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'A little accident': Duterte on boat sinking
Speaking for the first time on the June 9 sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel, President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday described the incident as a “little maritime accident,” and reiterated anew that the ...
- June 18, 2019
PNoy, Del Rosario responsible for PH losing control of Scarborough shoal
The term “lost Scarborough shoal” is debatable. Security officials deny that. Foreign affairs officials will not say that because that would be detrimental to the claim of the Philippines on the shoal which is included in ...
- May 26, 2016
No big bash for Boracay reopening
There will be no big celebration for the reopening of Boracay on October 26. "It will not be high profile. Rehabilitation is a work in progress," explained Helen Catalbas, Department of Tourism (DOT) regional director for ...
- July 27, 2018
Gov't to purchase research vessels for use in PH rise
The country will purchase maritime research vessels so it can better assess the resources which can be explored in the undisputed Philippine Rise. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said this was the consensus reached by ...
- March 7, 2018
DENR to rehabilitate Manila Bay using same strategy as Boracay
Buoyed by the success of the Boracay Rehabilitation, The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is preparing to Embark on a highly ambitious and more complicated endeavor restoring manila bay to its pristine ...
- December 20, 2018
PH to file protest if China drives away Pinoy fishers
The Philippine government would file a protest against China if reports that Filipino fishermen were being driven away from the Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) by Chinese Coast Guards were confirmed, Malacañang said on ...
- March 26, 2019
'PH a willing victim of China in sea dispute’
Two years after winning an international arbitral court ruling against China, the Philippines has become a “willing victim” of the Asian behemoth in the South China Sea disputes, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario ...
- July 13, 2018
High court asked to drop petition vs Bora closure
Malacañang has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition questioning the six-month closure of the world-famous Boracay Island resort. In a 61-page comment, Malacañang, through the Office of the Solicitor General, sought ...
- August 22, 2018
Roque is best adviser to Duterte on joint exploration with China
“We have gone beyond determining if there are resources” and “The only issue is now, is it commercially viable,” he said. Roque and Davila were talking about the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking or JMSU entered into by the ...
- March 10, 2018
Consolidated plan for Boracay closure bared
More than a week before the April 26 closure, the Department of Tourism (DOT) initiated a Tuesday working conference for local stakeholders and presented the consolidated plan on how to rehabilitate world-famous Boracay ...
- April 18, 2018