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China broaches joint probe on boat ramming
China has proposed a joint investigation with the Philippine government of the ship-ramming incident where a Chinese vessel hit and sank a Filipino fishing boat anchored near Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea to achieve ...
- June 21, 2019
PH ignores Chinese names on Benham
Malacañang said Thursday it is not alarmed over China’s move to tag five underwater features of Philippine Rise with Chinese names, saying there was no bad faith involved and that bilateral relations remain intact. In a ...
- February 16, 2018
Reclamation eyes Manila boom
Manila stands to earn about P10 billion in real estate taxes and create 200,000 jobs from the P12-billion reclamation in Manila Bay. At Wednesday’s Balitaan sa Aloha Hotel, Edmund Lim, vice chairman of Manila Gold Coast ...
- February 14, 2013
Manila bucks China naming of Benham features
The Philippines will protest China’s decision to name five undersea features in Philippine Rise (Benham Rise), saying it will not recognize the move approved by an international organization, Presidential Spokesperson Harry ...
- February 15, 2018
Gordon wants strong PH capability in sea dispute
Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday noted that unless the Philippines showed readiness to help itself by investing in building up a credible defense capability, nobody will help it in connection with the South China Sea ...
- July 4, 2018
Du30 to China: Back off from Pag-asa
President Rodrigo Duterte has warned Beijing to back off from a disputed island in the South China Sea, warning of possible military action if China “touches” it amid rising tensions over the key waterway. Duterte, aiming ...
- April 6, 2019
Balanga wetland to boost economic growth, tourism
The people of Balanga City in Bataan can look forward to a boost in their tourism industry with the signing into law of a bill declaring their coastal sanctuary as a responsible, community-based ecotourism site. “The ...
- August 21, 2019
Rody demands sanction vs. Chinese trawler crew
President Rodrigo Duterte told Chinese leader Xi Jinping he wanted the crew of the Chinese trawler that hit and sank a Filipino fishing boat on June 9 sanctioned so as to get closure on the incident, a Palace spokesman ...
- August 31, 2019
94 named protected areas
Ninety-four more areas which included popular tourism destinations as well as internationally-recognized critical zones were placed under “government protection” as mandated in the amended law on environmental protection ...
- July 7, 2018
Only 180 Bora resorts OKd for reopening
Of the 2,300 establishments in Aklan’s Boracay Island, only 180 of which or 7.8 percent have fulfilled the requisites of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and International ...
- September 13, 2018