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Duterte earmarks P2b for Boracay under state of calamity, junks casino
President Rodrigo Duterte said he would place Boracay Island under a state of calamity to release P2 billion in calamity funds for workers and residents hurt by the six-month closure, adding he would not also allow any ...
- April 10, 2018
Dismantle fish cages-fishermen
Militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya-Pilipinas) on Sunday welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to dismantle vast tracts of private fish pens in Laguna de Bay., ...
- August 1, 2016
Pinoys now free to fish in Scarborough—Palace
Filipino fishermen are now be able to fish in the disputed Scarborough Shoal without being intercepted by Chinese Coast Guard vessels more than four years after the Chinese gained control of the area, Malacañang said Friday. ...
- October 29, 2016
P100-m research fund for PH Rise gets greenlight
Congress has adopted a resolution to create a P100-million trust fund for scientific research, feasibility studies, marine exploration and procurement of new equipment to beef up research capability in the Philippine Rise. ...
- February 12, 2018
DFA says no policy to appease China, chides critics
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Monday rejected the claim of the critics of the Duterte administration that it has adopted a policy of appeasement in dealing with China. "Appeasement? No. In fact, you are ...
- June 23, 2020
Exploration with China not ‘harmful’ — Cayetano
The framework for the proposed joint exploration hunt for oil and gas deposits with China in the West Philippine Sea will not be "harmful" to the country's territorial and sovereign rights, Foreign Affairs secretary Alan ...
- August 13, 2018
Rotary Club supports Boracay rehab return to its 'former glory'
The Rotary Club of Sta. Mesa District 3780, through its president Jose Paulo Legaspi, supports the proposed rehabilitation of the island of Boracay to restore its former glory. “We have ignored nature’s warning signs in ...
- March 19, 2018
Fisherfolk group slams govt for inaction in kagitingan Reef
The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas on Friday slammed President Rodrigo Duterte and the Armed Forces of the Philippines for allowing China to convert the Kagitingan Reef, ...
- January 6, 2018
Rody weighs in on 'accident'
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday described the ramming and sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in the Recto Bank a “little maritime accident,” adding that the Philippines is not ready to challenge China’s military might. ...
- June 18, 2019
China builds military-grade runway in West PH Sea
Aerial photographs show an increase in Chinese military infrastructure in the West Philippine Sea, and as a threat upon our sovereignty it is most alarming. Some of the photos show a military-grade runway and Chinese ...
- April 19, 2018