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AFP plans new structures in WPS
(Daily Tribune,April 23, 2021 , on page A2)Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana on Thursday disclosed that the military is considering building new structures in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid China’s insistence that the ... -
Pasig River cleanup shifts into high gear
(Daily Tribune,April 25, 2021 , on page B16)In a bid to intensify efforts in cleaning up the historic Pasig River, San Miguel Corporation (SMC), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) are now ... -
Oil spill detected in Manila Bay
(Daily Tribune,April 27, 2021 , on page A8)The Manila Department of Public Services (MDPS) called the attention of authorities regarding an oil spill in Manila Bay last Saturday. Kenneth Amurao, MDPS chief, reported to Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso over the ... -
China's coast guard continues patrol around disputed islands
(Daily Tribune,April 27, 2021 , on page B13)Vessels of the China Coast Guard (CCG) continued patroling the surrounding waters of the disputed Diaoyu Islands Sunday. Analysts said the patrol is China’s way of making it clear to other countries that it will safeguard ... -
Rescue ships find more submarine parts
(Daily Tribune,April 27, 2021 , on page B13)The Indonesian Military (TNI) on Sunday afternoon said that rescue ships have found the location and more authentic evidence of wreckage of the missing submarine KRI Nanggala-402 in the ocean floor off Bali’s northern ... -
'Pay P800B for ecological damage': China intrusion into WPS hit
(Daily Tribune,April 27, 2021 , on page A1-A2)A number of senators on Monday condemned the illegal activities of China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) through a resolution that denounced the superpower country’s intrusion into the Philippine territory. China should ... -
No need for China fishing deal
(Daily Tribune,April 28, 2021 , on page A1-A2)In yet another effort to convince the public that President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have not forged a five-year-old fishing deal, Malacañang on Tuesday said the Philippines does not need an agreement ... -
Panelo: 'Carpio, del Rosario botched WPS not Duterte'
(Daily Tribune,May 1, 2021 , on page A6)Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Secretary Salvador Panelo on Friday lambasted retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario over their recent statements on ... -
Defending country's border
(Daily Tribune,May 3, 2021 , on page D24)If the Philippine government’s recent actions concerning the country’s territorial dispute are any indication, then the Duterte administration is making its stand known. From merely sending diplomatic protests, the government ... -
Palace rebuffs Carpio, Del Rosario on WPS
(Daily Tribune,May 3, 2021 , on page A3)Malacañang on Sunday rebuffed retired Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, saying the two officials are not helping the Philippines in its claim on the West Philippine ... -
Who lost Scarborough?
(Daily Tribune,May 10, 2021 , on page A4)Had former President Noynoy Aquino not resorted to subterfuge in dealing with China by employing the anarchist Antonio Trillanes IV as back channel, relations would not have deteriorated to the extent that the country’s ... -
Coastal defense: The Philippine Marine Corps' newest mission
(Daily Tribune,May 13, 2021 , on page B11)“We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it?” The above is a quote made by Colonel Nathan Jessup in the movie A Few Good Men. He was talking of US military ... -
300 Chinese ships in WPS
(Daily Tribune,May 13, 2021 , on page A1-A2)From 220 ships that scattered in April amid the Philippines’ Balikatan naval drills with the United States, the Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) militia now maintains 300 sea vessels within and in proximity to the ... -
More patrols bar intrusions
(Daily Tribune,May 14, 2021 , on page A1-A2)Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar is batting for a bigger presence of local law enforcers in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to protect the country’s waters from intrusion by foreign ships. Eleazar ... -
Rody vows no Phl ship to leave WPS
(Daily Tribune,May 15, 2021 , on page A1-A6)President Rodrigo Duterte fired his strongest words against China yet when he declared that local ships will not move “an inch backward” from the West Philippine Sea even if it gets him killed. In his pre-recorded address ... -
Phl boosting WPS presence
(Daily Tribune,May 16, 2021 , on page A1-A2)The government is boosting its maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea following President Duterte’s declaration that local ships won’t pull out from the disputed area, an official said Saturday. National security ... -
Phl territorial defense shored up
(Daily Tribune,May 20, 2021 , on page A3)The Philippines’ territorial defense capabilities are getting more enhancements this year as agencies are already collaborating on a satellite-aided maritime monitoring system and the expected delivery of a ground-based ... -
Rody, Noy meet on WPS
(Daily Tribune,May 21, 2021 , on page A1-A2)Along with other past leaders, President Rodrigo Duterte is likely to consider inviting former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III soon to discuss issues on the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The meeting would serve as an ... -
Scarborough fiasco
(Daily Tribune,May 22, 2021 , on page A1-A4)My Monday evening visit to Malacañang has evoked in my mind many more unanswered questions about the Scarborough loss to the Philippines. If there was an agreement between the Philippines and China to withdraw from ... -
Fish bone hospitalizes Uruguay's ex-president
(Daily Tribune,May 29, 2021 , on page B14)Uruguay's leftist ex-president Jose Mujica, 85, will undergo surgery to remove a fish bone lodged in his throat, staff at the hospital where he was admitted told AFP.