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Soft stance on China hit: Maritime expert sees erosion of PH gains from UN ruling
The government’s soft approach to China’s militarization of the South China Sea will erode the advantage the Philippines gained when the UN arbitral tribunal recognized Manila’s claim over disputed territories in the area, ...
- May 7, 2018
PH wins seat in UN sea body
The Philippines has won a seat in the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, a body of the United Nations that deals with the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Philippine ...
- June 17, 2022
Senators okay PH-China joint West PH Sea exploration
At least three senators are amenable to China’s willingness to conduct a 60-40 joint exploration of natural resources with the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea as bared by Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, but ...
- August 2, 2018
Pinoys now free to fish in Scarborough—Palace
Filipino fishermen are now be able to fish in the disputed Scarborough Shoal without being intercepted by Chinese Coast Guard vessels more than four years after the Chinese gained control of the area, Malacañang said Friday. ...
- October 29, 2016
Ex-envoy: Seize China’s assets as damage payment
"Philippine authorities have the right to seize assets and properties owned by the Chinese state in the Philippines to satisfy China's debt to the Filipino people once China's full monetary damages are determined," Del ...
- June 9, 2020
DENR protects Coron, Sabang waters
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has declared the Sabang Bay in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro and the Coron Bay in Palawan as water quality management areas.
- June 7, 2016
P100-m research fund for PH Rise gets greenlight
Congress has adopted a resolution to create a P100-million trust fund for scientific research, feasibility studies, marine exploration and procurement of new equipment to beef up research capability in the Philippine Rise. ...
- February 12, 2018
From bogeyman to coup plot
There were several stages of the news spin: it started with the original fake news that tagged the Chinese fishing boats as “CMM” (Chinese Maritime Militia) and continued until the wind-down of the entire agit-prop (agitation ...
- April 28, 2021
Poe says 2-m fishing families need govt help
Presidential candidate Grace Poe said Sunday the next administration should help close to two-million fishermen and their families get out of poverty although the Philippines is 7th among the top fish-producing countries ...
- April 4, 2016
Facts, and versions of them
The President is waiting for all facts to come in before commenting on the incident involving Chinese and Filipino vessels in Reed Bank on June 9. This supposedly explains his long silence on the issue, amid different ...
- June 18, 2019