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6-month Boracay closure to cost gov't P20 B
The government may lose P18 billion to P20 billion in gross receipts or income while 35,000 workers will be displaced if Boracay is shut down for six months, thus the need to fast-track its rehabilitation. In a press ...
- April 6, 2018
'Drive out tambay in SCS, not those in the streets'
Sen. Risa Hontiveros yesterday challenged President Duterte to drive out Chinese occupants in Panatag or Scarborough Shoal before apprehending the tambays in the streets. “That’s the problem with President Duterte – he’s ...
- June 20, 2018
China in control of Panatag shoal, say Filipino fishermen
China is in control of Panatag or Scarborough Shoal off Zambales and its coast guards are seizing the best catch of Filipino fishermen. Romel Cejuela, a Filipino fisherman, raised the accusation at Malacañang in a briefing ...
- June 12, 2018
Rody: Phl-China bond 'improving' daily
The bond between the Philippines and China is “improving every day,” President Duterte said in the face of concerns over the militarization of artificial islands built and occupied by the Chinese in the South China Sea. ...
- January 11, 2018
Guidelines on Boracay closure out
Except in emergency situations, not even guests of Boracay residents will be allowed to visit the island during its closure, according to general guidelines issued by authorities. The guidelines will form part of the ...
- April 13, 2018
Phl, China tackle sea row today
The Philippines and China are set to discuss their conflicting claims in the South China Sea today, days after President Duterte threatened to order the shooting of foreigners who would extract natural resources from the ...
- February 13, 2018
Phl acquiring technology to verify China missile deployment
The Philippines is set to acquire technology that will allow it to verify reports that China has installed missile systems in the disputed Spratly Islands group, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque ...
- May 8, 2018
Palace 'seriously concerned' over China bombers
Malacañang yesterday expressed “serious concern” over the landing of long-range Chinese bombers on one of the man-made islands in the South China Sea but clarified it does not see the deployment as an immediate threat to ...
- May 22, 2018
Palace: China must prove itself trustworthy
One of Duterte’s campaign promises in 2016 was to ride on a jet ski to an island in the West Philippine Sea and plant a Philippine flag. Recently, he dismissed the promise as a joke. Meanwhile, Senate President Pro Tempore ...
- March 3, 2018
Palace: Rody won't change SCS policy
There’s no way President Duterte will change his policy on the West Philippine Sea or apologize for it, his spokesman said yesterday, at the same time blaming the previous Aquino administration for triggering the militarization ...
- June 26, 2018