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    • PH to agree on joint oil exploration with China in disputed sea 

      Lucas, Daxin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 19, 2016, on page A19)
      The Philippines is set to enter into a deal with China to jointly explore energy sources in the disputed West Philippine Sea. Duterte administration officials were in talks with their Chinese counterparts to finalize a ...

    • PH to patrol in disputed sea, but with restraint 

      Aurelio, Julie (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 27, 2015, on page A6)
      The military will continue to patrol in areas of contested sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea despite the challenge posed by a Chinese sea vessel to a Philippine Navy plane in the area last week. It will be recalled ...

    • PH to press code of conduct in South China Sea 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 6, 2017, on page A6)
      The Philippines will push for the completion of the framework for a code of conduct in the South China Sea when it hosts this year’s summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) amid China’s militarization ...

    • PH to press UN case on disputed sea despite China rejection 

      Quismundo, Tarra; Ubac, Michael Lim (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 21, 2013, on page A3)
      The arbitration proceedings that the Philippines has initiated before the United Nations (UN) against China to nullify the latter's "excessive" claims in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) will not stop despite ...

    • PH to resume reef repairs 

      Calleja, Niña P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 27, 2015, on page A2)
      The Philippines had called on all countries last October to stop construction work on small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, virtually all of which is claimed by China. China itself is undertaking massive reclamation ...

    • PH to spend P100B on climate change projects 

      Olchondra, Riza T. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 8, 2015, on page B3-2)
      The Government is spending more than P100 billion on climate change mitigating projects this year and next, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said on the sidelines of the inauguration of a solar power project. Government ...

    • PH to turn Pag-asa into tourist attraction 

      Tubeza, Philip C. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 22, 2017, on page A1-A4)
      The government has set aside P1.6 billion to turn the biggest Philippine-held island in the Spratlys into a tourist attraction and marine research center, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Friday. Lorenzana visited ...

    • PH troubled by China arms buildup in Spratlys 

      Balana, Cynthia D. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 18, 2017, on page A4)
      China’s recent installation of weapons on artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea was “very troubling,” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday, after Manila quietly protested Beijing’s activities. ...

    • PH trying to 'rope in' other countries to sea row - China 

      Balana, Cynthia D. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 26, 2015, on page A6)
      China military yesterday accused the Philippines of trying to "rope in" other countries the dispute over ownership of the South China Sea and stir regional tension after Japan joined a military drill with the Philippines ...

    • PH urged to rethink China ties 

      Quismundo, Tarra; Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 19, 2017, on page A2)
      The Philippines should rethink relations with China following reports Beijing was planning to build a radar station on Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal off the coast of Zambales, Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio ...

    • PH wants 'butanding' on 'endangered' list 

      Gamil, Jaymee (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 23, 2017, on page A17)
      Whale sharks, locally called “butanding,” should be reclassified from vulnerable to endangered, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The DENR will propose the inclusion of the butanding ...

    • PH warned anew of climate impact 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 30, 2019, on page A19)
      More than 100 scientists from 36 countries worked on this report on the ocean, citing nearly 7,000 scientific papers and eliciting more than 31,000 comments during the reviews. The report observed that the global ocean, ...

    • PH won't help US patrol disputed sea 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 10, 2016, on page A6)
      It is highly unlikely that the Philippines will allow the US military to use it as a springboard for freedom of navigation patrols in the disputed South China Sea to avoid antagonizing China, Defense Secretary Delfin ...

    • PH yellowfin tuna output up 25%: WCPFC lifts ban on the fishing of tuna in some parts of Pacific 

      Domingo, Ronnel W. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 25, 2013, on page B2)
      The lifting of the ban on harvesting yellowfin tuna in the Pacific boosted domestic production by 25 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, both in volume and in value, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics ...

    • PH's bangus, shrimps get world's attention 

      Domingo, Ronnel W. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 29, 2016, on page B4)
      Eight Philippine exporters racked up $211 million (P10.54 billion) worth of orders and inquiries at a trade fair in Dubai on November, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The Department of ...

    • PH's capitulation: How we may end up with a 'Waste Philippine Sea' 

      Penaflor, Ted P. II (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 9, 2019, on page A17)
      In 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines in a case the latter filed against China. Ordinarily this cause célèbre, which the Philippines won, is a reason for national ...

    • PH's voice in the climate catastrophe 

      Thomas, Vinod (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 31, 2019, on page A9)
      The Philippines should be alarmed that the scientific evidence on the urgency to reverse global warming is at loggerheads with the reality on the ground of a growing danger to economic growth and people’s wellbeing. CO2 ...

    • PH, Brunei to resolve sea row peacefully 

      Salaverria, Leila B.; Avendaño, Christine O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 28, 2017, on page A12)
      The Philippines and Brunei, which have rival claims in the South China Sea, on Thursday agreed to work for the peaceful resolution of disputes in the strategic waterway. President Duterte of the Philippines and Sultan ...

    • PH, China coast guards meet 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 17, 2016, on page A2)
      The two-day meeting in Manila on establishing a Joint Coast Guard Committee (JCGC) came just days after new images showed China had apparently installed defensive weapons on artificial islands in the hotly contested South ...

    • PH, China open talks on joint oil exploration in May 

      Lazaro, Jacob; Ramos, Marlon (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) ...