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Manila, Seoul ink pact on fisheries cooperation
The Philippines and South Korea have signed an agreement that aims to enhance their collaboration in aquaculture and fisheries, and promote fisheries trade and investment.
- November 28, 2019
The Philippine and DoT accolades at the 2020 World Travel Awards Asia Winners Day
The 27th World Travel Awards recognized the Philippines as Asia’s leading beach destination and Asia’s leading dive destination in 2020. The award-giving body also declared Intramuros as Asia’s Leading Tourist Attraction ...
- November 11, 2020
PH calls for restraint in maritime dispute
Manila has urged all parties with overlapping claims in the South China Sea (SCS) to adhere to the rule of law and exercise self-restraint. The Spratly Islands in the SCS are claimed in whole by China and in part by Brunei, ...
- April 12, 2021
PH-China oil exploration talks over
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Thursday the Philippines has ended negotiations with China for a joint oil exploration in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Speaking during the Department of Foreign Affairs' ...
- June 25, 2022
Displaced fishermen seek UN assistance
A group asked the United Nations to stop Beijing from harassing them as they cast their nets around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which the Chinese Coast Guard annexed in 2012, their lawyer said on Thursday. which has ...
- June 26, 2015
How Julian Felipe Reef brouhaha impacts on CPP-NPA-NDF insurgency
A number of speculations has surfaced from the continuing controversy on the Julian Felipe Reef in the South China Sea. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana appears the most persistent in hammering on the issue in the media ...
- April 17, 2021
US, Philippines launch fishery sector program
The United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) and the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) led by Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala on Wednesday launched a new ...
- October 18, 2010
Will the US help us in a fight with China?
Is Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. right to claim that the United States will come to our aid in case China attacks our vessels in disputed areas in the South China Sea? The short answer: maybe, if Chinese forces ...
- September 2, 2020
BFAR: Fisheries sector to post 2019 recovery
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) expects the country’s fisheries sector to rebound beginning next year on the back of intensified government support for fisherfolk suffering from a lack of post-harvest ...
- December 26, 2018
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