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PCG dispels fear of oil spill off Batangas
A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) official on Tuesday dismissed the concerns raised by environmental groups about an oil spill along the fragile Verde Island Passage (VIP) after a fishing vessel carrying 70,000 liters of ...
- August 30, 2023
Bato has another suspect in WPS boat collision
Talk about having usual suspects. Perhaps one cannot blame this senator for having such instincts; he’s an ex-top cop, after all. Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Friday said China could be behind the recent collision between ...
- October 7, 2023
2 carriers in South China Sea, US bares
The US Navy revealed on Saturday that two aircraft carriers were conducting exercises in the disputed South China Sea as China staged naval drills that drew “interest and some concern” from the Department of Foreign Affairs. ...
- July 5, 2020
'US must act if China moves on reef'
President Aquino said the United States would be obligated to take military action in the South China Sea if China moved to reclaim a hotly contested reef directly off the Philippines. Mr. Aquino said he had no indication ...
- May 21, 2016
Predator fish in sausages, dumplings
Knife fish sausage, anyone? The predator fish considered undesirable in Laguna de Bay will be processed into sausages and dumplings soon by a P600,000 facility in the lakeshore town of Pila in Laguna province in what is ...
- February 19, 2015
Do more to enforce ruling
Citing loans and investments from China, the President has set aside the ruling, while his Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano has declined to show the “50 to 100” protests that he claimed the Philippines has lodged ...
- July 17, 2018
Fishers to bets: don’t forget us
Fishermen on Wednesday staged a rally here to press presidential candidates to include their sector in their governance plans, four days ahead of the third and last presidential debate that would be held at the University ...
- April 23, 2016
No more Chinese ships at Panatag
Chinese ships are no longer in the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea and Filipino boats can resume fishing activities following a "welcome development," the Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Friday. ...
- October 29, 2016
Carpio sees Sino militia at work, urges 'strong signal' to China
The Philippines should send a strong signal to China that a repeat of the ramming of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in the South China Sea could lead to a break of diplomatic ties, Supreme Court Senior Associate ...
- June 16, 2019
China offers aquaculture, but fishers won’t bite
The head of a fisherman’s group here likened to a “lollipop” being offered to appease a crying child a Chinese government offer to bring fish-growing technology to local fishermen displaced by a territorial row over ...
- November 14, 2016