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PH company wants to build bigger Navy ships to patrol seas
A local shipbuilder is considering building bigger vessels for territorial defense and patrolling of the country’s waters in the near future. Propmech Corp. said it was “definitely interested” to work with the government ...
- January 18, 2021
PH to agree on joint oil exploration with China in disputed sea
The Philippines is set to enter into a deal with China to jointly explore energy sources in the disputed West Philippine Sea. Duterte administration officials were in talks with their Chinese counterparts to finalize a ...
- October 19, 2016
Disaster validates Tubbataha Protected Area Act
As the author of the Tubbataha Protected Area Act, the more strongly I am convinced that, sad to say, the tragic damage to the reef validates the law Congress enacted. For all sides, in all incidents, whether it concerns ...
- February 14, 2013
Fisheries dep't will end political football
In 1996, we already had a shortfall of about 600,000 tons of fish. With globalization now a reality, we've gone beyond mere processing of imported mackerel to actual importation of bangus and even the lowly galunggong. In ...
- May 25, 1999
Fish pens strangle Laguna de Bay
Section 51 of the Fisheries Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 8550) states that “not over 10 percent of the suitable water surface area of all lakes and rivers shall be allotted for aquaculture purposes like fish ...
- January 3, 2017
PH protests Chinese ships in WPS
The Philippines has expressed concern that some 220 vessels, believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia personnel, were spotted on March 7 in the disputed South China Sea, the latest example of tensions in the crucial ...
- March 22, 2021
Carpio says Du30 can't compel foreign ships to seek permission
President Duterte cannot compel foreign ships to ask first for permission before passing through Philippine waters, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said on Thursday. Carpio said that the United Nations ...
- August 23, 2019
Duterte admin asked to heed SC order protecting PH reefs
President Rodrigo Duterte and other government officials must enforce the Supreme Court’s writ of kalikasan order directing them to protect and rehabilitate the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), former ...
- May 5, 2019
For farmers, 'Tuwid na daan' not enough
In the Agriculture Fisheries 2025 (AF2025) Conference in February 2011, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), a think tank connected to the National Economic Development Authority, received 23 road maps ...
- September 30, 2015
China's big dream lusts for small reefs
China’s aggressive activities in the South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea, have caught the attention of both international and local media. Chinese were survey ships were reported to have been spotted in ...
- March 20, 2017