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Fisheries reform law needed—Pamalakaya
The fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Friday said that Senator Francis Pangilinan was out of touch with reality for stating that the fisheries sector could be an ...
- September 18, 2016
NSC meets today amid sea dispute
President Rodrigo Duterte will convene the 35-member National Security Council today to discuss the pressing issues facing the country before a delegation led by former President Fidel Ramos faces Beijing for talks over ...
- July 27, 2016
Recto seeks aid to fishermen
El Niño, which is leaving many farms parched of water, is also affecting those who live off the country’s waters. Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto on Saturday urged the government to extend its El Niño aid program ...
- April 17, 2016
China warns: Penalties imposed on illegal fishing
Beijing on Tuesday announced penalties for “illegal” fishing in its waters, including those it claims in the South China Sea weeks after an international tribunal ruled that those claims have no legal basis. The Supreme ...
- August 3, 2016
China wants ruling left out of PH talks
China will not resume negotiations with the Philippines over their territorial dispute in the South China Sea if the discussions are based on the ruling of an arbitral tribunal in the Hague, the official China daily said ...
- July 5, 2016
China to put up international maritime court
China will establish an international maritime judicial center, a report from the country’s top court said Sunday, as it seeks to shore up territorial claims to the South China Sea at the center of a growing regional ...
- March 14, 2016
Protect marine resources-senator
Alarmed by experts' findings that the seas will be turned into "virtual deserts" by 2050, Senator Cynthia A. Villar said she has been pursuing legislation to balance the need to increase marine life production and the need ...
- June 20, 2016
China defiant, offers cruises on disputed sea
China announced Thursday that a Chinese company will boost tourism by offering cruises around the contested South China Sea and buy eight new ships over the next five years for that purpose. The state-owned China Daily ...
- July 22, 2016
Dismantle fish ages- 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
Japan offers PH help in sea row
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on congratulated President-elect Rodrigo Duterte for his victory as he urged the incoming president to push for multilateral talks in settling the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
- June 4, 2016