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Palace: No such Sabah offer
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,” ...
- March 31, 2015
BFAR buying 100 patrol boats
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is buying nearly 100 new patrol boats to protect the country’s fisheries, an official said on Monday. The BFAR, an agency under the Department of Agriculture, currently ...
- June 23, 2015
3 more states to do research in PH Rise
China is not the only country whose application to conduct research on the resource-rich Benham Rise the Philippines has approved, Malacañang said on Thursday. The government has also allowed the US, Japan and South Korea ...
- January 26, 2018
DA to call for fish imports before closed season
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for fish imports ahead of the closed fishing season from November to March to stabilize supply and domestic market prices. According to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol, ...
- August 13, 2018
DFA: Sea row on Manila Asean summit agenda
Regional maritime disputes will again be on the agenda when the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) holds summits in Manila, the Department of Foreign (DFA) said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in Malacañang, ...
- January 6, 2017
Boracay rehab boon PH-Go
The rehabilitation of Boracay island will bring long-lasting benefits to locals and the entire country, Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go said Thursday. Go, who supervised the giving ...
- July 13, 2018
West PH Sea critical to US security
The situation in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) is critical to the national security interest of the United States, the White House has said. “The President [Barack Obama] has often talked about how critically ...
- May 28, 2015
US Navy confirms real intent of PH arbitration vs China
The US Navy last week, in its actions and official statements, in effect revealed what was really one of the real aims of the Philippines’ arbitration suit that President Aquino 3rd and his foreign secretary Albert del ...
- November 25, 2019
PH fisheries code need amendments
In June 2014, the European Union (EU) slapped a “yellow card” warning to the Philippines because of the latter’s response to “illegal, unreported and unregulated” fishing. The EU warned that if the Philippines continue to ...
- January 27, 2015
China lands aircraft on another PH reef
A Chinese military aircraft has landed on the last of three airstrips it had built at the disputed Spratly Islands, at a reef claimed by the Philippines that is close to an island occupied by Filipino troops. The Asia ...
- May 11, 2018