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PHL seeks ASEAN push vs China reclamation
The Philippines on Sunday has called on its fellow members in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to push for a halt against Beijing's "massive reclamation in the South China Sea". Department of Foreign ...
- April 27, 2015
It's o-fish-al: Tokyo's Tsukiji market to move on Oct. 11
Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market will move to a new site on October 11, the capital’s governor said Wednesday, ending years of delays marked by scandals and emotional divisions among fishmongers. Yuriko Koike’s decision ...
- December 21, 2017
Vietnam slams China over its drills in South China Sea
Vietnam has delivered a sharp rebuke to China over its military drills in the South China Sea, the second such warning in a week as the tensions rise between the countries over the disputed waterway. China and Vietnam have ...
- September 7, 2017
Japan's Tsukiji fish market to stop tourist tuna viewings
Tokyo’s famous Tsukiji fish market will stop admitting tourists to watch its pre-dawn tuna auctions next month, as it prepares to move locations on October 11, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. After more than 80 years in operation ...
- August 22, 2018
P-Noy: World should fear China’s moves in disputed sea
China's efforts to stake its claim to most of the South China Sea should spark fear around the world, President Aquino told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday. “Does it engender fear? Yes, I think it should engender fear for ...
- April 15, 2015
US scientists report whale making human voice sounds
US marine biologists puzzled by human-like sounds coming from the whale and dolphin tank of an aquarium concluded they were actually coming from a whale. Anecdotal reports of whales sounding like people are not new. But ...
- October 24, 2012
Du30 to China: We're pals but don't touch Pag-asa
President Duterte has told China not to “touch” Pag-asa Island, the largest in the Kalayaan Island Group occupied by Filipinos, otherwise he would send Philippine troops on a “suicide mission” in response. The President, ...
- April 6, 2019
Del Rosario: China bent on taking 'de facto control of S. China Sea'
The Philippines called on other Southeast Asian countries to "stand up" as Beijing is poised to take "de facto control" of the South China Sea. Parts of South China Sea or the West Philippine Sea is being claimed by the ...
- April 27, 2015
China warns US on sea patrols in disputed sea
Chinese media on Thursday slammed the United States for "ceaseless provocations" in the South China Sea and said China's military should be "ready to launch countermeasures." In a rebuff to China on Tuesday, US Defense ...
- October 16, 2015
TV cartoons urge children to save seas
Coral reefs may be dying off at an alarming rate and pollution and overfishing emptying the seas . But fear not. Help is at hand in the form of a new wave of cartoon superheroes determined to save the oceans.Muppets creators ...
- November 7, 2016