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    • Mission accomplished, says 'Atin Ito' 

      Oliquino, Edjen (Daily Tribune, May 18, 2024, on page A5)
      It was “mission accomplished” for the civilian group “Atin Ito” following its successful delivery of supplies, including fuel and food packs, to the fisherfolk in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) notwithstanding the blocking ...

    • PCG probes vessel's Chinese crew 

      Ayeng, Raffy (Daily Tribune, May 18, 2024, on page A6)
      The Chinese crew members of a Sierra Leone-flagged ship are being investigated by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) after the vessel was seized due to deficiencies. In a report on Friday, the PCG said the MT Hyperline 988 ...

    • DoJ finalizing environmental complaint vs China - Clavano 

      Murcia, Alvin (Daily Tribune, May 31, 2024, on page A1)
      The Department of Justice (DoJ) expects to finalize “in a few weeks” the environmental case the Philippines plans to file against China over the latter’s activities in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), department spokesperson ...

    • 'Monster' ship gone from EEZ but for how long? 

      (Daily Tribune, May 31, 2024, on page A1)
      China Coast Guard 5901, the world’s largest coast guard ship also known as “The Monster,” has left the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines confirmed ...

    • Leatherback turtle spotted nesting 

      Villamente, Jing (Daily Tribune, June 9, 2024, on page B13)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) over the weekend is calling for public support to protect the nesting site of a critically endangered leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) in the coastal town ...

    • PBBM’s counterpunch vs Gen. Xu 

      Lopez, Bernie (Daily Tribune, June 11, 2024, on page A5)
      Even in his not-so-smooth manner, PBBM (President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.) drove home the point. Chinese Maj. Gen. Xu Hui told PBBM, as if lecturing him, to focus on the ASEAN principles of “mutual respect and ...

    • China's 'agents of aggression' remain at Rozul Reef - Navy 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, June 11, 2024, on page A6)
      Chinese vessels should not be lingering in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), a ranking Philippine Navy official said on Monday. Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad, Navy spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, said ...

    • China blocks Phl medical evac: PCG calls incident barbaric, inhumane 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, June 8, 2024, on page A1)
      Calling it “barbaric and inhumane behavior,” the Philippine Coast Guard slammed China’s obstruction into the country’s medical evacuation of a sick Filipino soldier from the BRP Sierra Madre (LS57) in Ayungin Shoal within ...

    • China dared to open ‘despoiled’ Scarborough Shoal to inspection 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean; Piatos, Tiziana Celine; Formoso, Celeste Anna (Daily Tribune, May 22, 2024, on page A6)
      The Philippines on Tuesday dared China to allow international bodies to inspect the environment around Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea amid accusations China was conducting harmful activities ...

    • Red tide invades San Pedro Bay 

      Recuerdo, Elmer (Daily Tribune, March 24, 2023, on page B16)
      Red tide has once again hit San Pedro Bay, a rich fishing ground known for oyster and other shellfish in Basey, Samar. According to the Bureau Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Eastern Visayas, the laboratory examination ...

    • Ayungin Shoal within Phl EEZ 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, October 14, 2023, on page A6)
      Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has debunked China's claims of sovereignty over some features of the West Philippine Sea, including Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, Spratlys Island, and Bajo de Masinloc ...

    • Lightning strikes CdO fisherman 

      Echeminada, Perseus (Daily Tribune, October 24, 2023, on page B16)
      A 58-year-old fisherman was killed after a lighting struck him and his banca along the coastline of Zone 7 in Barangay Agusan here on Sunday afternoon.

    • Brawner calls out Chinese propaganda 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean; Garner, Jom (Daily Tribune, October 11, 2023, on page A1)
      Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. on Tuesday dismissed China's claim that it drove away a Philippine Navy ship from Scarborough Shoal. "It came from Beijing, right? Then that's Chinese propaganda. ...

    • China's blocking won't stop Phl patrols in WPS 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, October 12, 2023, on page A1)
      As the Chinese Coast Guard is determined to intercept, harass, and block the country's maritime patrols in its exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea, the military vowed to be more eager to defend and protect ...

    • Red tide invades Samar bays anew 

      (Daily Tribune, October 7, 2023, on page B15)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Friday revealed that the red tide phenomenon has recurred in three bays in Samar and Eastern Samar provinces, raising warning not to consume shellfish products in these ...

    • Oil spill mega-disaster 

      Vadis, Quo (Daily Tribune, March 24, 2023, on page A5)
      Two weeks ago in this space, we wrote about the Oriental Mindoro oil spill and now it appears that nothing has happened aside from reports of the oil spreading toward Batangas and Palawan. More and more people are being ...

    • Phl-China oil exploration talks set May 

      Garner, Jom (Daily Tribune, April 5, 2023, on page B12)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said the Philippines and China with hold their "preparatory tasks" in Beijing for the possible joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea in May. "The meeting ...

    • 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 ...