ...
- March 15, 2017
Review draft plan on tuna fishing—Villar
Citing warning by experts that our seas would become “virtual deserts” by 2050 due to overfishing, Senator Cynthia Villar said she wants to review the draft plan and various inputs and recommendations of industry players ...
- November 4, 2017
Fisherfolk want moratorium on boat, fish registration
The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas on Monday called for a temporary suspension of some of the provisions on the amended Fisheries Code of 1998 or Republic Act 10654, ...
- February 7, 2017
Benham on the rise
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio explained that the Philippines enjoys sovereign rights but does not have sovereignty over the plateau, which is believed to hold huge amounts of minerals and oil, apart ...
- March 15, 2017
Sea code of conduct seen in August
The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations is optimistic that it can complete a working framework for a Code of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea with Beijing by August, the Foreign Affairs Department ...
- May 3, 2017
China told to explain Scarborough radar plan
Foreign Affairs on Wednesday confirmed it has filed another note verbale against China asking it to explain its plan to install a radar station in the resource-rich Panatag or Scarborough Shoal. Foreign Affairs spokesman ...
- March 23, 2017
Breezing through
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was said to have breezed through his confirmation hearing at the Commission on Appointments. Unfortunately for Cayetano, that breezing through is not bound to last. On Wednesday ...
- May 18, 2017
US reacts to China dare sends warships
A US aircraft carrier strike group is patrolling in the South China Sea, the US Navy said Saturday, days after Beijing told Washington not to challenge its sovereignty in the waterway. China asserts ownership of almost all ...
- February 20, 2017
DU30 asserts sea claims: orders troops to take control of islets, reefs
President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday ordered the military to fortify the country’s controlled islands in the South China Sea in a bid to strengthen Philippine claims over the disputed territories. Duterte said he was ...
- April 7, 2017