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    • Palace to Carpio: Can you read China's mind? 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, September 27, 2019, on page A2)
      Malacañang on Thursday dismissed as "speculations" the claim of Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that China will try to reclaim Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal before President Rodrigo Duterte's term ends ...

    • Palace to China on PH Island: ‘Get away from Kota’ 

      Villanueva, Ralph U.; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, April 11, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has heightened its rhetoric against China, with Malacañang calling on Chinese vessels supposedly seen near the Philippine-owned Kota (Loaita) Island to “go away.” In a news briefing on Wednesday, Palace ...

    • Palace: Cabinet execs to discuss boat sinking 

      Villanueva, Ralph U.; Jalea, Glee; Tamayo, Bernadette E.; Dela Cruz, Divina Nova Joy; Piad, Tyrone C. (The Manila Times, June 17, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Chinese Foreign Ministry has warned the Philippines against politicizing the boat’s sinking, which it described as a “ordinary maritime incident.” The Filipino boat’s crew — rescued by a Vietnamese vessel — has claimed ...

    • Palace: Let China fish in PH waters 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, June 26, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines will not stop China from fishing in the country’s territorial waters, Malacañang said on Tuesday amid calls on the government to make Recto (Reed) Bank an exclusive fishing ground for Filipinos. Recto Bank ...

    • Palace: No such Sabah offer 

      Valente, Catherine; Bauzon, Bernice Camille (The Manila Times, March 31, 2015, on page A7)
      Malacañang on Monday dismissed a report that the Philippines has offered to ease its claim on Sabah in return for Malaysia’s support in Manila’s territorial dispute with China. “There is absolutely no basis to such report,” ...

    • Palace: Panatag issue 'shelved' to secure access to fishing grounds 

      Panti, Llanesca T. (The Manila Times, January 23, 2018, on page A1-A8)
      The Duterte administration is shelving the issue of the country’s claim on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal to ensure that Filipino fisherfolk can freely fish there. Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. made the clarification two ...

    • Palace: PH sticking to alliance with US 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, May 22, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      Despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s “independent” foreign policy, the Philippines is not abandoning its traditional alliance with the United States, Malacañang said on Monday. Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. reiterated ...

    • Palace: We'll get back SCS islands 

      Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, February 9, 2018, on page A3)
      Saying only the Philippines can legally build on territories in the disputed South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), Malacañang said China will have to return someday what belongs to the country. In an interview aired on ...

    • Palawan to effect fishing season ban 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Manila Times, December 16, 2015, on page A7)
      The multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary body Palawan Council for Sustainable Development(PCSD) will push for the implementation of the seasonal fishing ban on the reef-fish-for food(RFF) after May next year to save fish ...

    • Pangasinan fishermen avoid Scarborough Shoal 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (The Manila Times, October 1, 2023, on page A7)
      Most fishermen from the coastal village of Cato no longer fish in the Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), according to village chief Napoleon Domalanta. "In fact, there is only one boat now that goes there ...

    • Pangasinan salt farm rehabilitation begins 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (The Manila Times, June 30, 2023, on page A9)
      The provincial government has begun the rehabilitation of a 473-hectare salt farm in Barangay Zaragoza here to enable it to start producing salt by November. Last week, village residents, who are beneficiaries of the ...

    • Pangasinan to open salt farms for tourists 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (The Manila Times, September 21, 2023, on page A7)
      This town's tourism office is now preparing a tour package, including a visit to a salt farm. Guendolin Bustamante, head of this town's tourism and cultural office, said her office is now drafting a memorandum of agreement ...

    • Pangatalan Island in Palawan, elected as a sustainable island 

      (The Manila Times, April 13, 2021, on page B13)
      On September 15, the Philippine Embassy in Paris, received Frédéric Tardieu, president of Sulubaaï Environment Foundation (SEF), to sign an agreement between the French Fund for World Conservation and Sulubaai Environment ...

    • Partnership to develop vaccine for tilapia virus 

      (The Manila Times, October 5, 2023, on page B5)
      The Department of Agriculture-National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (DA-NFRDI) and the Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) have signed an agreement for a two-year partnership to develop an oral subunit ...

    • Pasig River 

      Palafox, Felino A. Jr. (The Manila Times, October 3, 2019, on page A7-A8)
      Since Rajah Sulayman’s rule before the Spanish colonizers arrived in our land in the 16th century, the Pasig River was already a lively and bustling waterway — a source of aquatic wealth, commerce, and cultural influences. ...

    • Pasig River cleanup progressing - SMC 

      Salting, Ed Paolo (The Manila Times, February 1, 2023, on page B3)
      San Miguel Corp. (SMC) expects its P2-billion Pasig River cleanup project to cross the one million metric ton (MMT) threshold in terms of silt and solid wastes removed this month. The firm said its dredging teams were ...

    • Pasig River development body up 

      Maralit, Kristina (The Manila Times, July 31, 2023, on page A2)
      President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the creation of the Inter-Agency Council for the Pasig River Urban Development as part of his administration's efforts to enhance the quality of life along the river's banks. The ...

    • Pasig River: The dying vein of Manila 

      Mejia, Gab (The Manila Times, November 22, 2019, on page A5)
      It is just a single flow of water that has given rise to the complexity and diversity of all life that we know of today. Rivers are the foundations of civilizations throughout the course of human history, from the Nile, ...

    • Passage of Chinese ships no threat to PH- China 

      Reyes, Dempsey; Jalea, Glee (The Manila Times, September 5, 2019, on page A3)
      Chinese President Xi Jinping assured President Rodrigo Duterte that Chinese vessels passing through Philippine waters do not pose a threat to Manila and therefore need not secure permits to sail across the South China (West ...

    • 'Payao' fishers receive P.9-M SMC assistance 

      Datu, Mahatma Randy (The Manila Times, June 12, 2023, on page A7)
      Fishermen from Masinloc, Zambales. who lost their livelihood when a cargo ship destroyed their fish aggregating device (FAD) or payao early this year will get yet another windfall with the help of Rep. Doris "Nanay Bing" ...