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'A little accident': Duterte on boat sinking
Speaking for the first time on the June 9 sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel, President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday described the incident as a “little maritime accident,” and reiterated anew that the ...
- June 18, 2019
Cabinet clusters to tackle Filipino boat's sinking
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei B. Nograles on Sunday said there will be a joint cluster meeting on Monday to tackle the reported sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel. The incident occurred on June 9 near ...
- June 17, 2019
China to investigate Scarborough incident
The Chinese government on Monday said it is investigating the reported incident regarding Chinese Coast Guard members who were caught in a video taking the catch of Filipino fishermen in the waters of Scarborough Shoal. ...
- June 13, 2018
Carpio steps back from West Philippine Sea case
Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio has inhibited himself from the petition asking the government to enforce environmental laws to protect and preserve three shoals in the West Philippine Sea. Supreme Court (SC) ...
- July 3, 2019
Piñol: Fishermen ‘not certain’ about boat sinking
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol on Wednesday said the 22 fishermen of the sunken boat F/B Gem-Vir 1 are now “uncertain” whether their boat was intentionally sunk by the Chinese vessel it encountered off Recto Bank ...
- June 20, 2019
Gov’t mulls bringing 2016 arbitral ruling to UN
Malacañang on Tuesday said the government is considering the United Nations (UN) General Assembly as an option to enforce the 2016 ruling by The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Philippines’ sovereign rights ...
- April 3, 2019
PHL’s top diplomat: ‘More gains’ with China under Duterte
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano on Sunday said the Philippines under the Duterte administration has more gains with China because of its “prudent and patient diplomatic approach” compared with the previous ...
- June 11, 2018