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Bay project probe set: Move backs Makabayan bloc reso to look into its cost, timing
The House of Representatives will investigate the P384-million project to dump synthetic white sand onto the shoreline of Manila Bay, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. of Dasmariñas City in Cavite, chairman ...
- September 10, 2020
China ignores protests to focus on goal—Carpio
China will ignore all diplomatic protests filed against its aggressive behavior in the South China Sea because they run counter to its objective of establishing its national boundary based on its excessive nine-dash line ...
- April 27, 2021
Chinese disown dredging ship
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Wednesday debunked reports the dredging ship recently seized by Philippine Coast Guard off Bataan came from China. “Initial investigation on the identity of MV Zhonhai 68 by relevant Chinese ...
- February 4, 2021
CG reports no survivors found in sea collision
Coast Guard authorities have seen no signs of life in the search for 14 people who went missing during a collision last weekend between a fishing boat and a Hong Kong cargo vessel off Occidental Mindoro south of Manila. ...
- July 1, 2020
PH asserts WPS presence: Coast Guard activates drills to secure 'maritime jurisdiction' over vast areas
The Philippine Coast Guard is conducting drills in the South China Sea that an official said Sunday were part of efforts to secure the country's “maritime jurisdiction” over the disputed waters. The exercises near the ...
- April 26, 2021
China ‘trespassing’ in WPS
The Philippines on Thursday rejected China’s demand that it remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre ship from the Ayungin Shoal, saying it was the Chinese who were trespassers in the West Philippine Sea. The statement came ...
- November 26, 2021
Filipino boat chased by Sinos; AFP sets probe
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Friday it was investigating a report that Chinese military boats pursued a civilian vessel carrying Filipino journalists in the disputed South China Sea. A television crew ...
- April 10, 2021
Tolentino: probe on BFAR orders must continue
The Senate must proceed with its investigation on the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) crackdown on the illegal selling of pompano and salmon in wet markets despite the moratorium issued on Friday, Senator ...
- December 5, 2022
Congress OKs bills on marine hatcheries in PH
Congress passed into law 11 local bills for the establishment of multi-species marine hatcheries in various locations nationwide. The bills were sponsored by Senator Cynthia Villar during the 18th Congress. Villar, the ...
- July 4, 2022
Duterte lauded for sea stand: Allies, critics call it a victory for invoking PH arbitral award before UN
Critics and allies alike of President Rodrigo Duterte praised him Wednesday for invoking before the United Nations General Assembly a 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that struck down China’s excessive ...
- September 24, 2020