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    • PH fishers narrate Chinese hostility 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel; Macatuno, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 22, 2016, on page A8)
      A group of fishermen, who returned home to the fishing village of Cato in Infanta town on Monday, told village officials that they were struck with bottles hurled by Chinese coast guards who had chased them away from the ...

    • PH fishers play 'hide-and seek' with sino ships in Scarborough 

      Sotelo, Yolanda; Aglibot, Joanna Rose; Aurelio, Julie M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 29, 2022, on page A1-A2)
      For fishermen whose livelihood depends on the bounty of Scarborough Shoal, any attempt to enter its lagoon is still a “perilous” move while China’s Coast Guard continues to patrol the area. But the Philippine Coast Guard ...

    • PH fishers recount ordeal near shoal 

      Macatuno, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 18, 2015, on page A6)
      Foreign journalists on Saturday documented firsthand accounts of Filipino fishermen who operate near the disputed Bajo de Masinloc, also known as the Scarborough or Panatag Shoal, in the West Philippine Sea. “It felt like ...

    • PH fishers returning to Scarborough: China intrusion scares Zambales men but fishing only livelihood source 

      Macatuno, Allan; Orejas, Tonette; Anda, Redempto (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 1, 2014, on page A6)
      Despite the trauma, fishermen have sailed back to Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal, braving harassment from Chinese coast guard vessels in order to eke out a living. Mario Frones, a fishing boat operator, sent a boat to the ...

    • PH fishers seek end to fish importation 

      Ramos, Mariejo (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 8, 2023, on page A4)
      A militant fisherfolk group is urging the government to end fish importation this year and to “secure the exclusive rights of Filipino fishers in their fishing grounds and coastal communities.”

    • PH fishers seek UN help vs China abuses in Scarborough 

      Macatuno, Allan (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 13, 2016, on page A8)
      Backed by international law experts, Zambales fishermen on Friday appealed to the United Nations to remind China to respect their rights to fish near the Scarborough Shoal, which is considered to be part of the Philippines’ ...

    • PH Fishing still uncertain, says expert 

      Dizon, Nikko (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 2, 2016, on page A10)
      Without a written agreement between President Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping, it is uncertain how long Filipinos can fish at Panatag Shoal unhindered by China, a maritime law and security expert said on Tuesday. ...

    • PH future is in the West Philippine Sea 

      Sung, Kim (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 17, 2020, on page A11)
      As US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explained, the United States rejects any People’s Republic of China (PRC) maritime claims within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone or continental shelf, and claims in waters ...

    • PH giving china "too much; says up prof 

      Enano, Jhesset (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 18, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has given “too much, too early and too soon” in seeking rapprochement with China and may end up with the short end of the stick, a maritime law expert warned on Saturday. “We are trading away too much, too ...

    • PH helpless vs China-Yasay 

      Quismundo, Tarra; Yap, DJ; Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 17, 2016, on page A4)
      The Philippines remains practically helpless in stopping Chinese militarization activities on disputed islands in the South China Sea, but is committed to a peaceful approach to the dispute, Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay ...

    • PH Japan hold first antipiracy exercise 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 7, 2015, on page A1-A4)
      Both nations face a challenge from China’s growing assertiveness over territorial claims in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, where it uses coast guard and fishing vessels to press into disputed areas. Wednesday’s ...

    • PH joining world's largest naval exercise 

      Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 3, 2022, on page A6)
      The Philippines will send one of its two guided-missile frigates to the world’s largest naval exercise involving about 25,000 personnel from 26 countries at the end of the month. BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) will sail from ...

    • PH joins global call: Ban plastic pollution 

      Reysio-Cruz, Matthew; Avendaño, Christine O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 23, 2018, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines focused on the cleanup of Boracay on Sunday as it joined other Countries in highlighting the global problem of plastic pollution on Earth Day. "This year's observance of Earth Day in the Philippines has ...

    • PH may weaken its South China Sea claims by accepting favors from China, says expert 

      Agoncillo, Jodee A. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 21, 2017, on page A3)
      Asia analysts have warned that by accepting aid from and improving trade with China, the Philippines could weaken its maritime claims in the South China Sea and undermine a multilateral approach to resolving the territorial ...

    • PH military chief Chinese vessels' formation suspicious 

      Yap, DJ; Santos, Tina G.; Aurelio, Julie M.; Galvez, Daphne (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 25, 2021, on page A4)
      The Armed Forces chief, Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, on Wednesday said the military-style formation of about 200 Chinese vessels at a reef within the country’s 370-kilometer exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea ...

    • PH mulls fisheries deal with Taiwan 

      Calleja, Niña (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 18, 2015, on page A4)
      The government is studying a draft fisheries agreement with Taiwan as tensions in rich border fishing grounds reemerged two years after the Filipino coast guard shot dead a Taiwanese fisherman. While the proposed deal will ...

    • 'PH must assert Hague ruling on sea' 

      Andrade, Jeannette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 4, 2017, on page A3)
      Senior officials of a Washington-based think tank group stressed the importance of asserting the arbitral tribunal’s ruling on the South China Sea, expressing skepticism over a code of conduct being pursued by member-countries ...

    • PH must review foreign policy strategy amid Chinese missile deployment 

      del Rosario, Albert (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 7, 2018, on page A19)
      The discovery of China’s deployment of missiles on three Philippine reefs in the Spratly archipelago is deeply concerning but not the least bit surprising. If one has dealt with China, of certainty is the stark inconsistency ...

    • PH Navy vessel docks at Pagasa Island port 

      Andrade, Jeannette I. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 21, 2020, on page A1-A3)
      The Philippine Navy’s BRP Ivatan (LC298) made history last week for being the first Navy vessel to dock at the newly constructed port at Pagasa Island on the West Philippine Sea. In a statement issued on late Tuesday, Naval ...

    • PH needs fisheries dep't, aquaculture experts say 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 30, 2017, on page A9)
      The government needs to create a Department of Fisheries in order to improve fish production for domestic consumption and for export, leading aquaculture experts said here on Tuesday. Rafael Guerrero, the scientist who ...