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Boats for Sagay fisher folks
Yolanda fisher folk victims from barangays Molocaboc and Taba-ao, in Sagay City, will receive fishing boats from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). DOLE Regional Director Ponciano Ligutom turned over the 20 ...
- August 7, 2015
PH protests new China acts in shoal
The Philippines yesterday strongly protested new Chinese intrusions at Bajo de Masinloc following two incidents last month, including the ramming of three Philippine fishing vessels in the area by a Chinese Coast Guard ...
- February 5, 2015
Boat captain killed in Iloilo sea violence
A fishing boat captain died, while his brother was wounded after a violent confrontation erupted between operatives of Iloilo Police with the Provincial Bantay Dagat and alleged illegal fishermen from Sagay, Negros Occidental ...
- March 2, 2018
Beijing running illegal paramilitary force at sea: analyst
The June 9 incident involving the sinking of a Philippine fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in Recto (Reed) Bank highlights the need to focus attention on Beijing's maritime militia, which is intent on flooding the West ...
- June 21, 2019
A Philippine maritime militia in the WPS
The Philippine Navy recently announced its plan to create a maritime militia that will operate in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The primary purpose of the maritime militia will be to conduct low-cost surveillance in our ...
- October 29, 2020
4 Vietnamese held for illegal fishing off Pag-Asa Island
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed yesterday that four Vietnamese fishermen have been apprehended by authorities after they were allegedly caught in the act of using sodium cyanide, a poisonous compound, in their ...
- October 5, 2022
Panatag island in the news
The Philippine Navy sent a new Beechcraft King C90 aircraft on a Maritime Air Patrol surveillance flight over Panatag island in the South China Sea west of Zambales last Wednesday. It flew about 800 feet above sea level ...
- February 5, 2018
'Duterte wants Chinese crew sanctions over Recto Bank collision'
Despite the apology, President Rodrigo Duterte wanted the Chinese crew – in the vessel that rammed a Filipino fishing boat at Recto Bank – to be sanctioned, according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. He added ...
- September 1, 2019
BFAR toughens up vs illegal fishing activities
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is taking a more stringent approach in implementing the Philippine Fisheries Code in a bid to curb and address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities. ...
- March 29, 2015
Vietnam accuses china of sinking fishing boats
Vietnam on Thursday accused China of sinking one of its fishing boats near disputed islands in the South China Sea, in the latest incident that could further raise tensions between the Communist neighbors. Phan Huy Hoang, ...
- October 16, 2015