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Unesco asked to help assess damage to reef
An official of the Climate Change Commission on Saturday asked the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) to assess the damage wrought on the Tubbataha Reefs by the USS Guardian which ran ...
- February 3, 2013
'Most Pinoys reject Rody's WPS policy'
There is a growing clamor for the government to resolve the territorial conflict in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), with an overwhelming support among Filipinos for seizing back Philippine reefs occupied by China, results ...
- July 12, 2019
Senator says PH should not rely on China for protection
It is a “fatal mistake” for the administration to think China, or any other country, would defend Philippine interests, Sen. Francis Pangilinan said on Monday after President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that China had assured ...
- May 8, 2018
SC asked to inhibit Carpio from WPS case
The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) on Thursday filed a motion asking the Supreme Court to inhibit Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio from participating in a writ of kalikasan petition seeking to compel the ...
- June 29, 2019
With 'reefs,' fish return to Lamon Bay
Fisherman Godie Romualdo still remembers the days when fish had gone scarce in the Lamon Bay off his town of Atimonan in northern Quezon province. “My catch was barely enough to feed my family,” he said. Like several other ...
- December 17, 2015
DENR sees new Boracay after 6-month closure, cleanup
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Saturday vowed to deliver a “new Boracay” once the government completed its rehabilitation of the island which began on April 26. But, Cimatu said, the government needed the support of ...
- April 29, 2018
'Senate BBL version denies Bangsamoro control of lakes, rivers'
The Senate version of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) would deny control and supervision over fisheries and other resources in lakes, rivers and inland bodies of water in their region to the Bangsamoro government. ...
- August 26, 2015
Manila bay rehab set in January-Cimatu
After Boracay Island, it's the turn of Manila Bay. "I am determined to start the rehabilitation of Manila Bay immediately, possibly to start [in the] second week of January," Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said on Monday ...
- December 18, 2018
China: UN case just a 'show'
China said the ruling of the arbitration court would not change Beijing’s position in the South China Sea issue, said Xu, stressing “should any force intends to take this so-called arbitral award as an excuse to do harm ...
- May 18, 2016
'Protest Chinese weather stations on PH reefs'
A maritime law expert on Monday urged the government to question China’s weather observation stations on three Philippine-claimed reefs in the Spratly archipelago, saying the installations could be used for military purposes. ...
- November 6, 2018