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West Philippine Sea limited to exclusive economic zone
The renamed West Philippine Sea is limited to the area covered by the country's exclusive economic zone. This was stressed yesterday by Malacañang as it said China should not to take offense on the Philippines' move to ...
- September 15, 2012
RP pushes maritime info sharing
The Philippines has proposed an information-sharing system for Southeast Asia to help protect its waters from security challenges such as piracy, illegal fishing and drug trafficking. The proposal was tabled on Wednesday ...
- October 5, 2012
Call it 'West Philippines Sea' from now on
It’s official. The Aquino government has formally named the maritime areas of the western side of the Philippine archipelago as the "West Philippine Sea" and moved to popularize the change in the geographical name here and ...
- September 13, 2012
Taiwan shuns 'new' sea
Taiwan does not recognize a unilateral move by the Philippines to rename the South China Sea as the West Philippine Sea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Taiwan's Central News Agency (CAN) said the ministry issued a ...
- September 14, 2012
PH seeks proactive role of UN in territorial row
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario has urged the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to take a more pro-active position in resolving the West Philippine Sea dispute between the Philippines and China. "Today, ...
- October 3, 2012
Volunteers mobilized for coastal cleanup
Filipinos are urged to participate in the annual International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) this year's drive which involved 600,000 volunteers in picking up more than 6 million pound (lbs) of trash over 20,000 miles of coastlines ...
- September 11, 2012
Aquaculture
Fishermen are urged to practice good aquaculture management to protect their stocks from disease outbreaks. An expert from the South East Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) noted that the heavy use of chemicals ...
- May 3, 2012
US should encourage code of conduct in South China Sea
Washington should more publicly support efforts to get China and the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to engage and conclude a binding code of conduct in the South China Sea, a Filipino-American senior ...
- September 7, 2012
RP supports diplomatic conference on safety of fishing vessels
The Philippines has expressed its full support to the diplomatic conference on safety of fishing vessels for the benefit of seafarers held recently in Cape Town, South Africa. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said ...
- October 22, 2012
Singapore backs PH stand in South China Sea dispute
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday expressed support to the Philippines' efforts for a peaceful resolution of the dispute in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). President Benigno S. Aquino III ...
- September 9, 2012