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Zambales fishers receive processing equipment
A fishing community in Zambales received ₱167,480 worth of equipment under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Shared Service Facility (SSF) program. The agency gave the Camiing Fisherfolk Association Incorporated ...
- July 9, 2015
US, China trade accusations over disputed South China Sea
China’s Foreign Ministry said last Friday the United States was trying to influence a South China Sea arbitration case filed by the Philippines after a senior US official said China would be obligated to abide by the ...
- July 26, 2015
Maritime dispute exposes rifts in China's foreign ministry
A debate in China’s foreign ministry on how to respond -- or whether to respond -- to a court case over the disputed South China Sea highlights how tensions over policy are complicating President Xi Jinping’s efforts to ...
- December 19, 2015
Gov’t urged to craft Benham Rise protection framework
The Philippine government was urged yesterday to create a protection framework for Benham Rise, an undersea territory east of Luzon brimming with natural resources, to prevent foreign vessels from trespassing. Oceana, the ...
- March 23, 2017
PH caught in a maritime battle for world power
Control of the sea by maritime commerce and naval supremacy means predominant influence in the world. The concept of sea power, a doctrine championed by the most important American Strategist of the 19th century Alfred ...
- May 25, 2015
South China Sea islands expanded 'reasonably' - report
China has “reasonably” expanded its islands in the disputed South China Sea and this year construction projects there including radar facilities covered about 290,000 square meters (72 acres), according to a new government ...
- December 26, 2017
We are not giving up our rights in WPS
Chief Justice Antonio Carpio has long been critical of the Philippines’ stance on its claim to islands in the South China Sea (SCS). After President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday, however, the ...
- July 28, 2018
US to keep confronting Beijing in S. China Sea - Mattis
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis vowed Tuesday that the US would keep confronting China over its territorial claims in the South China Sea, where Beijing has established a significant military presence on contested islands. ...
- May 31, 2018
Protesters ask DENR to revoke Laguna Lake dredging project
Fisherfolk and urban poor residents along Laguna Lake appealed yesterday to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to revoke the contract of a Belgian dredging firm for the conduct of the controversial ...
- September 24, 2010
Mattis warns of consequences if Beijing keeps militarizing the South China Sea
The US and China appear to be headed for a more confrontational relationship in Southeast Asia as Washington warns of a more aggressive response to the militarization of disputed islands in the South China Sea. Speaking ...
- June 5, 2018