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Palace: No bad faith seen in China's naming PH rising features
Malacañang assured the public that there is no reason to be alarmed over China's move to name five underwater features in the Philippine Rise despite the Philippine's sovereign rights over the region. Presidential spokesperson ...
- February 16, 2018
Coral gardening beckons ecotourists to restore reefs
Coral reefs are fragile and in danger worldwide, but a growing movement to restore them is based on the science of breaking off pieces in order to grow more, known as coral gardening. It works like this: marine biologists ...
- July 9, 2015
PH needs foreign help in solving plastic pollution
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) should address the plastic pollution in the country by seeking help from other nations that have the technology to solve it. This was pointed out by Surigao del ...
- June 21, 2018
PH mulls measures to compel China to stop reclamation
The Philippine government may seek provisional measures that compel China to cease its reclamation project in the West Philippine Sea should the arbitration tribunal at The Hague decide to acquire jurisdiction of the case, ...
- July 13, 2015
PH-Taiwan Fisheries Facilitation Agreement slated for signing in Q1
The Philippines and Taiwan are expected to sign this first quarter a Fisheries Facilitation Agreement that should enforce existing laws on fishing between the Taiwan and Northern Luzon seas, overlapping exclusive economic ...
- January 20, 2015
US B-52s fly over South and East China Seas
US B-52 bombers have recently conducted transit operations in the South China Sea and East China Sea, the Pentagon said Wednesday, amid soaring tensions with Beijing over trade tariffs. Late Tuesday the heavy bombers ...
- September 28, 2018
Ph denies building airport, port in Spratlys
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday denied China’s claims that the Philippines is building an airport and a port in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), branding the allegations unbelievable. ...
- May 1, 2015
Aquaculture
Fishermen are urged to practice good aquaculture management to protect their stocks from disease outbreaks. An expert from the South East Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) noted that the heavy use of chemicals ...
- May 3, 2012
China builds new military facilities on South China Sea islands
China has built new military facilities on islands in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported on Thursday, a move that could raise tensions with Washington, which has accused Beijing of militarizing the vital ...
- July 1, 2017
No need to fight China; We can share - Duterte
President Duterte said that the Philippines and China do not need to go to war over the disputed West Philippine Sea when the two countries can share the resources found in the area. Duterte made the statement in Cebu over ...
- May 21, 2018