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A firm voice to China
After meeting with top diplomats from the United States, Japan, South Korea, and India last week, incoming President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. outlined his approach toward China’s persistent incursions in the West Philippine ...
- May 31, 2022
Carpio: Marcos stand a 'welcome sea change'
Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio lauded the recent pronouncement by President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that he would assert the 2016 decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration favoring Manila against ...
- May 29, 2022
Chinese militia vessels coming closer to Palawan
Dozens of Chinese vessels believed to be manned by their maritime militias in the West Philippine Sea have been moving much closer to Palawan in recent months, including waters near the sites of an aborted Philippines-China ...
- December 7, 2022
Gov’t protests China’s fishing ban extending to PH waters
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has filed a diplomatic protest against China’s unilateral imposition of a three-and-half-month fishing ban in the South China Sea, saying the prohibition encroaches into parts of the ...
- June 1, 2022
Task force turns over Boracay Island to Aklan local gov'ts
The government body spearheading the rehabilitation of Boracay has formally turned over the management of its unfinished tasks on the island to the local governments in Aklan province. In a ceremony on the island on June ...
- June 21, 2022
Boracay rehab projects to continue even after Duterte's term
Several rehabilitation projects on Boracay Island will be continued after President Rodrigo Duterte steps down on June 30. The projects will be implemented by concerned government agencies since the term of office of the ...
- April 26, 2022
Marcos vows stronger air force, cities disputes
On his first full day on the job, President Marcos on Friday promised a robust and capable Air Force to defend the country’s sovereignty. Speaking at the late afternoon rites to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the ...
- July 2, 2022
DENR cancels ECC of reclamation project in Coron
There is now very little chance that the halted 51-hectare reclamation project in the tourist town of Coron in Palawan province can still resume after the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment ...
- May 23, 2022
Marcos to assert Hague ruling
In his first foreign policy pronouncement since being proclaimed president-elect, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday said he would uphold a 2016 decision by The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) that favored ...
- May 27, 2022
PRA forfeits Coron reclamation project
After years of battling against a “destructive development project,” a civic movement in Coron, Palawan, scored a win when the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) ordered the forfeiture in favor of the national government ...
- June 29, 2022