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China demands release of 9 Sino fishermen who have served time
The Chinese government on Friday sought the immediate release of nine Chinese fishermen who have already served their six-month prison term for poaching in the Philippine-claimed Hasa-Hasa Shoal in May last year. Provincial ...
- May 16, 2015
Chinese boats near PH isles a concern-US envoy
The presence of large numbers of Chinese vessels near islands and islets occupied by the Philippines is "a concern," a senior US defense official said on Friday. The Philippine government protested the Chinese ship movements ...
- April 6, 2019
Chinese, Malaysian ships in standoff-sources
A Chinese government survey ship is tagging an exploration vessel operated by Malaysia’s state oil company Petronas in disputed waters in the South China Sea, three regional security sources said on Friday. China’s Haiyang ...
- April 19, 2020
Gov't eyes bond float to fund agri projects: DA needs P140B for farm-to-market roads, farm and fisheries modernization plan
The government is planning to issue bonds to raise funds for the completion of the Department of Agriculture’s farm-to-market roads (FMRs) and its farm and fisheries mechanization program, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel ...
- March 29, 2018
China plan bad news for PH fishermen
China’s plan to build a permanent structure on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea is bad news for fishermen in the coastal town of Infanta in Pangasinan province. A permanent Chinese structure there ...
- March 19, 2017
Agriculture can save the Philippines from COVID-19 havoc
A resounding yes to “Hope in agriculture” (Editorial, 5/24/20). As a country with vast untapped agricultural lands and abundant bodies of water, we need to revive the agriculture sector. And this global pandemic made us ...
- June 3, 2020
China trains fishing militia to venture into Spratlys
The fishing fleet based in this tiny port town on Hainan Island is getting everything from military training and subsidies to even fuel and ice as China creates an increasingly sophisticated fishing militia to sail into ...
- May 2, 2016
Lucena festival hails native smoked fish as 'food treasure'
A weeklong festival dubbed “Pasayahan sa Lucena” last month brought into focus one of the city’s native products, the smoked fish or tinapa, which the local government aimed to bring into the mainstream of national cuisine. ...
- June 18, 2015
Lorenzana, Austin discuss Felipe Reef situation in phone conversation
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin III discussed on Sunday the fleet of Chinese ships still anchored at Julian Felipe Reef in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone since early March ...
- April 12, 2021
PH as vassal
The two Chinese research vessels seen in the vicinity of Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea since early this month have left, according to the Philippine Navy chief, Vice Adm. Giovanni Bacordo. The Xiang Yang Hong 14 ...
- August 19, 2020