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Duterte won't summon Chinese envoy
President Rodrigo Duterte is not inclined to ask Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jinhua to shed light on the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat in disputed waters, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Palace spokesman ...
- June 19, 2019
Sarangani rolls out P 103-M watershed rehab project
The provincial government of Sarangani recently rolled out a multi-million-peso rehabilitation project of the 7.9-hectare Saub watershed ecosystem in Maitum town. Dubbed as Watershed Ecosystem Rehabilitation and Flood Risk ...
- April 10, 2019
Govt letting China survey Benham Rise 'capitulation'
The Duterte administration was accused on Tuesday by a lawmaker of accommodating the caprices of China in a reprise of what then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo did. “It can really be seen that [the government has] indeed ...
- January 17, 2018
Govt toughens protection of Tañon Strait
The Tañon Strait Protected Area Office is set to operationalize the enforcement plan for the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape, increasing seaborne patrol operations and speeding up the filing of cases against violators. ...
- January 26, 2017
Oil spills, units and scale
I started the day by reading through a news report off Internet about the size and scale of the oil spill by a British Petroleum leased-rig named Deep-water Horizon off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. In that ...
- July 8, 2010
Taiwanese fishermen protest crackdown
Fishermen and their families took to the streets in Taiwan Tuesday against what they said was an unfair crackdown on the industry which has been accused of illegal practices and human rights abuses. The rally by coastal ...
- November 7, 2018
Abad's wife vows to block Taiwan fish pact
Deputy Speaker Henedina Abad of Batanes, wife of Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, has vowed to block any fishing agreement between the Philippines and Taiwan unless the Aquino administration will earmark funding for strict ...
- August 13, 2013
After Boracay, will Manila Bay follow?
Last week, a roundtable discussion (RTD) on the status of compliance by government agencies covered by the continuing mandamus issued by the Supreme Court to rehabilitate the Manila Bay was convened by the Women in Maritime ...
- July 17, 2018
Haribon: Kaliwa dam a biodiversity threat
According to the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool curated by BirdLife International, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, ...
- November 22, 2018
Limahong and the South China Sea
Print, broadcast and social media have been headlining and trending issues on the South China Sea. We read about fishing vessels being rammed, scuttled and sunk, watch about islands being occupied, and react to photos of ...
- August 8, 2019