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    • Chile fishermen protest, demand port return 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Daily Tribune, October 22, 2021, on page B13)
      Chilean fishing boats clashed Wednesday with navy officials at the Port of Valparaiso as they demanded to return to work at one of the country's major seaports. More than 200 fishermen, in boats of different sizes, protested ...

    • Beijing presses Phl on Recto Bank deal 

      Blancaflor, Mj (Daily Tribune, March 9, 2022, on page A1)
      President Rodrigo Duterte said the Philippines should honor its commitment with China to pursue a joint exploration of the resource-rich Recto Bank to avoid "potential trouble." Duterte made the pronouncement on Monday ...

    • 5K Iloilo farmers, fisherfolk to receive aid 

      Oladive, Mariela Angella (DailyGuardian, July 12, 2024, on page 2)
      The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist in Iloilo is finalizing the list of beneficiaries for the Presidential Assistance to Farmers and Fisherfolk (PAFF). According to Provincial Agriculturist Dr. Ildefonso Toledo, in ...

    • Negros bulk water project bidding rescheduled 

      Yasa, Dolly (DailyGuardian, June 29, 2024, on page 2)
      Provincial Administrator Atty. Alberto Nellas announced that the bidding for the provincial government of Negros’ bulk water project has been reset to October due to a request from most bidders. The bidding was originally ...

    • Chinese harassment continues in WPS - AFP official 

      Felipe, Cecille (The Philippine Star, May 24, 2023, on page 4)
      Chinese coast guards continue to harass Filipino military personnel resupplying their outpost on the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), a ranking official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) told the Commission on ...

    • China says US 'stirring up' South China Sea tensions 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Philippine Star, December 5, 2023, on page A14)
      China yesterday said the United States was responsible for "deliberate stirring up" of tensions in the South China Sea, after a US warship navigated through waters claimed by Beijing. "On Dec. 4, littoral combat ship USS ...

    • Roro vessel runs aground off Romblon 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, March 12, 2024, on page 8)
      Up to 168 people were resued from a roll-on roll-off vessel that ran aground in the waters off Romblon on Sunday night. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the motor vessel SWM Salve Regina had 168 passengers and 55 ...

    • PCG: China practices doublespeak regarding maritime actions 

      Macairan, Evelyn; Porcalla, Delon; Felipe, Cecille (The Philippine Star, March 12, 2024, on page 2)
      By saying one thing at official meetings and doing another in Philippine territorial waters, China has exposed its true self as a “bully and untrustworthy,” Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commodore Jay Tarriela said yesterday. ...

    • 135 Chinese vessels swarm Julian Felipe Reef – PCG 

      Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, December 4, 2023, on page 1)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Saturday deployed two of its vessels to conduct maritime patrols in the immediate vicinity of Julian Felipe Reef, where more than 135 Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels have reportedly ...

    • China fires water cannon on Philippines humanitarian ships 

      Ong, Ghio; Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (The Philippine Star, December 10, 2023, on page 1)
      Chinese vessels have once again harassed Filipino boats and ships on a humanitarian mission at Bajo de Masinloc, also known as Panatag or Scarborough Shoal, in the West Philippine Sea. “China Coast Guard (CCG) ships utilized ...

    • Phl, US discuss reinforcing cooperation 

      Lee-Brago, Pia (The Philippine Star, December 29, 2023, on page 1)
      US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke yesterday with Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo about the ongoing tensions in the South China Sea as the two top diplomats exchanged ideas on how to reinforce bilateral ...

    • Boodle fight held in Rosario, Cavite to promote seafood industry after oil spill 

      Dena, Carla (Manila Bulletin, September 11, 2024, on page 7)
      The local government unit (LGU) of Rosario held a fish port boodle fight on Tuesday, Sept. 10, to show to the public that locally caught fish and seafood are now safe to eat. Rosario Public Information Officer Sid Samaniego ...

    • WB concerned over delayed fisheries project 

      De Vera, Ben Arnold (Manila Bulletin, September 11, 2024, on page B-4)
      The World Bank has flagged the delay in implementing the over one-year-old Philippine fisheries and coastal resiliency project (Fishcore), for which the Marcos administration had borrowed $176 million (over P9.9 billion). ...

    • Manila Bay salvage work nearly done 

      Reyes, Dempsey (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 9, 2024, on page A4)
      Nearly 1.3 million liters of oil was collected from the siphoning of the sunken oil tanker Terranova off Limay, Bataan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Sunday. This was based on the report by the contracted salvor, ...

    • China: Ties with PH at a crossroads over South China Sea 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 10, 2024, on page A3)
      China called on the Philippines to “seriously consider the future” of a relationship “at a crossroads” in a Monday commentary published by the People’s Daily, the newspaper of the governing Communist Party, amid tensions ...

    • Search continues for 33 missing fishers in Luzon 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr; Ostria, Rey Anthony; Mier-Manjares, Ma. April (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 9, 2024, on page A10)
      Authorities on Sunday said that they were still searching for 33 fishers from Quezon and Camarines Norte who went missing amid stormy weather days after Tropical Storm Enteng (international name: Yagi) devastated Luzon and ...

    • Bohol’s underwater graffiti blamed on dive guide 

      Udtohan, Leo (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 7, 2024, on page A8)
      A dive guide is being investigated by authorities for allegedly vandalizing the corals at the Estaca Snorkeling Site on Virgin Island in Panglao town of Bohol. The guide was positively identified through a viral video ...

    • Water activities on Virgin Island suspended after coral damage 

      Udtohan, Leo (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 11, 2024, on page A9)
      The Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) will no longer allow any water activities on Pungtod Island, popularly known as the Virgin Island, and its surrounding waters after its corals were defaced. In an advisory, the ...

    • 'Save Tañon Strait' campaign launched 

      Fuentes, Kaiser Jan (The Manila Times, September 20, 2024, on page A7)
      Advocates from the islands of Negros and Cebu have launched the "Save Tañon Strait" campaign, a network aimed at protecting the Tañon Strait seascape from the expansion of a coal-fired power plant in Toledo, Cebu. The group ...

    • Oil spill shuts several beaches in Spain's Gran Canaria 

      Reuters (The Philippine Star, September 7, 2024, on page 9)
      An oil spill off the Spanish island of Gran Canaria forced local authorities to close several beaches in the popular holiday destination on Thursday and declare an environmental emergency. Emergency services said on social ...