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U.S. pays PH P87-M compensation for warship reef damage
For the damage caused to Tubbataha Reef by the grounding of a United States Navy ship two years ago, the Philippines received 87,033,570.71 or nearly $ 2 million from the US government as compensation. In a statement issued ...
- February 19, 2015
Self-restraint over disputed sea urged
Southeast Asian leaders are to call for self restraint to avoid escalation of tensions in the South China Sea, according to a draft obtained Monday of a document expected to be released at the end of a regional summit ...
- November 11, 2015
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
South China Sea tensions flare at Asia security talks
China was a diplomatic collision course with some of its neighbors and the United States over its controversial island-building, as regional security talks opened Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur. Beijing is expanding tiny reefs ...
- August 5, 2015