Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "government"

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    • Aquino 3rd arbitration suit induced Chinese moves on Ayungin Shoal 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto (The Manila Times, November 22, 2021, on page A1-A5)
      It is the unexpected ruling in 2016 on the Aquino 3rd regime's arbitration suit against China that continues to encourage the Chinese to block Philippine boats from sending supplies to military personnel in Ayungin Shoal, ...

    • Aquino-del Rosario offered Sabah to Malaysia for its support in arbitration case vs. China 

      Tiglao, Rigoberto D. (The Manila Times, September 18, 2019, on page A1-A5)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) under President Benigno Aquino 3rd's watch, then headed by Albert del Rosario, practically offered to drop our decades-old claim over Sabah against Malaysia in exchange for Kula ...

    • BFAR: P100M alotted for salt production 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, August 30, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) claimed that it allotted P100 million for salt production last year. "Last year, BFAR has set in motion a P100-million Development of the Salt Industry Project (DSIP) ...

    • Duterte: Chinese incursion 'abhorrent' 

      Maralit, Kristina; Tamayo, Bernadette; Cueto, Francis; Reyes, Dempsey (The Manila Times, November 23, 2021, on page A1-A9)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the government finds abhorrent the harassment of Filipino boats by Chinese coast guard ships in the Ayungin Shoal last week. Speaking at a regional summit with the Association of ...

    • Fishers' groups to Marcos: Advance PH interest 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, December 29, 2022, on page A1-A6)
      Fishers' groups called on President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to advance the interest of Filipinos, particularly the fishermen, during his state visit to China in January 2023. Pangisda Pilipinas National Chairman ...

    • GenSan fishers reeling from oil price increases 

      Sumangil, Franz (The Manila Times, June 10, 2022, on page A7)
      A group of 300 fisherfolk in General Santos City has appealed to the government to help them through subsidies amid increases in oil prices. Ruel Libawan, a member of the Minanga Buayan Fishermen Association, on Monday ...

    • Govt lawyers to present new contracts to water firms 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Dela Cruz, Nova Joy (The Manila Times, January 9, 2020, on page A1-A4)
      President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he had given the go signal to present new contracts to Metro Manila's two water concessionaires. In his speech during the oath taking of newly appointed government officials in ...

    • Lockdown plan for Boracay laid out 

      Agence France-Pressse (The Manila Times, April 18, 2018, on page A2)
      The Philippines is set to deploy hundreds of riot police to Boracay island to keep travellers out and head off potential protests ahead of its six-month closure to tourists, the government said Tuesday. President Rodrigo ...

    • Marcos pushes joint exploration of WPS 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Malarit, Kristina (The Manila Times, December 2, 2022, on page A1-A9)
      President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Thursday said the Philippine government will find "other ways" to proceed with the joint exploration with China of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) if government-to-government ...

    • Oil deal with China should benefit Filipinos - Go 

      Ismael, Javier Jose (The Manila Times, September 1, 2022, on page A2)
      SEN. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go on Wednesday reminded the government to prioritize the interest of the Filipino people amid proposals for joint energy exploration in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) between the Philippines ...

    • PH to contest naming of underwater features by China 

      (The Manila Times, March 1, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines will contest the naming of five underwater features of the Philippine Rise (Benham Rise) by China, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ernesto Abella said on Wednesday, as President Rodrigo Duterte warned of war ...

    • Prawn industry needs gov't support for survival 

      Ferriols, Des (The Manila Times, May 23, 1990, on page 11)
      The country's prawn industry has been showing signs of recovery from the impact of the glut in the Japanese market, but this may backfire if the government does not intervene to make the Black Tiger prawn competitive in ...

    • SC dismisses writ of kalikasan case 

      Canlas, Jomar (The Manila Times, September 4, 2019, on page A7)
      The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday dismissed the writ of kalikasan plea on the disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea after the fishermen who filed the petition withdrew the case following revelations that their signatures ...

    • Tilapia holds promise for the future 

      (The Manila Times, July 27, 1996, on page 15)
      Reconciling population growth and food productivity has trumped the government for ages. Projections from the National Census and Statistics Office placed the country's population at 75.2 million by the year 2000. Each ...

    • Uphold 2016 West PH Sea arbitration ruling 

      Cruz, Kaithreen (The Manila Times, July 6, 2022, on page A2)
      NEARING the six-year mark on July 12 of the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration Ruling in favor of the Philippines against China's claim on the West Philippine Sea based on the nine-dash line, think tank Stratbase ADR ...

    • Why is China so pissed by SND's Spratly visit? 

      Tatad, Francisco (The Manila Times, April 26, 2017, on page A1-A5)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s visit to Pagasa Island in the municipality of Kalayaan in the Spratlys last week posed no threat to China of any kind. No troops were landed, neither was any offensive military structure ...