• Senate to probe WPS collision 

  Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, October 8, 2023, on page B20)

  Senators want to investigate the fatal collision between a foreign-flagged oil tanker and a local fishing boat in the waters off Agno, Pangasinan, in the West Philippine Sea that resulted in the deaths of three fishermen ...

• Major fishing firms oppose trackers before SC 

  Murcia, Alvin (Daily Tribune, October 13, 2023, on page A6)

  The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday in a consolidated case challenging a lower court's decision that declared unlawful a government order requiring commercial fishing vessels to install tracking devices. ...

• Palawan man survives crocodile attack 

  Formoso, Celeste Anna (Daily Tribune, October 12, 2023, on page B20)

  An elderly man in Bataraza town in Southern Palawan fought off a potentially deadly crocodile attack while washing his feet in a river behind his home. Initial reports disclosed that the man — identified as 71-year-old ...

• Manila-Beijing resuming WPS exploration talks 

  Garner, Jom (Daily Tribune, March 31, 2023, on page A6)

  The Philippines and China will resume negotiations on a possible joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo has said. Manalo confirmed there have been efforts by his ...

• PCG inflatables confront China's missile corvette 

  Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, March 31, 2023, on page A1-A6)

  Now it can be told, and only because the Philippine Coast Guard has been allowed to lift the veil of secrecy cloaking its operations in the West Philippine Sea. The PCG yesterday revealed that it had deployed from the BRP ...

• Legal office tapped to process oil spill claims 

  Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, March 24, 2023, on page A2)

  Oriental Mindoro Governor Humerlito “Bonz” Dolor on Thursday said the filing of “compensation claims” over the ill effects of the oil spill from the San Miguel Corporation-chartered MT Princess Empress will start on Monday. ...

• Batangas sea mishap claims 2 

  Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page B15)

  Two crew of a water taxi died after the watercraft they were maneuvering figured a collision with a passenger vessel in the vicinity waters off Verde Island, Batangas, on Wednesday afternoon. Reports from the Philippine ...

• P50 bangus per kilo possible, says BFAR 

  Angeles, Vivienne (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A7)

  The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources is confident that bangus prices can plunge to as much as P50 per kilo if good domestic production is maintained, and to ensure a stable local harvest, the government needs to ...

• China’s claim over Bajo has no basis — Año 

  Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A6)

  National Security Adviser Eduardo Año has emphasized that China’s persistent claims over the waters of Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) have “no legal basis.” “China’s repeated claims of sovereignty over Bajo de Masinloc ...

• Phl vessels patrolling WPS 'sufficient' 

  Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A3)

  A military official said the Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard have a “sufficient number of vessels” patrolling within the country’s exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. “We have a sufficient number ...

• Bilateral Code on SCS signed with Vietnam 

  Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A1-A6)

  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said there has been significant progress in establishing a bilateral Code of conduct between the Philippines and Vietnam concerning the South China Sea. In his recent interview with the ...

• 'WPS rift beyond superpower rivalry' 

  Oliquino, Edjen (Daily Tribune, February 4, 2024, on page A1-A2)

  Indo-Pacific nations must stay the course on peace despite rising militarization and instances of aggression in the region, including in the West Philippine Sea, or WPS, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said during ...

• Palawan gov't distributes 'payao' to 138 fishermen 

  Formoso, Celeste Anna (Daily Tribune, February 4, 2024, on page B16)

  A total of 138 members from various fisherfolk associations in Palawan are benefitting from the fish aggregating device project distributed in the last quarter of the previous year, the provincial government reported. ...

• Summit addresses waste, sanitation challenges at LGU level 

  Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, February 4, 2024, on page A3)

  The Department of Environment and Natural Resources reported over the weekend that more than 350 local government officials and stakeholders in waste management and water security from across the country vowed to provide ...

• Indian navy rescues 19 crew of fishing vessel 

  Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Daily Tribune, February 4, 2024, on page B14)

  India’s navy has rescued 19 crew members aboard a fishing vessel hijacked off Somalia, the third such operation this week after a spate of attacks on shipping in the region. A distress call from the Iranian-flagged FV Omari ...

• One Meralco Foundation commits to a greener future by planting 125,000 mangroves in Del Carmen, Siargao in observance of World Wetlands Day 

  (Daily Tribune, February 3, 2024, on page B12)

  Siargao is known for as the surfing capital of the Philippines, but did you know that it is also home to one of the Philippines’ largest contiguous mangrove forests that boast a rich diversity of flora and fauna that can ...

• BFAR: Deep study needed for fish 'microplastics' 

  Angeles, Vivienne (Daily Tribune, February 3, 2024, on page B15)

  The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Friday appealed to researchers in the country to conduct a deeper probe on the effects of microplastics in fisher following a recent study by the Department of Science and ...

• Historic trilat puts spotlight on sea spat 

  Piatos, Tiziana Celine; Kabagani, Lade Jean; Garner, Jom (Daily Tribune, April 11, 2024, on page A1-A2)

  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flew to the United States yesterday, hoping that the trilateral summit between the United States, the Philippines, and Japan would enhance freedom of navigation in the West Philippine Sea and ...

• Détente topbills talks 

  (Daily Tribune, April 11, 2024, on page A4)

  Vikram Singh, senior advisor to the Asia Program at the Washington-based US Institute of Peace, said, “We are going to see more joint patrols in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, and I think we’re going to see a ...

• Of spies and historical parallels 

  (Daily Tribune, April 11, 2024, on page A5)

  Reports have surfaced indicating China’s recruitment of Filipinos with military backgrounds to serve as spies on the West Philippine Sea. The move, ostensibly, aims to bolster Beijing’s territorial claims in the disputed ...

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