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What lies beneath: exploring Benham Rise's unknown treasures
Benham Rise, the underwater landmass northeast of Luzon that the United Nations declared part of the Philippines’ continental shelf, has been grabbing headlines because of the presence of Chinese ships that may or may not ...
- March 19, 2017
Killing watersheds, killing life
The simplest, most graphic and perhaps the most eloquent argument against open pit mining is found, not in the voluminous academic dissertations where arguments encompass the spectrum from bludgeoned biodiversity and ravaged ...
- March 14, 2017
123 soft-shell turtles seized near NAIA
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) intercepted 123 live Chinese soft-shell turtles, packed in seven polystyrene boxes, at the Pair Cargo warehouse near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 (NAIA-1) last Friday. BOC ...
- November 12, 2017
Speaker favors joint sea exploration: China interest in WPS gains key support in PH Congress
Speaker Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez threw yesterday his full support to the Philippine government’s efforts to seriously study its possible joint partnership with China in the exploration of natural resources in the West ...
- January 4, 2017
Carpio to Duterte, AFP: defend Panatag Shoal
Supreme Court Senior Justice Antonio T. Carpio said yesterday that the Armed Forces headed by President Duterte as commander-in-chief are constitutionally mandated to defend Scarborough or Panatag Shoul as part of the ...
- March 21, 2017
Asean declaration skirts China issue
Southeast Asian leaders are likely to avoid any official mention at their Manila summit this week of an arbitration ruling that had nullified China’s massive claims on the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), according ...
- April 27, 2017
PH wants 'butanding' on 'endangered' list
Whale sharks, locally called “butanding,” should be reclassified from vulnerable to endangered, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The DENR will propose the inclusion of the butanding ...
- October 23, 2017
What is a watershed?
If our country is practically a system of prominent watersheds totaling 421 in all, we need to know how to use the watershed properly and not merely say, for instance, that some mines should be closed because they are ...
- April 11, 2017
Peace in South China Sea vital for Australian trade, foreign minister says
Australia's vital trade interests in Southeast and North Asia require that countries in the region peacefully resolve their disputes, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a news conference. She specifically ...
- March 17, 2017
Asean statement to go easy on China
While Southeast Asian leaders are expected to express “serious concern” over recent developments in the South China Sea during their summit on Saturday, they are likely to avoid directly criticizing China’s “escalation of ...
- April 27, 2017