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Expect more joint patrols in South China Sea–US nat’l security adviser
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 11, 2024 , on page A2-A3)The Philippines, United States, Japan and Australia will conduct more military patrols in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) after their first-ever joint maritime drills involving warships from the four nations in ... -
More Chinese warships, maritime militia in WPS
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 31, 2024 , on page A1-A4)The Philippine Navy has spotted about 15 to 25 warships near Panganiban (Mischief) Reef, some 37 kilometers southeast of Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal where a grounded World War II-era warship serves as a Philippine outpost. ... -
Expert: China has placed 50 ships ahead of PH mission
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 26, 2024 , on page A2-A3)China has deployed at least 50 maritime militia ships at Panganiban (Mischief) Reef ahead of another mission to resupply Filipino troops on a decrepit World War II-era ship serving as the Philippines’ outpost at the nearby ... -
DOST alarmed by microplastics found in bangus
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 31, 2024 , on page A6)About 60 percent of particles pulled out from bangus (milkfish) samples in Butuan City and Nasipit in Agusan del Norte province were confirmed to have concentrations of microplastics — an alarming discovery that should ... -
Cebu town reclamation hits another snag
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,October 5, 2022 , on page A10)The 235.8-hectare reclamation project in Consolacion town, Cebu, has hit another snag. The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) returned the municipality ... -
Marine experts: Stop sand mining in Lingayen Gulf
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 19, 2021 , on page A16)Asserting that the proposed massive black sand mining in the waters off Pangasinan province threatens Lingayen Gulf, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) added its voice to the growing clamor ... -
Cops, PCG vow to protect Quezon’s Lamon Bay vs illegal fishing
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 26, 2024 , on page A11)Police and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) officials in Quezon have assured local fisherfolk that they would intensify their patrol of the province’s waters to stop the activities of commercial fishers who have been reported ... -
'Invisible hand' spreading lies vs China-embassy
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 11, 2024 , on page A4)The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Wednesday alleged that an “invisible hand” was “poisoning” China’s relations with the Philippines even as it denied Beijing was undertaking illicit military-related activities amid escalating ... -
US Coast Guard: Broadcastings of Chinese fishing vessels in South Pacific legal
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 11, 2024 , on page A2)The US Coast Guard has rejected comments by a Chinese diplomat that its recent boardings of Chinese fishing boats in the Pacific Islands alongside local police are illegal, saying the joint patrols are at the behest of ... -
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 06, Series of 2023, 22 February 2023
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 24, 2023 , on page A6)Shellfishes collected and tested from coastal waters of Milagros in Masbate; coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol; San Pedro Bay in Samar; Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur; and Lianga Bay in Surigao ... -
Landbank expands center for farmers, fisherfolk
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 10, 2023 , on page B3)State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines recently unveiled its newest agricultural hub in Cagayan, the first such center in the province, in an effort to extend financial assistance to more farmers and fishers. The latest ... -
'Balikatan' levels up for PH maritime defense
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 12, 2023 , on page A1-A3)The Philippines and the United States on Tuesday opened their largest-ever joint military exercises, which will involve rocket bombardment to sink a decommissioned navy ship and simulate the recapture of an island, amid ... -
PH, China open talks on joint oil exploration in May
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 5, 2023 , on page A2)The Philippinees and China will meet in Beijing next month to set the stage for cooperation between the two sides in exploring the West Philippine Sea (WPS) for gas and oil deposits, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ... -
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Shellfish Bulletin No. 09, Series of 2023, 22 March 2023
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 24, 2023 , on page A6)Shellfishes collected and tested from coastal waters of Dauis and Tagbilaran City in Bohol; Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur; and Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur are still positive for Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) ... -
DOE to review SC ruling on WPS joint exploration
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 24, 2023 , on page A4)The DOE will review the implications of a Supreme Court ruling invalidating a 2005 tripartite agreement signed by the government with China and Vietnam on joint exploration in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The Department ... -
Oil sludge taints mangroves in Oriental Mindoro
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,April 12, 2023 , on page A8)Traces of oil sludge were found in some mangroves at a village in Pola town, Oriental Mindoro province, that is still reeling from the impact of the oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress, an environmental study ... -
Onion supply shortage, fish importation due to crisis in governance
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 23, 2023 , on page A7)This is in reaction to your editorial, “Desperation over onion,” (1/19/23). We were aghast at the magnitude of the “onion problem,” which has caused some farmers to lose their lives by committing suicide after incurring ... -
Fishermen in Palawan report continuing Chinese harassment
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,January 22, 2023 , on page A3)Just days after the Philippines and China supposedly reached an agreement in which China would allow Filipinos to return to their own fishing grounds in the West Philippine Sea, a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel drove away ... -
More than 40 migrants die in boat wreck off Italy
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 27, 2023 , on page B4)More than 40 migrants, including a baby just a few months old, died after their overloaded boat sank early on Sunday in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria region, rescue services said. "At the current time, 80 people ... -
Spill victims get help from Pampanga, Caritas
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 1, 2023 , on page A8)The Pampanga provincial government has wrapped up its assistance in Pola town in Oriental Mindoro province on Saturday, helping at least 4,839 residents affected by the oil spill caused by tanker MT Princess Empress that ...
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