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Things are heating up in the South China Sea
It’s been slow in coming. But next month, the United States Navy, maybe with some allied warships in tow, will stage what it bills as its largest defense exercise in the South China Sea — bringing the superpower confrontation ...
- October 18, 2018
Arbitral ruling on SCS dispute vindicated in Reed Bank row
Think of the neglected arbitral ruling on the South China Sea as like a smoking gun in a crime situation — i.e. the evidence that confirms the crime and snares the culprit. Despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s obsession ...
- June 25, 2019
200 Boracay firms fined
The Pollution Adjudication Board of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) fined 219 business establishments in Boracay, collecting a total of P43 million for violation of environmental laws. The PAB ...
- October 30, 2018
La Union’s poor fishers get safer fiberglass boats
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has given the first 36 fiberglass-reinforced plastic fishing boats to six coastal towns here for the marginal beneficiary-fisherfolk’s ...
- December 13, 2018
Public agendas and private interests in ICC/South China Sea
In February, the US-based Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) released a heavily promoted report alleging that China sought to intimidate Filipinos into ceasing construction work on the Pag-Asa Island (Thitu) in ...
- April 8, 2019
5 Ways to contribute #PlasticFreeJuly
The Philippines is the third largest manufacturer of plastic wastes out of 126 countries in the world, just behind China and Indonesia, studies showed. In a data released by Greenpeace, an international organization ...
- July 12, 2018
US body awards PH recycling project
Interface, a Georgia-based manufacturer of modular carpet tiles and flooring, was one of several winners of the 2016 Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) in Sustainable Oceans Management for its work ...
- December 15, 2016
PH, SKorea ink 4 deals
The Philippines and South Korea have signed four agreements to further boost the two countries 'bilateral relations. President Rodrigo Duterte and South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Monday witnessed the signing of an ...
- November 26, 2019
Palace firm despite new China regulation 'Filipinos can fish in Panatag'
Amid China's threat to penalize foreign fishermen in what it claims is its territory, Malacañang said that Filipino fishermen can go to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, but with “caution.” Speaking to reporters, presidential ...
- August 4, 2016
Trials and triumphs of a 'Bantay Dagat'
Being a protector of the environment is never an easy feat. The crusade is paved with enormous challenges and sometimes threats from people and groups intending to advance their self-interest. For Vicente “Enteng” Mahinay, ...
- January 17, 2019